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Davina Te-Min Chen
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Practice Areas
2
Practice Areas
Appeals
75%
26 years | 150 cases
Criminal Defense
25%
26 years | 300 cases
Fees and Rates
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Licensed in California for 26 years
State: California
Acquired: 1999
No misconduct found
Location
Law Office of Davina T. Chen
1751 Colorado Blvd No. 190, Los Angeles, CA, 90041
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Davina Te-Min Chen's Lawyer Endorsements
"I've worked with many appellate attorneys both in the government and large law firms and Davina is at the top of list. Her knowledge of criminal appellate issues is unparalleled. She is 100% committed to her client's cause. She thinks creatively, critically and strategically, always two steps ahead of everyone else. If I had a friend or relative who needed a criminal appellate attorney, I would recommend Davina. She is a difference maker."
"I worked with Davina for many years. You will not find a better lawyer. Davina is the lawyer other lawyers consult for answers and insights. She is brilliant, dedicated, and caring."
"Davina is a brilliant lawyer who cares deeply for her clients."
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"Davina is the go to person for federal criminal appeals. She finds issues in the most difficult cases and persuades federal judges to correct injustices that lesser lawyers would not have even seen. If I could, I would bring Davina in on every one of my cases."
Marybeth Lippsmith
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Reuven Cohen
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Firdaus Dordi
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Craig Wilke
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Jonathan Libby
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Experience
Honors
1998
Order of the Coif, New York University School of Law
1998
Law Review Alumni Association Award, New York University Law Review Alumni Association Award
1997
Thurgood Marshall Fellow, New York City Bar Association
1995
Root-Tilden Public Interest Scholarship, New York University School of Law
Work Experience
2013 - Present
Criminal Defense Attorney, Law Office of Davina T. Chen
1999 - 2013
Deputy Federal Public Defender, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Central District of California
1998 - 1999
Law Clerk, Honorable Harry Pregerson, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Associations
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Member
California Attorneys for Criminal Justice
Member
Education
1998
New York University School of Law
J.D.
1992
University of California, Berkeley
B.A.
Speaking Engagements
2015
Annual National Training on the Sentencing Guidelines
Role in the Offense
2014
Turning the Tables on the Government: NACDL's 4th Annual West Coast White Collar Conference
Reverse Engineering: Laying the Seeds for Sentencing from the Start
2014
Criminal Justice Act Trial Panel Training
Supreme Court Update
2014
Criminal Justice Act Appellate Panel Training
Supreme Court Update
2013
Federal Public Defender and Criminal Justice Act Trial Attorney Training
Moncrieffe and Descamps: What the What
2013
Criminal Justice Act Appellate Panel Training
Supreme Court Update
2012
Orientation Seminar for Assistant Federal Defenders
Supreme Court Update
2012
Dialogues on Detention: Applying Lessons from Criminal Justice Reform to the Immigration Detention System
Access to Counsel
2011
Criminal Justice Act Trial Panel Training
Resources to Support and Improve Your Practice
2009
The Sentencing Reform Act: 25 Years Later
Defender Testimony
2006
Sentencing Advocacy Workshop
Federal Sentencing Advocacy
2005
Winning Strategies: Training Seminar for Criminal Justice Act Panel Attorneys
Filing Motions Even When They Have a Warrant
2005
Sentencing Advocacy Workshop
Federal Sentencing Advocacy
2005
Federal Courts Teachers' Institute
Juvenile Death Penalty
2004
Sentencing Advocacy Workshop
Federal Sentencing Advocacy
2004
Conference of Chief Judges of the Ninth Circuit
Impact of the Feeney Amendment, the Ashcroft Memoranda, and the Sentencing Commission's Revised Guidelines on the Discretion and Independence of Judges
2004
13th Annual National Seminar on the Federal Sentencing Guidelines
Recent Supreme Court Jurisprudence from Apprendi to Blakely
2002
11th Annual National Seminar on the Federal Sentencing Guidelines
Apprendi and Federal Sentencing
2001
Seminar for Federal Defender Investigators and Paralegal Specialists
New Legal Challenges After Apprendi
2001
10th Annual National Seminar on the Federal Sentencing Guidelines
The Impact of Apprendi v. New Jersey
2000
Orientation Seminar for Assistant Federal Defenders
Litigating Illegal Reentry Cases in the Wake of Apprendi v. New Jersey
Publications
2008
Los Angeles Daily Journal
US Prosecutor Scolded for Flagrant Misconduct
2008
Los Angeles Daily Journal
High Court Lets 9th Circuit Sentencing Decision Stand
Languages
English