About
Maralina J. Schoenfelder is a combat veteran with a strong passion for human rights and criminal protection. Her reviews with the United Nations, serving in Afghanistan and Iraq, and over 10 years specializing in juvenile defense have formed her career as a lawyer in Pueblo, Colorado. Maralina J. Schoenfelder graduated with a Juris Doctorate from the University of Wyoming College of Law in 2008. Prior to that, she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Colorado State University in 2002. She also participated within the Hansard Scholars Programme at the London School of Economics and Political Science within the spring of 2002. In her modern function as the owner of Schoenfelder Law LLC on the grounds that February 2018, Maralina offers zealous illustration and litigation for indigent adult and juvenile customers as an impartial contractor for the Office of Alternative Defense Counsel. She additionally represents customers as an independent contractor for the Office of the Child’s Representative and gives personal criminal defense offerings for both adult and juvenile clients. Before establishing her personal practice, Maralina served as a Senior Deputy Public Defender on the Office of the Colorado State Public Defender in Pueblo from December 2010 to February 2018. In this function, she passionately endorsed for the rights of indigent adult and juvenile clients. She also worked to end solitary confinement of juveniles in nearby residential treatment centers and all juvenile centers. Additionally, she fought in opposition to the indiscriminate shackling of juveniles in court and served as the Immigration Liaison for the Pueblo Regional Office from 2011 to 2015. Maralina became additionally the Public Defender for the Pueblo Veteran’s Treatment Court from 2015 to 2018. Maralina J. Schoenfelder has received numerous awards and accolades for her work, including being named the Outstanding Young Lawyer by way of the Pueblo Bar Association in 2017 and Lawyer of the Year by using the Colorado State Public Defender System in 2016. She become additionally nominated for Colorado State Public Defender Lawyer of the Year in 2014 and received the Colorado ACLU Civil Rights in Action Award in 2014. Maralina has been diagnosed for her super paintings as a Juvenile Defender and has acquired over 20 Military Awards from 1997 via 2010, consisting of the Army Commendation Medal and Combat Action Badge. Overall, Maralina J. Schoenfelder is a dedicated suggest for human rights and crook defense, with a robust commitment to serving her clients and network.
Legal Issues
- Criminal Law
- Criminal Appeals, Drug Crimes, Expungement, Fraud, Gun Crimes, Internet Crimes, Sex Crimes, Theft, Violent Crimes
- Juvenile Law
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