Joshua Tepfer

Project Coordinator and Staff Attorney

Joshua Tepfer has been with the Bluhm Legal Clinic with the Northwestern University School of Law since August 2008. During this time, he has been one of the lead post-conviction attorneys on the case of Brendan Dassey, which was part of the largest investigation in Wisconsin state history. Prior to his Northwestern appointment, he was an appellate public defender in Chicago for four years. He has litigated five cases in front of the Illinois Supreme Court, including the case of In re Samantha V., a minor (2009), where he won a unanimous decision. He has represented over 75 criminal and juvenile defendants in direct and collateral appeals in the Illinois appellate court. He was a clinical student at both Northwestern and University of Minnesota, where he graduated magna cum laude in 2004.