Shereen J. Charlick
Chief Trial Attorney
Boalt Hall, School of Law, University of California Berkeley, J.D.
University of California, Santa Barbara , B.A.

Shereen Charlick began her legal career as a law clerk for U.S. District Court Judge William J. Zloch in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida in 1989. After completing her clerkship, she was admitted into the highly selective and competitive, Department of Justice, Attorney General's Honors Program where she remained until 1994.

The defense of indigent accused called Shereen into service in 1994 at the Federal Public Defender's Office in Miami, Florida. While in Florida, Shereen defended many serious felony cases, including: felon in possession of firearm cases, drug conspiracies, social security fraud, alien harboring, and armed robberies. Shereen first joined Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc. as a Supervisory Attorney/Trial Team Leader in 1999. She had success as an appellate advocate as well as a trial attorney. Her victories in the Ninth Circuit include United States v. Pineda-Torres, 287 F.3d 860 (9th Cir. 2002); United States v. Pernillo-Fuentes, 252 F.3d 1030 (9th Cir. 2001); United States v. Velarde-Gomez, 269 F.3d 1023 (9th Cir. 2001) (en banc); and United States v. Martinez, 232 F.3d 728 (9th Cir. 2000).

In 2004, Shereen returned briefly to the Miami office of the Federal Public Defender as a Supervisory Assistant Federal Public Defender where she tried identity theft, voter fraud, immigration and drug cases. However, Federal Defenders was fortunate enough to lure her back to San Diego in 2005 to assume the position of Chief Trial Attorney. In her new role, she provides critical assistance to our Executive Director in all aspects of the operation of Federal Defenders. Shereen also continues to maintain an active caseload at both the district court and appellate levels.

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