SpeakersIsmail Ramsey
U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California
Yolanda Jackson
Executive Director and
General CounselThe Bar Association of San Francisco
and Justice & Diversity Center
One-on-one conversation with United States Attorney of the Northern District of California, Ismail Ramsey.
Topics• The path to confirmation
• The role of the top prosecutor in the NDCA
• Priorities in the NDCA office of the United States Attorney
• Trends and new challenges
• Criminal Justice Reform and the “Garland Memo”
• Civil cases in the NDCA Region
• Your engagement with the United States Attorney Merrick Garland
• What is in the Justice Department doing in the wake of:
• Affirmative Action decision
• Dobbs decision
• Voter Suppression/Illegal acts/Voting Rights Act
• Rehabilitation, diversion, alternative sentencing, restorative justice
• Community Engagement
• Advice for lawyers who practice opposite NDCA – AUSAs