Jason Gichner is the executive director of the Tennessee Innocence Project. He litigates cases throughout Tennessee on behalf of wrongfully convicted people fighting to prove their innocence. Jason received his undergraduate degree with honors from Colgate University before graduating from Vanderbilt University Law School. He then joined the Office of the Metropolitan Nashville Public Defender. As a senior trial attorney and team leader, he represented thousands of clients and tried numerous jury cases to verdict. Jason subsequently worked in private practice for a decade at Nashville law firms, handling complex civil litigation. Jason currently serves as an adjunct law professor at Vanderbilt University.