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Contact :
(713)869-4722
FAX (713)880-3811
2307 Union St.
Houston, Texas 77007
email:staff@gracelaw.org |
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Current Staff
Danalynn Recer
Danalynn Recer began fighting the death penalty in Texas two decades ago, working initially as an investigator and later as an attorney with the Texas Resource Center. In 1995, she moved to New Orleans to work with Clive Stafford Smith at the Louisiana Crisis Assistance Center, nationally known for its aggressive and creative capital trial representation. While there, she participated in a dozen capital trials, secured life pleas for another 8 clients, and directed the Jefferson Parish Project, a consulting team that worked with the highest volume indigent defenders in Louisiana to reduce the number of death sentences there. In 2002, when Calvin Burdine was returned to Harris County (Houston, Texas) for retrial, Danalynn stepped in on a pro bono basis and founded the Gulf Region Advocacy, or “GRACE” in the process. Today, GRACE provides direct representation, consulting services and mitigation services to indigent capital defendants, as well as training and education to capital defenders around the country. Over the past twenty years, Danalynn has participated in the defense of over one hundred capital clients in all stages of litigation in state and federal courts in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Michigan, Tennessee, North Dakota, Florida, Kansas, California and Nevada. She holds a B.A., M.A. and J.D. from the University of Texas.
Kirsty Davis
Kirsty is a graduate of the University of Warwick with an LL.B.(Hons), and then completed an LL.M. in Criminology and Criminal Justice at the London School of Economics. Kirsty then attended BPP Law School where she qualified as a barrister. She is licensed to practice in New York. She joined GRACE in 2007 and works as a mitigation specialist and research and writing attorney.
Matt Silverman
Matt is a mitigation specialist who joined GRACE in 2006. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2001 where he studied cultural anthropology and Spanish.
Alex Ritter-Wiseman
Alex graduated with a bachelors degree in history from Syracuse University. Before joining GRACE as a mitigation specialist in 2010, he worked on capital cases in the homicide unit of the Public Defenders office in Philadelphia.
Tonuia Sanders
Tonuia joined GRACE in the fall of 2010 as a mitigation specialist. She has previously worked as a officer manager/ legal assistant for several criminal defense law firms. Tonuia worked for the Harris County District Attorneys Office for over 10 years. Tonuia attended Western Michigan University, in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Sally Sepulveda
Sally is GRACE's office manager. She miraculously keeps the lights on and the doors open against extraordinary odds! Sally has many years of experience in non-profit and legal administration.
Trang Tran is our bookkeeper and accounts receivable clerk. She gained her experienced in a non-profit office in Seattle, Washington. |
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