Professor Erin L Pinder is an Attorney Advisor for the Department of Justice, Office of the Pardon Attorney. Prior to joining the Office of the Pardon Attorney, she served as an Assistant Federal Defender in the Middle District of Georgia and as a Visiting Attorney Advisor with the Defender Services Office in the Program Operation Division for the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.  She also previously served as an Assistant Public Defender with Georgia Public Defense Council’s Appellate Division.  Her legal career began in New Jersey where she practiced criminal defense and represented parents in child neglect and abuse cases.  Professor Pinder was also a middle school science teacher in Tampa, Florida, where she merged her love for science and education.