Sandy R. Feinland

Sandy Feinland has done 75+ jury trials in 30+ years of criminal defense practice. He has gained his depth of knowledge and skills from frontline combat in a wide variety of cases, including homicide and life-exposure sexual assault trials. Mr. Feinland spearheaded the establishment of both the Sexual Assault Unit and the Forensics Unit at the San Francisco Public Defender's Office. He has presented for CPDA and nationally for NACDL on trial tactics and use of experts, and also annually presents “Winning with Experts” at NAPD’s Rise, Resist & Represent conference. Mr. Feinland earned his BA from Tufts University and J.D. from Harvard.