Simmie A. Baer
Cowlitz County Office of Public Defense
Simmie Baer, Esq., is a Supervising Attorney and Clinical Professor in the Children and Family Justice Center, Bluhm Legal Clinic at Northwestern University School of Law. Prior to this appointment , she was the Supervising Attorney for the Juvenile Division of The Defender Association in Seattle for over 16 years and practiced with the office for 20 years. She came to Washington state in 1983 on a Reginald Heber Smith Poverty Law Fellowship and worked in Legal Services until 1985. Ms. Baer is the co-creator of the Teamchild project which successfully blends criminal and civil legal services in the representation of juvenile offenders. In 1995 Ms. Baer received the ABA Livingston Hall Juvenile Justice Award. In 2000 she was presented with the Paul Robeson Peace and Justice Award from the Mothers For Police Accountability. In 2002 she was awarded the William O. Douglas Freedom and Justice Award from the Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, an award that had never been given to someone who only represents children in juvenile and criminal court.
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