About me
MICHAEL MOORE has over 20 years of experience as a social worker. Michael was the first Mitigation Investigator hired at the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the District of Maryland. He was responsible for developing mitigation reports that positively impacted sentencing. He also advocated for clients to get into alternative to incarceration programs and assisted in trial preparation. At the Office of the Federal Public Defender, Michael created the Social Work Internship Program. He was the Field Instructor for the University of Maryland, School of Social Work. He supervised students’ training with the objective of developing a professional competent social worker.
Michael served as faculty and conducted training for the Administration Office of the US Courts Defender Services Training Division. He has developed training on the Role and Responsibilities of a Mitigation Specialist/Social Work in a Non-Capital Case.
From 2015 – January 2020, Michael was on the Executive Committee of the National Alliance of Sentencing Advocates and Mitigating Specialist (NASAMS). NASAMS is the only national organization devoted to the educational and professional development of sentencing advocates and mitigation specialists.
Currently, Michael is the Social Work Supervisor for the Legal Aid Society Criminal Defense Practice in the Bronx. Also, he is a member of the National Association for Public Defense where he co-facilitates a bimonthly discussion group of Social Work Supervisors across the country.
Michael received a Bachelor of Arts Degree at Hampton University in May 1994. In June 1998, he received a Master of Social Work Degree at Hunter College - City University of New York.
