Ms. Nicole M. Kaplan

Federal Defender Program Inc

Nicole M. Kaplan, has been with the federal public defender’s office for 19 years as a trial and now appellate attorney. She is a frequent presenter at CLE programs for defense lawyers practicing in federal court.  She is a former law clerk to the Honorable Stanley F. Birch on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and the Honorable C. Christopher Hagy, Magistrate Judge for the Northern District of Georgia.  Ms. Kaplan obtained her juris doctor cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center and her Bachelor of Arts with honors from Goucher College.