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Jane Siegel has been a criminal trial advocate since
1975. She owns her own private criminal defense firm in San Diego, California. Before opening her own office, she spent
24 years in the United States Marine Corps as a judge advocate and retired as a full colonel.
Colonel Siegel has practiced as both a prosecutor and a judge, although her heart is ever in defense. She has tried in excess of 400 felony jury trials.
As a teacher of advocacy, the National Institute for Trial Advocacy certified Colonel Siegel as an instructor in 1985. She has taught trial advocacy for the Navy and the Marine Corps lawyers all over the world. Additionally, Colonel Siegel has taught advocacy for law schools and law firms all over the country including Stanford, the University of San Francisco, Cardozo, California Western School of Law and she is currently teaching at Thomas Jefferson School of Law. She teaches for the National College of Defense Counsel in Macon, Georgia, and was the executive director of the Institute for Criminal Defense Advocacy in San Diego for four years. |
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MILITARY
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UNITED
STATES MARINE CORPS 1974 - 1997
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Rank: Colonel
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INDIVIDUAL
MILITARY COUNSEL 1996 - 1997
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Selected, by name, to represent
officers in high profile/complex military cases. Defended complex cases,
such as child abuse, homosexual assaults and retrials.
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STAFF
JUDGE ADVOCATE 1994 - 1996
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Commanding General's legal
advisor on all legal matters affecting command of over 9,000 people.
Responsible for the resolution and arbitration of complaints of injustices
and wrongs to personnel. Tried cases involving senior ranking officers
with the highest visibility. Supervised three capital murder cases.
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CHIEF
DEFENSE COUNSEL OF THE MARINE CORPS 1993 - 1994
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Supervised, trained and
evaluated all Marine Corps defense counsel worldwide. Developed trial
advocacy training for all Marine Corps defense counsel. Insured the
quality of follow up trial advocacy training programs for all Marine Corps
defense counsel throughout the world including Korea, the Philippines,
Japan and Hawaii. Selected case files and trained faculty members for
these programs.
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STAFF
JUDGE ADVOCATE 1991 - 1993
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Commanding General's legal
advisor on all problems dealing with criminal justice, environmental,
labor, personnel and administrative law. Lectured over 25,000 Marines and
Sailors on sexual harassment prevention and fraternization. Guided the
administration of two capital murder cases.
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| REGIONAL
DEFENSE COUNSEL 1988 - 1991
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Trained, evaluated and
supervised 24 defense attorneys with caseloads of over 300 cases.
Conducted over 30-week long trial advocacy seminars. Handled bench and
jury trials involving issues such as fraud, AIDS related homicides and
child abuse.
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JUSTICE SCHOOL 1984 - 1988
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| Senior Instructor and Trial
Advocacy Coordinator. Head of Criminal Law and Evidence departments at
Rhode Island's only law school. Rewrote and revised texts in trial
advocacy, criminal law and evidence. Taught lawyers and judges evidence
and constitutional criminal procedure. Developed trial skills package
which is still in use throughout the Navy and Marine Corps. Developed,
wrote and implemented all teacher training for the Navy and Marine Corps.
Instructed senior lawyers on how to create and implement trial advocacy
programs around the world.
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JUDGE 1982 - 1984
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felony and misdemeanor cases including over 50 jury trials. Responsible
for organizing lawyer training seminars where judges participated.
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PROSECUTOR MILITARY JUSTICE OFFICER 1980 - 1981
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assisted 15 prosecutors and 20 defense counsel. Organized and managed
docket and docketing meetings. Tried approximately 125 felony and
misdemeanor cases including 35 jury trials. Supervised twelve paralegals.
Prosecuted two capital murder cases.
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PROSECUTOR 1978 - 1980
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| Supervised six prosecutors.
Tried approximately 215 criminal cases. Supervised three paralegals.
Lectured law enforcement personnel on search and seizure issues,
admissions and confessions.
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| PROSECUTOR
1976 - 1977
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| Prosecuted over 200 felony and
misdemeanor cases including 40 jury trials.
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| DEFENSE
COUNSEL 1975 - 1976
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| Handled over 150 criminal cases
including 20 jury trials. Represented clients at administrative discharge
boards.
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INSTITUTE FOR CRIMINAL DEFENSE ADVOCACY
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1995 - 1998 Director
1992 - 1995 Trial Skills Academy Instructor
1991 - 1992 Sole instructor of Essentials of Trial Advocacy course which was taught to newly assigned Federal and Public Defenders. Developed and wrote the case file utilitzed in the course. |
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UNIVERSITY OF
SAN FRANCISCO
SCHOOL OF LAW INTENSIVE ADVOCACY PROGRAM 1992 - Present
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Lead Instructor. Responsible for organizing program schedule, content of class materials and teacher training. Present lectures and demonstrations on voir dire, openings, closings, and direct examinations. Evaluation of faculty members. |
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STANFORD LAW SCHOOL
1992 - Present
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Lead Instructor. Responsible for lectures in various trial advocacy skills. Evaluation of faculty members. Prepare evaluations and recommendations of the program for the directors. |
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR TRIAL ADVOCACY
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1992 - Present. Instructor.
Taught numerous NITA in-house programs at Pillsbury Madison &
Sutro; Allstate Insurance; Preston, Gates & Ellis Law firms.
1998 Taught at the San Diego Deposition Course.
1989 - 1991 Instructor at the NITA Pacific Regional Course. |
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CALIFORNIA WESTERN SCHOOL OF LAW
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1991 - 2003. Adjunct Professor.
Teaching Basic Trial Practice and Advanced Trial Practice. Developed and implemented Advanced Trial Practice, a three credit course, for the school. Developed and wrote case files for the Advanced Trial Practice course.
1992 - Present. Trial Team Coach.
Coached ABA and ATLA trial advocacy competition teams. Won regional as well as state championships. |
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THOMAS JEFFERSON SCHOOL OF LAW
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2002 - Present. Adjunct Professor.
Teaching Trial Practice and Advanced Advocacy, Military Justice and coaching a nationally rated Mock Trail Team. Won 2007 Best Adjunct Professor Award. |
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UNITED STATES NAVY AND MARINE CORPS
1989 - 1997
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Trial Advocacy Instructor. Taught trial advocacy to Navy and Marine lawyers throughout the US, Hawaii and Japan. Lecturer on voir dire, opening statement and closing arguments. |
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NAVAL JUSTICE SCHOOL
1984 - 1988
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Senior Instructor. Taught lawyers, judges and paralegals criminal law trial advocacy and procedure at the Naval Justice School. Developed the program to improve instructing skills of faculty. |
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NATIONAL CRIMINAL DEFENSE COLLEGE
Macon, Georgia 1995 - Present
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Instructor of trial
advocacy. |
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CORDOZO UNIVERSITY 1991 - 1992
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| Instructor of trial advocacy. |
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NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
LAW SCHOOL 1988 - 1990
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Instructor of first year criminal law. |
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NATIONAL JUDICIAL COLLEGE 1982, 1988, 1989
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Seminar Leader. Instructor of constitutional criminal procedure. |
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