Ask a Mitigation Specialist
Ask a Mitigation Specialist, a resource program that allows defenders to meet directly and privately with a mitigation specialist for specific technical assistance. Complete the form below for a 25-minute session with experienced mitigation professionals. The information discussed during each session is confidential. Complete the registration form to request an appointment.
**All appointments have been reserved for this date. Please see our calendar for upcoming opportunities to speak with advisors.**
Elisa Quesada and Scarlet Nerad
All appointments have been reserved for this date. Please see our calendar for upcoming opportunities to speak with advisors.
Elisa Quesada (Esq., LCSW) has over 25 years experience in the criminal justice field with focus on defense based advocacy, compiling and writing mitigation and Alternative Sentencing reports. Her expertise is in capital case mitigation and second phase presentation.
Scarlet Nerad has been mitigating on behalf of men and women facing the death penalty for 25 years. She co-founded Community Resource Initiative in 2007 to continue to investigate death penalty cases at the trial and post-conviction proceedings and train others while creating and implementing initiatives designed to combat the risk factors in children, we now recognize left our clients most at risk for incarceration.
Ask a Mitigation Specialist, a resource program that allows defenders to meet directly and privately with a mitigation specialist for…
Amy Williams and Elisa Quesada
Ask a Mitigation Specialist, a pilot resource program that allows defenders to meet directly and privately with a mitigation specialist…
Amy Williams and Elisa Quesada