Renee Brodsky, Assistant Training Director

Renee Brodsky is a career Public Defender. Her interests in social justice led her to an internship with the Public Defender’s office in law school. She is a graduate of the State University of New York at Albany and the University of Toledo College of Law. Her experiences in law school focused her career goals, leading to work as a trial attorney with the Fulton County Public Defender’s office in Atlanta, Georgia. As a felony trial attorney, she handled a variety of cases from fraud, juveniles charged as adults, murder and other charges that carried life without parole sentences. She was responsible for all areas of representation from arraignment through an appeal and post-conviction. In 2001 she attended the National Criminal Defense College. After spending 12 years in Atlanta, she and her family relocated to Maryland and in 2008 she moved into training public defenders by accepting a position with the Maryland Office of the Public Defender as an Attorney Trainer. While in Maryland, Renee participated in Gideon’s Promise Train the Trainers program to hone her skills as a trainer. Renee has been with NAPD since April of 2024 as the Assistant Training Director. She now resides in Cleveland, Ohio with her husband, daughter, and dog Louie.