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| Ms. Kelli Thompson ‧Deputy State Public Defender Wisconsin State Public Defender’s Office ‧U.S.A. |
| Professional Employment |
| 【Jan. 2004–Present】Deputy State Public Defender–Wisconsin State Public Defender 【Mar 2003–Jan. 2004】Agency Legal Counsel–Wisconsin State Public Defender 【Mar 2002–Mar 2003】Commissioner–State of Wisconsin Personnel Commission 【Jan. 2001–Mar 2002】Government Relations–Zigman Joseph Stephenson Public Relations Firm |
| Biography |
| Currently, I am the Deputy State Public Defender for Wisconsin’s State Public Defender Office (SPD). As Deputy, I work with the agency head, and in collaboration with a 12-member executive management team, to develop the vision, strategy and policy of the SPD. I implement the strategy of the agency through oversight of the executives responsible for the internal operations of the agency. I began my legal career as a trial attorney at the SPD in 1996. I represented clients charged with a variety of different types of crimes. Also, I worked in the private sector as government relations liaison for various organizations. As liaison, I provided information to members of the legislature about issues affecting clients of these organizations. As Commissioner at the Personnel Commission, I judged complaints alleging violations of State and Federal employment law and State personnel rules. In addition to my work with the Public Defender’s Office, I am the Past President for the Board of Directors of Wisconsin Literacy, Chair of the Bench Bar Committee for the Wisconsin State Bar, a member of the Board of Directors of Wisconsin Women in Government, a member of the Wisconsin Criminal Justice Study Committee, and a member of various local justice-related groups. |