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 40-minute session with experienced mitigation professionals. The information discussed during each session is confidential. Registration for this event has closed.
Lisa Eager & Amy Williams
Please only sign up for AMS if you can commit to attending, as this helps us and our advisors manage scheduling and keeps spots available for those who can fully participate. If an emergency or unexpected conflict arises, please notify us as soon as possible so we can adjust plans and honor the time our volunteer advisors generously offer.
If you need to speak with an Advisor but are unavailable during core Ask A Mitigation Specialist hours (3 p.m.–5 p.m. ET), or if you are an international practitioner who can only meet outside the times offered, please contact Allison Bishop at [email protected]. We will do our best to accommodate requests outside of standard hours; however, availability for such calls cannot be guaranteed.
Amy Williams, LCSW
Amy is a licensed clinical social worker and the founding principal of Williams Mitigation and Consulting. She provides mitigation investigation services on capital cases and serves as a mitigation consultant for the Texas Habeas Assistance and Training Project (TxHAT) and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL). Prior to these roles, she was the CHU Chief Investigator at the Capital Habeas Unit of the Federal Public Defender of the Northern District of Texas in Dallas, Texas. She has practiced capital mitigation in trial, state, and federal post-conviction proceedings for over ten years.
Amy graduated from the University of Houston where she researched parent-child dyads’ contributions to the development of anxiety and depressive disorders in children and later in graduate school, co-sponsored a study focused on African-American women’s needs for trauma-informed, culturally competent mental health care. Amy is published in the Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health and has worked as a psychotherapist in inpatient and outpatient treatment settings in New York and Texas since 2018.
Lisa Eager
Lisa Eager is a mitigation specialist, private investigator, and Defense Victim Outreach (DVO) specialist based in Northern California. Areas of specialization include capital and non-capital mitigation, DVO/Restorative Justice, and mitigation for Youthful Offender/Franklin proceedings. She has worked on behalf of indigent individuals at county, state and federal Public Defender agencies throughout the United States. In addition to direct casework, Lisa provides trainings, consultations and mentoring to the defense community.
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