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Ames Grawert is senior counsel in the Justice Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law. He leads quantitative and policy research focused on trends in crime, the collateral costs of criminal justice involvement, and the connection between poverty and mass incarceration. Additionally, he advocates for criminal justice reform policies at the state and federal level.

Previously, Grawert served as an assistant district attorney in the Appeals Bureau of the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office, where he reviewed and litigated claims of actual innocence in addition to his appellate work. Before entering public service, he was an associate at Mayer Brown LLP, where he represented criminal defendants pro bono in post-conviction litigation.