next we have miss kate clark. she works at the administrative office at the united states courts.he served as director of strategic services as a consultant on leadership and management issues for nonprofits. and finally, to my left mr. david patten, attorney in chief for the federal defenders of new york, where he served since july of 2011. he worked at the federal defenders in new york as a trial attorney in the manhattan office. he served as adjunct professor at the nyu school of law and the university of alabama, and he is also on faculty at gideon's promise, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the training of new public defenders. let's welcome our panel. [applause] and to build on the introduction of the history of this program and the right to counsel in federal court, but the current challenges facing us today, i would like to turn first to david patten and have him describe what is occurring in his office. >> thank you, jeff. thank you for putting together this program. i have to say in this 50th year of gideon, there have been quite a number of events celebrating the w

next we have miss kate clark. she works at the administrative office at the united states courts. she served as director of as aegic services consultant on leadership and management issues for nonprofits . left mr. davidmy patten, attorney in chief for the defenders of new york, where he served since july of 2011. he worked at the federal defenders in new york as a trial attorney in the manhattan office. he served as adjunct professor at the nyu school of law and the university of alabama, and he is also on faculty at a nonprofit organization dedicated to the training of new public defenders. that's welcome our panel. [applause] and to build on the introduction of the history of this program and the right to counsel in federal court, but the current challenges facing us today, i would like to turn first to david patten and described to us --had and described what is occurring in his office. >> thank you, jeff. thank you for putting together this program. i have to say in this 50th year have been quite a number of events celebrating the work of public defenders. has made me nostalg