Jennifer Mika
Senior Assistant United States Attorney @United States Attorneys' Offices
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WORK HISTORY
Senior Assistant United States Attorney @United States Attorneys' Offices
Washington, DC, US
Pre-Trial Mental Health Coordinator. • Coordinate all litigation involving a defendant’s mental health (including competency, insanity, and conditions of release and probation) in the Superior Court Division. • Develop Division wide trainings and templates used by AUSAs to address both common and novel mental health issues as they arise. • Successfully first chaired six competency trials, including two eight-day trials in a homicide case and serial rapist case. Argued motions on novel issues including continued inpatient treatment for defendants found incompetent and unrestorable as well as the use of PTSD as part of an imperfect self-defense claim.• Effectively lead interagency Familiar Faces Working Group tasked with improving case outcomes and decreasing recidivism for individuals with major mental illnesses.• Received the U.S. Attorney’s Award for Creativity and Innovation.
EDUCATION
American University, Washington College of Law
Juris Doctor, May 2011, cum laude
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Bachelor of Arts, International Studies and Biology, with honors and distinction
ABOUT JENNIFER MIKA
Accomplished attorney with over a decade of experience counseling local and federal government clients on compliance with federal healthcare law, developing innovative legislative and regulatory solutions, and litigating complex issues to protect vulnerable populations.
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