Phoebe Bodurtha joined the Federal Defender’s Office in August 2024.  Phoebe previously worked for three years as a felony trial attorney at the Office of the Public Defender in Newark, New Jersey.  At OPD, Phoebe litigated all manner of pretrial motions and motions in limine and secured full acquittals for her clients at trial.

Phoebe clerked for US. District Court Judge Paula Xinis, a former federal defender and civil rights attorney, in the District of Maryland.  She received her J.D. from Harvard Law School and her B.A. in Arabic Language and Literature from Dartmouth College.