Mr. Sharifi is a former instructor in the Criminal Appellate Clinic and currently teaches Evidence.
Mr. Sharifi is an attorney in the Appellate Division of Maryland’s Office of the Public Defender where he represents indigent defendants before the Appellate Court of Maryland and Maryland Supreme Court. Prior to that Mr. Sharifi was a trial and appellate attorney in private practice, and a public defender in the trial division. Throughout his career, he has litigated highly publicized cases that have helped shape Maryland criminal law, procedure, and evidence. Mr. Sharifi also leads the Office of the Public Defender’s agency-wide training on evidence law, and is published in The American Criminal Law Review, The American Journal of Trial Advocacy, and the Akron Law Review.
Mr. Sharifi earned an LL.M. degree from The George Washington University Law Center and a J.D. from The Catholic University, Columbus School of Law. He is admitted to practice in Maryland’s state and federal courts, the Fourth Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court.