Keisha Hudson Chief Public Defender

Ms. Keisha Hudson (Kee-sha)
Chief Defender
Wyncote, PA

she/her

khudson@philadefender.org

(215) 356-4605

keisha-hudson-5901884

Headshot of Keisha Hudson
Biographical informationCurrently the Chief Defender at The Defender Association of Philadelphia. Previously: Associate Managing Director of the Justice Collaborative, Deputy Chief Defender at the Montgomery County Public Defender Office in Montgomery County, PA. Prior to joining the Montgomery County Defenders, I spent 10 years as an attorney with the Federal Defender, Capital Habeas Unit (Eastern District of Pennsylvania) where I represented clients sentenced to death row in their state post conviction and federal habeas appeals. In my last year at the CHU, I served as the Director of Training. I began my public defense career at the Defender Association of Philadelphia. I received both her undergraduate and law degrees from Cornell University.
Expertise
Criminal Justice, Law, Politics