Gerald Zerkin Explained
Gerald Thomas Zerkin[3] (born March 1, 1949) is an American lawyer. He is a senior assistant federal public defender in Richmond, Virginia.
Career
Zerkin attended Brandeis University, where he received his bachelor's degree in 1971, University of Virginia where he received his master's degree in 1973, and Boston College, where he received his degree in Law in 1976.[4] [5] He began private practice in 1978, and began his work defending death row inmates in 1980, including Earl Washington.[6] [7] He has specialized in death penalty defense and civil rights. At their annual dinner in 1999, Virginians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (VADP) awarded and praised him as an expert capital case litigator. In 2001, he joined the public defender's office.
Zerkin led the penalty phase defense, with Edward B. McMahon Jr., at the trial of Al Qaeda member Zacarias Moussaoui,[8] [9] which resulted in a life sentence.[10]
Zerkin heads Zerkin & Associates.
Notes and References
- Book: Hubbell, Martindale . December 2007 . Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory 2008 (Volume 11): Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Puerto Rico, & U.S. Territories . . 9781561607983 . registration .
- United States Public Records, 1970-2009 (Virginia, 1991-2007)
- Web site: Gerald Thomas Zerkin Profile Richmond, VA Lawyer Martindale.com.
- Web site: Gerald T. Zerkin . Asah-Kwashie . October 20, 2010 . Federal Death Penalty Resource Counsel Project & Capital Resource Counsel . Capdefnet.org . April 21, 2011 .
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerald-zerkin-50255919 LinkedIn Profile
- Book: Edds . Margaret . Expendable Man : The Near-Execution of Earl Washington, Jr. . April 21, 2011 . August 2003 . . New York, NY, USA . 978-0-8147-2244-2 . 614981217 .
- News: A Near-Fatal Injustice . Tim . McGlone . . . Norfolk, VA, USA . 0889-6127 . 12227724 . January 22, 2001 . How one man's wrongful murder conviction almost cost him his live and led the state that held him for 18 years to question its faith in the death penalty. .
- Web site: Inquiring Minds . Chad . Konecky . Winter 2006 . BC LAW Magazine . . Boston, MA, USA . April 21, 2011 . Gerald Zerkin '76 reveals what it was like taking on a federal public defender's worst nightmare .
- Book: Donahue . Katherine C . Slave of Allah : Zacarias Moussaoui vs. the USA . Anthropology, culture, and society . 2007 . . London; Ann Arbor, MI . 978-0-7453-2619-1 . 124964364 . 22, 28, 36–37, 62–64, 80–81, 89, 90, 92–93, 99, 103 .
- Web site: The Zacarias Moussaoui Trial: A Chronology . 2023-08-28 . law2.umkc.edu.
