He has been with the office since October 2016. As a trial attorney, he represents indigent defendants accused of federal crimes including drug trafficking, immigration offenses, and firearms offenses. Before coming to the Federal Defenders, he spent two years as a law clerk to Judge Richard F. Boulware II, a federal district judge in the District of Nevada and former federal public defender. Jeff is originally from the east coast. He grew up in Virginia, attended college and worked as a special education teacher in North Carolina, and graduated from NYU School of Law.