In addition to drafting opinions and performing legal research, court attorney Geoffrey Bickford found himself with the formidable task of improving the fairness and efficiency of New York City’s criminal justice system.

In 2012, Bickford became the court attorney for Acting Supreme Court Judge Robert Mandelbaum, sitting in Manhattan Criminal Court. Delays in bringing criminal cases to trial had been well documented in the media, and Bickford had seen it firsthand during his more than three years as a public defender with the Legal Aid Society.

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