Marcia G. Shein

Location: 
Decatur, Georgia

Phone: 
(866) 719-3420
(404) 633-3797

Fax: 
(404) 633-7980

E-mail: 
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Attorney Marcia G. Shein's extensive background as a federal probation/parole officer, private therapist, her Master's Degree in Counseling Psychology, and her Juris Doctorate Degree uniquely qualify her to provide representation to juvenile defendants.

Attorney Shein is a nationally recognized attorney in pre-trial, sentencing, appeals and post-conviction relief whose articles and personal interviews have been published in numerous state and national law journals. She has published many articles and texts on Federal criminal defense issues including "Cultural Issues in Sentencing" in Cultural Issues in Criminal Defense, published by Juris, July 2007; "Race and Crack Cocaine Offenses: Correcting a Troubling Injustice Post-Booker" in The Champion Magazine, April 2007; and "The Federal Sentencing Guidelines: A Troubling Historical Perspective" in The Federal Lawyer, May 2004.

Attorney Shein is also the editor of a self-help manual for federal prisoners as well as a monthly newsletter. She is a life member of NACDL (National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers). She is admitted in all Federal Circuit Courts of Appeal, the Supreme Court of Georgia, and the United States Supreme Court. She has also been admitted in the following United States District Courts: Middle, Southern and Northern Districts of Georgia; the Districts of Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska, and Columbia; Eastern District of Michigan; the Northern, Western, Eastern, and Southern Districts of Texas; Southern District of Iowa; Northern District of Oklahoma; Northern District of Florida; Eastern District of Tennessee; and the Northern and Southern District of Indiana.

ARTICLES AND PUBLICATIONS

• PRISON LIVING MAGAZINE, Volume 2, Issue 4, 4th Quarter, 2007, article entitled Fourth Amendment and Exclusionary Rule
• PRISON LIVING MAGAZINE, Volume 2, Issue 3, 3rd Quarter, 2007, article entitled Plea Agreement Pitfalls and Minefields
• CULTURAL ISSUES IN CRIMINAL DEFENSE, 2nd Edition, edited by Linda Friedman Ramirez, July 2007, Chapter 16 Cultural Issues in Sentencing
• THE CHAMPION MAGAZINE, April, 2007, article entitled Race and Crack Cocaine Offenses: Correcting a Troubling Injustice Post-Booker
• CULTURAL FACTORS IN CRIMINAL DEFENSE, 1999, Authored Chapter 12 on Cultural Differences in Sentencing, Developed by Federal Public Defender's Office in Las Vegas, Nevada, René L. Valladares
• FEDERAL CRIMINAL LAW INMATE HANDBOOK, published by Quill Publications. Editor Marcia G. Shein, J.D., President, Federal Criminal Law Center. 1998 to Present
• SENTENCING DEFENSE MANUAL, published by West Group. Author Marcia G. Shein. 1988 to 1998, received prestigious award for Best Legal & Accounting Text, American Publishers Association
• CRIMINAL JUSTICE MAGAZINE, American Bar Association; article entitledSentencing Manipulation and Entrapment, Courts Are Wary, But Admit the Possibility, Fall, 1995.
• THE CHAMPION MAGAZINE, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, A 'Knowing, Intelligent and Voluntary' Plea: The Justice Department's Latest Oxymoron, Jan./Feb. 1995
• Criminal Law Bulletin, published article entitled 1988 Sentencing Drug Offenders: The Need to Sensitize the Sentencing Judge.
• The Champion, NACDL, published article entitled Sentencing Reform. 1984-1987
• National Law Journal, published article entitled Sentencing Act's Stated Goals Seem Lost in New Draft Guidelines.
• The Georgia Defender, published article entitled 4205(b)(1), The Forgotten Sentence and No Prison Camps for Women.
• The Expert and Law, published article entitled The Expert Witness and Sentencing Reports.

MEMBERSHIPS/ACHIEVEMENTS/AFFILIATIONS

• Member, Federal Bar Association
• Life Member of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL)
• Vice-President of DeKalb County, Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (GACDL)
• Resolution Resources Corporation, Mediation Observation, July 29, 2003
• Resolution Resources Corporation, 21 Hours Mediation Training, May 21, 2003
• Chairperson of Criminal Defense Attorney Concerns for Women for NACDL, 1996, 1997, 1998.
• Member, Georgia Bar Association.
• Chairperson of the NACDL Post Conviction Committee, 1992-1993.