Brent E. Newton
Deputy Staff Director, United States Sentencing Commission, Adjunct Professor of Law
B.A., University of North Carolina; J.D., Columbia
Brent E. Newton is the deputy staff director of the United States Sentencing Commission in Washington, D.C. Before working with the Commission, he practiced criminal...
Continue ReadingBrent E. Newton is the deputy staff director of the United States Sentencing Commission in Washington, D.C. Before working with the Commission, he practiced criminal defense for nearly two decades. After graduating from Columbia University School of Law, he represented numerous death row inmates in Texas and Florida. Thereafter, he was an assistant federal public defender in Houston, Texas, where he handled both trials and appeals, including arguing a case before the Supreme Court of the United States in 2008. While serving as a public defender, he also taught several courses as an adjunct professor of law and visiting professor of law at the University of Houston Law Center. He is the author of two books on criminal law and procedure.
