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Margaret
Colgate Love MARGARET LOVE practices law in Washington, D.C., specializing in executive clemency and restoration of rights, and sentencing and corrections policy. She has written and lectured widely on executive clemency and the collateral consequences of a criminal conviction, including"Relief from the Collateral Consequences of a Criminal Conviction: A State-by-State Resource Guide" (W.S. Hein 2006)(revision underway). She represents applicants for presidential pardon and commutation of sentence, and also advises applicants for state relief. She consults with legislatures, clemency and parole authorities, governors' offices, and other agencies on the development and operation of mechanisms for relief from collateral consequences. Ms. Love chairs the drafting committee for the ABA Criminal Justice Standards on the Treatment of Prisoners, and previously chaired the drafting committee for the Standards on Collateral Sanctions and Discretionary Disqualification of Convicted Persons. She participated in the drafting of the Uniform Collateral Consequences of Conviction Act, and is currently on its enactment committee. She serves as liaison to the ABA Standards Committee from the National Legal Aid and Defender Association, and currently is coordinating a 50-state compilation of collateral consequences applicable to sex offenses for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. From 2005 to 2009 she directed the work of the ABA Commission on Effective Criminal Sanctions, which produced a comprehensive catalogue of federal collateral consequences , and in 2003-2005 was reporter for the ABA Justice Kennedy Commission. She is currently a member of the Members Consultative Group for the American Law Institute Model Penal Code/Sentencing project, and the ALI Principles of Government Ethics project. Ms. Love served as United States Pardon Attorney in the Justice Department from 1990 to 1997, with overall responsibility for operation and management of Justice Department’s executive clemency program. Prior to that she was Deputy Associate Attorney General and Associate Deputy Attorney General (1988-1990), and Senior Counsel in the Office of Legal Counsel (1979-1988). Ms. Love was awarded a Soros Senior Fellowship in 2004-2005. She is a former chair of the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility, and member of the ABA Commission on Evaluation of the Rules of Professional Conduct ("Ethics 2000"). Ms. Love received her law degree from Yale, and has a Masters Degree in Medieval History from the University of Pennsylvania. Ms. Love's resume can be found here. |