Jennifer Joynt - Sanchez

RESPONSIBILITIES DURING CAREER

• Balanced effective representation of assigned clients while mentoring attorneys and managing the office.
• Represented clients accused of all levels of homicides, including capital homicides.
• Solicited and worked with mitigation specialists, psychologists, radiologists, psychiatrists, pathologists, prison experts, accident re constructionists, and other experts in the preparation for sentencing hearings and the penalty phase trials of capital homicides.
• Reviewed and digested medical records which have included hundreds of mental health, forensic, prison records, and imaging records.
• Remained flexible and covered attorney case loads when the need arose.
• Supported and represented indigent clients out-of-court, in-court and post-trial from third degree felonies to cases punishable by life.
• Balanced large misdemeanor case loads ( 150 - 2000; felony case loads (100 - 200 clients).
• Promoted to division chief (20 - 50 clients) which then included a broader range of sexual accusations, including capital sexual battery.
• Cooperated with peers in the effective distribution of work load.
• Reviewed and analyzed pertinent state and federal laws and legal precedents.
• Developed strategies for court proceedings and negotiations.
• Explained available courses of action and possible repercussions of cases to clients.
• Counseled clients on potential outcomes of legal matters.
• Drafted and argued pre - trial evidentiary motions
• Presented evidence and exhibits during criminal trials.