Thomas Giovanni

Thomas Giovanni as Executive Assistant Corporation Counsel for Government Policy for the NYC Law Department and Chief of Staff he was also responsible for the Law Department’s Family Court Practice. His work focused on seeking policy-based cost effective solutions to recurring large-scale issues that preserve public support. Thomas began his career in social justice as a public defender at the Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem, as a staff attorney, then a supervising attorney. After 10 years, he joined the staff of the Brennan Center for Justice as Counsel to the Justice Program and the Director of the Community-Oriented Defender Network. He then became Supervising Attorney for the Legal Aid Society of New York’s Anti-Gun Violence Initiative. His expertise in criminal law, justice policy, criminal procedure and trial practice, public defense, and pretrial proceedings has led to appearances on The Rachel Maddow Show, PBS’s Need to Know, and NY1’s Inside City Hall. He holds a B.A. (1994) from Morehouse College and a JD from Georgetown University Law Center (1998). Thomas is a resident of Bed Stuy Brooklyn.