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Jeffrey H. Brickman

Jeffrey H. Brickman is a partner at Ballard Spahr LLP, where he specializes in State and Federal Criminal Defense. Before entering private practice in 2005, Jeffrey served as an Assistant District Attorney in DeKalb County, Georgia, from 1989 to 1997, during which time he exclusively prosecuted major felonies, including high-profile homicide, rape, armed robbery, child sexual and physical abuse, and fraud cases. For two of those years, Jeffrey served as the Chief of the Crimes Against Children Unit. From 1997 to 2004, he served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, where he investigated and prosecuted a wide range of federal crimes including fraud, drug trafficking, child pornography, and cyber-crime cases.

In 2004, Governor Sonny Perdue appointed Jeffrey as DeKalb County District Attorney. In this role, he was responsible for supervising the investigation and prosecution of over 6,000 felony cases. During his prosecutorial career, he was responsible for the preparation, investigation, and prosecution of more than 100 jury trials.

Over his 20 year career, Jeffrey has dedicated a substantial amount of his time to the training and teaching of law enforcement, prosecutors, and defense attorneys. For the past three years, he has served as an Adjunct Professor at Emory University School of Law, where he received an LLM in Litigation in 1989. He is a frequent lecturer for the Georgia Association of Defense Attorneys, the State Bar of Georgia and Emory University Law School’s annual NITA program.