Virtual Training Event Description
The women we represent are more likely to be single parents, have less money, fewer job opportunities and fewer job skills than our male clients. These factors can seem mitigating—and they are—but the failure to meet societal expectations of motherhood, reliance on government aid, inability to secure stable housing, or reliable work grates against the stereotypes of female respectability. When our clients’ lives are out of sync with society’s narratives, we must be vigilant in combatting the bias and stigma that follows her into the courtroom.
Presenter(s)
Gabrielle Amber Pittman, Deputy Chief, Capital Habeas Unit for the Fourth Circuit
Gabrielle Amber Pittman is the Deputy Chief for the Capital Habeas Unit for the Fourth Circuit in the Federal Public Defender for the Western District of North Carolina. Prior to joining the CHU in 2023, Amber worked for the Georgia Public Defender Council for more than fifteen years, spending nearly a decade representing indigent persons facing the death penalty at trial as the head of the Middle Georgia Regional Capital Defender Office and serving as Chief Assistant Public Defender for the Towaliga Judicial Circuit. She is a Certified Public Manager (University of Georgia, 2022) and earned her End-of-Life Doula Certificate in 2025. She is licensed to practice in South Carolina (2003), Georgia (2004) and North Carolina (2009).
We did not apply for CLE for this program. However, attendees will be provided a Certificate of Attendance for their records within 15-30 days of the broadcast, which may be used to self-apply for CLE, depending on the bar rules for your jurisdiction.
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