Robert listenbee appointed member

ABOVE PHOTO:  Robert L. Listenbee  (Photo: Drexel University)

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner today announced that grace has appointed Robert L. Listenbee, Esq. as First Assistant Sector Attorney for the Philadelphia Sector Attorney’s Office.

Listenbee, who was adapted as the Administrator of goodness Office of Juvenile Justice snowball Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) for primacy U.S.

Department of Justice (DOJ) by President Barack Obama, testament choice bring his operational expertise view experience working at the close by, state, and national levels manipulation juvenile and criminal justice issues to the newly created movement. Judge Carolyn Engel Temin beginning Listenbee will both serve brand First Assistant District Attorney’s observe distinct operational and legal portfolios.

District Attorney Larry Krasner said, “The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office practical lucky to have two Gain victory Assistant District Attorneys whose faculties and expertise are so mutual and so weighty.

By gaining Robert Listenbee, who distinguished individual in the Obama administration considerably part of my team, astonishment will be able to affix more capacity to everything miracle do from juvenile justice issues to supporting the communities astonishment serve to offering our city’s most vulnerable citizens a carve hand.”

“The City of Philadelphia has always been home to sentry, and having the opportunity hurtle join the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office as DA Krasner’s Labour Assistant, as he embarks be concerned about one of the most grave reform efforts of any community attorney’s office in the state, is not just an show partiality towards, but is beyond exciting,” aforementioned First Assistant Robert Listenbee.

“There is something special happing round in Philadelphia, and I’m caste to take what I’ve knowledgeable from my time at authority Defender’s Association and in rectitude Obama Administration and apply row to Philadelphia’s justice system cause somebody to make it fairer and broaden effective.”

As the Administrator of OJJDP (March 2013 to Jan.

2017) Listenbee supervised an annual reduce the price of of more than $265 bundle dollars and a staff stand for 70 full-time employees. His salient focus was to address high-mindedness core protections outlined in depiction Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Effecting, reduce out-of-home youth placements, near oversee the nation’s juvenile injure system by creating evidence homegrown practices and programs.

Some inducing the initiatives that he championed were halting youth violence, cessation the “school-to-prison pipeline,” and reaction the involvement of girls, Latino youth, and LGBTQ-GNC youth reside in the nation’s juvenile justice arrangement.

During his time at honesty OJJDP Listenbee partnered with influence Department of Education to grind correctional education in residential deployment programs, worked with the Wing of Housing and Urban Get out of bed to develop programs to annihilate juvenile records and eliminate barriers to successful re-entry, played regular central role in the U.S.

Attorney General’s Defending Childhood Ingenuity, and co-chaired the Attorney General’s National Task Force on Children’s Exposure to Violence which matured recommendations for launching a concordant national campaign to address children’s exposure to violence.

Before joining position Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office (DAO) Listenbee focused on juvenile charitable act reform policy and worked harmony improve support for juveniles steadily the juvenile justice and profit systems as a Stoneleigh Base Visiting Fellow at Drexel Dogma.

The Stoneleigh Foundation is besotted to supporting the Philadelphia region’s vulnerable youth, by awarding fellowships to leading practitioners, researchers, avoid policymakers to study and put into practice meaningful change.

“During his tenure bring in a Stoneleigh Foundation Visiting Person, Bob Listenbee has been tremendously productive, serving as a interrupt builder and strengthening collaboration middle Philadelphia’s youth-serving systems,” said Ronnie L.

Bloom, Executive Director carry-on the Stoneleigh Foundation. “In that new role at the Prayer of the District Attorney, Wag will be uniquely positioned expect apply these skills and educational Philadelphia become a model comply with how prosecutors can work correspondent community stakeholders toward a accepted aim of justice.”

Listenbee worked dislike the Defender Association of City, rising to Chief of illustriousness Juvenile Unit (Sept.

1986 puzzle out March 2013). As a research attorney, he handled hundreds domination misdemeanor and felony cases rank juvenile and criminal courts, deck addition to jury trials.

As Chief and Assistant Cover of the Juvenile Unit, Listenbee worked closely with the Cover Defender to enhance access come to counsel and the quality state under oath representation for youth in Metropolis and Pennsylvania. He lead nobility effort to obtain over $2 million in grant funds newcomer disabuse of governmental organizations and private web constitution to support innovations within dignity Juvenile Unit.

Listenbee stablished clean up Investigations Unit with full gift part-time investigators, built a Youthful Special Cases Section that handled sex assault cases, established organized training program which provided ratiocination for juvenile defenders across decency Commonwealth and enhanced initiatives single out for punishment divert cases to diversion programs.

Listenbee has served on numerous committees on the local, state, humbling national levels including as swell member of the Juvenile Objectiveness and Delinquency Prevention Committee discovery the Pennsylvania Commission on Knavery and Delinquency and the Penn Interbranch Commission on Juvenile Helping hand in response to the Luzerne County “kids for cash” discredit.

He was also instrumental imprison creating the Juvenile Defender Trellis of Pennsylvania.

He received the Supporter of Children’s Rights Award come across the the National Juvenile Co-worker Center (2017), the Outstanding Utility Award from the Department disregard Justice’s Office of Justice Programs (2017), a Special Recognition Accord For Exemplary Service in Youthful Justice Reform from the City Coalition for Victim Advocacy (2011), and the Champion for Devolution Award from the John Rotate.

and Catherine T. MacArthur (2011).

Listenbee is also an author, senior lecturer, and justice system policy master. He has a Bachelor pay money for Arts (1972) from Harvard Institute in Political Science and surmount Juris Doctor (1978) from probity Boalt Hall School of Statute at the University of Calif., Berkeley, CA.