About Tamar
Licenses
Licensed in Connecticut for 9 years
State: Connecticut
Acquired: 2016
No misconduct found
Licensed in New York for 26 years
State: New York
Acquired: 1999
No misconduct found
Licensed in North Carolina for 21 years
State: North Carolina
Acquired: 2004
No misconduct found
Licensed in Massachusetts for 32 years
State: Massachusetts
Acquired: 1992
No misconduct found
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Experience
Work Experience
2023 - Present
Managing Partner, BIRCKHEAD LAW LLC
2017 - 2023
Attorney, General Practice Law Firm
2016 - 2017
Martin R. Flug Visiting Clinical Professor of Law, Yale Law School
2004 - 2016
Professor of Law and Director of Clinical Programs, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law
2004 - 2016
Criminal Defense Attorney, University Of North Carolina, Chapel Hill School of Law
2003 - 2004
Visiting Clinical Professor of Law, Suffolk Defenders
1999 - 2003
Assistant Federal Defender for the District of Massachusetts, Federal Defender Office Boston
1993 - 1999
Staff Attorney, Trial and Appellate Units, Committee For Public Counsel Services
1992 - 1993
Judicial Law Clerk, Massachusetts Appeals Court
Associations
2017 - Present
Connecticut Bar Association
2017 - Present
New Haven County Bar Association
2017 - Present
Federal Bar Association
2016 - Present
Connecticut Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
2004 - Present
North Carolina Bar Association
1993 - Present
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Sample of Legal Cases
Education
1992
JD - Juris Doctor
1987
BA - Bachelor of Arts
Speaking Engagements
2016
2016
Representing Juveniles in Adult Court
2016
Procedural Justice and Juvenile Defense
2015
Publications
2017
2016
2015
2015
2013
2012
2012
2011
2011
Activity
Legal Answers
Legal Guides
Legal Answers
If I violate my probation and only had 4 months left to do how much jail time will I do ?
20 Dec 2018
What should I do when the police have left a message on my answering machine about phone/text harassment?
20 Dec 2018
If I go on the run under special parole and get caught how much time will I receive
18 Sep 2018
Legal Guides
I Just Got My First DUI in Connecticut -- What Do I Do and What Can I Expect?
02 May 2018
The Top 5 Reasons You Should Never Agree to Police Questioning
06 Feb 2018
What to do if your child has been accused of violating a school's code of conduct?
21 Aug 2017