Tamani Taylor has represented clients in juvenile, misdemeanor, felony, and death penalty cases. She is an experienced trial lawyer and has tried murder cases, sex cases, and other serious and violent felony cases. She has spent 18 years dedicated to indigent defense, previously serving as Chief Deputy Public Defender in Solano County, CA, and as a senior trial attorney with the San Francisco Public Defender’s office. Ms. Taylor served as an Executive Board Member for the California Public Defender’s Association (CPDA). She’s a faculty member of the CPDA Basic Trial Skills Institute, a Planning Committee member for the California Capital Defense Seminar, and she is on the California Department of Justice Racial and Identity Profile Advisory Board (RIPA). Ms. Taylor has presented on topics related to criminal defense both nationwide and statewide and on implicit bias in jury selection.