Heather Sutton-Lewis is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the College of Public Service at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. She is a licensed attorney in the State of Florida and Illinois with 24 years of experience as a criminal defense attorney. She has extensive experience representing indigent clients through all stages of criminal proceedings from initial appearance, trial, sentencing and appeals. She worked as a public defender in Florida specializing in alternative courts including drug court, mental health court, and early resolution court. She began her legal career as an appellate public defender in Illinois representing clients in criminal appeals cases before the Illinois court of Appeals and Illinois Supreme Court. In addition to her criminal law experience Heather also worked as a law librarian at a law school in London, England. She received her BA in political science from Kalamazoo College in Kalamazoo, Michigan and her JD from Thomas M Cooley Law School in Lansing, Michigan. In her free time Heather loves to travel with her family, explore the outdoors and spend time relaxing with her retired racing greyhound.

• Appellate advocacy 
• Mental health and the law 
• Juvenile justice 
• Alternative sentencing

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