About me
Alice Fontier has been a practicing criminal defense attorney for over twenty years after graduating from NYU School of Law. She is now a Legal and Management consultant. She currently serves as a Project Managing Attorney at the Legal Aid Society of New York. She has been the Managing Director of NDS Harlem, a holistic public defense office providing criminal, civil, and family defense; and the Managing Director of the Criminal Defense Practice at the Bronx Defenders. She has previously worked at the Federal Defenders of San Diego, and as a private attorney in both the federal and state courts of New York. She has handled several high-profile national security cases and other media cases. Alice is the Past President of the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and a Board Member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. She is an Adjunct Professor at NYU School of Law where she teaches the Police Misconduct Externship, and a Lecturer in Law at Columbia University Law School where she teaches Trial Skills. In addition, Alice regularly teaches CLE’s for NYSACDL, NACDL, and additional trial skills academies.
