Danielle C. Jahn is an Assistant Federal Public Defender for the District of Columbia and has been in that capacity since 2005. Prior to that, she was a research and writing attorney for the Federal Public Defender’s Office in the District of Columbia. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications and Criminal justice from Indiana University and a Juris Doctor degree from University of Baltimore School of Law. Jahn also serves as an adjunct professor in a trial advocacy course entitled Plea Bargaining at American University Washington College of Law.