Nancy L. Tetreault
Attorney, solo practitioner
Nancy Tetreault is a criminal defense attorney who is devoted to representing indigent defendants on direct appeal and post-conviction writ proceedings. Ms. Tetreault earned a BA, with honors, from the University of California, Santa Barbara. She earned her J.D. from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, graduating cum laude, Order of the Coif. Ms. Tetreault spent her first seven years of practice as an attorney at Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon, specializing in products liability litigation. For the past 23 years, she has had her own legal practice as a criminal defense appellate attorney for clients convicted of serious felonies, including capital murder. Ms. Tetreault also handles writ proceedings related to parole matters and newly enacted criminal laws. In addition to practicing law, she was an adjunct professor of legal research at Whittier Law School for eight years. Ms. Tetreault's appellate work has resulted in numerous Court of Appeal and California Supreme Court published opinions. Her most recent published victory involved obtaining parole for Charles Manson family member Leslie Van Houten. Ms. Tetreault also has provided information to most of the nation's major newspapers regarding the legal standard and appellate procedure for challenging the California governor's reversal of parole decisions and has been interviewed on television news programs about the Van Houten case.
