Ms. Victoria Valencia Washington

Public Defender - (Part-time) DeSoto County Circuit Courts

Year: 2020 - Current

Description: * Represent indigent criminal defendants in appointed cases in DeSoto County Circuit Courts under Honorable Judge Gerald Chatham * Conduct interviews, investigate all cases, attend arraignments, draft pleadings, argue revocations, negotiate pleas, participate in bond hearings, review warrants and affidavits to determine probable cause, argue motions for pre-trial, file and argue motions to suppress, and conduct trials * Prepare law, client, and witnesses for sentencing.

Judicial Law Clerk Sixth Judicial Circuit Court District

Year: 2014 - 2015

Description: * Researched legal information for current or upcoming pre-trial and trial proceedings; * Prepared judicial opinions, legal documents, bench memoranda, and briefs on legal issues before the court; * Conferred with judge concerning legal questions, construction of documents, and granting orders; and * Updated judge on handed down opinions from the Mississippi high courts and the United States Supreme Court

Parent Defender Greenville Youth Court

Year: 2019 - 2021

Description: * Represented parents in Youth Court * Investigated CPS matters to assist parents in maintaining their parental rights.

Criminal Justice Act (CJA) Panelists Northern District Federal Courts

Year: 2019 - Current

Description: * Represent indigent criminal defendants in federal courts * Calculate federal sentencing guidelines in each case, draft sentencing memorandum, briefs, review presentence reports, and prepare argument for bond, preliminary, and sentencing hearings • Handle federal trials in Northern District Courts of Mississippi

Parent Defender DeSoto County Youth Courts

Year: 2018 - 2020

Description: * Represent Parents in DeSoto County Youth Court * Investigated CPS allegations to assist parents in protecting and maintaining their parental rights

Associate Attorney Perry Griffin, P.C.

Year: 2015 - 2017

Description: *Represented criminal defendants against charges in youth, municipal (city), justice, and circuit courts ranging from DUI to felony possessions. Clients were granted dismissals in cases such as: manslaughter, assault on police officer, domestic violence, simple possession, DUI (First and Second Offenses), stalking, theft, and embezzlement; * Represented convicted individuals in appellate courts on direct appeal and Post-Conviction Relief, including 585 Petitions by drafting appellate briefs to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and Mississippi Supreme Court; * Assisted convicted individuals with clearing their criminal records by hosting annual expungement clinics; * Litigated personal injury cases from inception to termination, while communicating with client at all times; Personal injury cases included: slip and fall, trucking accidents, MS lemon law cases, car wrecks, dog bites, etc; and * Litigated § 1983 civil rights actions for both civilian plaintiffs and defendant officers.

Owner and Attorney The Washington Law Firm, PLLC

Year: 2018 - Current

Description:

The American Bar Association (Current)

American Association for Justice (Current)

Magnolia Bar Association (Current)

National Association for Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) (Current)

President of The Northwest MS Young Lawyers Division (2019 - 2021)

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. (2006 - Current)

Academy of Truck Accident Association (2018 - Current)

Women in the Profession Committee of the Mississippi Bar (Current)

The University of Mississippi School of Law's Diversity Committee (Current)

The Mississippi Public Defenders Association (Current)

National College for DUI Defense (Current)