Rebecca Brodey practices criminal defense at her law firm, Bourelly, George and Brodey. Rebecca is also the Board Chair of the Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project and previously served as a Board member. She has represented Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project clients and has a committed pro bono practice. She regularly represents District of Columbia defendants who have been sentenced to lengthy prison sentences. She has successfully secured post-conviction relief for her clients through compassionate release and appellate work.
Rebecca has been recognized by Chambers and Partners, Best Lawyers in America, Super Lawyers, and Global Investigations Review. She is an expert in sentencing mitigation and has served as co-chair of the ABA Sentencing Committee since 2019. Rebecca speaks regularly on sentencing law, policy, and mitigation.
Prior to launching Bourelly, George and Brodey, Rebecca was a Member at Cozen O’Connor where she had worked for 19 years. She earned her law degree from Georgetown where she was a member of the Georgetown Journal of Law and Public Policy and a Global Teaching Fellow. She obtained a master’s degree in Global Economic Law from Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. She earned a bachelor’s degree in French from the University of California, Berkeley.
