About the Author

• Author: Deja Vishny
• Pages: 6-6

About the Author

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Milwaukee, where she has practiced for over 35 years. Currently, she heads the Wisconsin

Public Defender Homicide Practice Group and serves as the Deputy Training Director.

Ms. Vishny has earned a reputation as an excellent trial lawyer. She is a past recipient of the

Wisconsin Law Journal Women in the Law award; a three-time recipient of the Wisconsin

Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Martin Hanson award, which recognizes lawyers

who have obtained acquittals in homicide cases; and she was honored with the inaugural

staff award for Outstanding Service to Indigent Clients at the Wisconsin State Public

Defender.

Ms. Vishny joined the faculty of the National Criminal Defense College in Macon, Georgia,

in 1998, and regularly lectures at criminal defense and public defender seminars around the country. Thus far, she

has given CLE presentations in 30 states, for a number of different organizations, including the National Association

of Criminal Defense Lawyers; the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law; the Naval School of Justice; and a

class at Harvard Law School. Ms. Vishny also was a speaker at the joint International Bridges for Justice and Delhi

Legal Services trial skills seminar in India. She joined the faculty at Marquette University Law School in 1991, where

she is an adjunct professor, currently teaching trial advocacy.

Ms. Vishny has attended the Reid School on Interrogation and has published articles in The Champion and The

Wisconsin Defender on trial practice and on cross-examining police interrogators and forensic pathologists. She co-

chaired the false confession program at the inaugural session of the National Forensic College at Cardozo Law School

in June 2014.

Ms. Vishny serves on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and previously

served on the board of the State Bar of Wisconsin Criminal Law Section.

Ms. Vishny is available to help anyone who has questions or needs to consult about a case. Her email is dsvishny@

gmail.com.