Kathryn Dyer is an assistant federal public defender in the Western District of Pennsylvania. Previously, she was clinical professor at the University of Texas Law’s Criminal Defense Clinic, where she taught a classroom seminar and supervised law students representing clients in misdemeanor criminal cases. Prior to that, Katy was a supervising public defender at The Bronx Defenders, where she represented clients in all aspects of misdemeanor and felony criminal litigation. Katy also designed and implemented mentoring, investigation, social work, and immigration programming resources for court-appointed attorneys in Travis County, Texas, and participated in the development of Travis County’s first adult public defender office. She is a presenter and facilitator at state and national trial training programs. Katy received her J.D. from Georgetown University Law School in 2009.