Caitlin Dukes
Criminal Appeals Attorney at Spolin & Dukes P.C.
Attorney Caitlin Dukes is a former prosecutor who handles criminal appeals, writs, and other post-conviction relief for the criminal appeals firm Spolin & Dukes P.C. She has a wide array of experience in state and federal courts. Besides having served as a Deputy District Attorney, her background includes work for multiple judges and government entities (including Federal District Court Judge James Knoll Gardner and the United States Department of Homeland Security) as well as private sector experience defending clients wrongfully accused of crimes.
Ms. Dukes’s primary goal on any given case is to identify the strongest arguments, clearly and succinctly present these arguments to the judge or fact-finder, keep the clients informed of the progress, and fight to win in court. Her most recent win for Spolin Law involved overturning a murder conviction for an innocent client. She received her J.D. degree from Widener Law School and her bachelor degree from the University of Buffalo. She is admitted to practice law in California, New York, and Texas.
- Appeals & Appellate
- Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals
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Free Consultation
varies on situation - Credit Cards Accepted
- California
- State Bar of California
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- New York
- New York State Office of Court Administration
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- Texas
- State Bar of Texas
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Partner
- Spolin & Dukes P.C.
- - Current
- Judicial Law Clerk
- Monroe County Court of Common Pleas
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- Legal Intern
- Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
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- Symposium Editor
- Widener Law Journal
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- Legal Intern
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
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- Research Assistant
- Widener University School of Law
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- Summer Intern
- US Department of Homeland Security
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- Health Sciences Center Research Assistant
- University of New Mexico
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- Widener University Commonwealth Law School
- J.D.
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- State University of New York - Buffalo
- B.A.
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- Rising Stars
- Super Lawyers
- Being selected to Rising Stars is limited to a small number of attorneys in each state. As one of the few attorneys to garner the distinction of Rising Stars, Caitlin Dukes has earned the respect of peers as one of the top-rated attorneys in the nation.
- California Legal Service Award
- Spolin Law P.C.
- Caitlin Dukes received this award in recognition of her outstanding work on the Velasquez case (PA013483, Los Angeles County Superior Court), where she overturned the murder conviction of a client who had been serving what was effectively a life sentence in prison.
- State Bar of California # 325032
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