Steven T. Wax Federal Public Defender Steven T. Wax, Federal Public Defender, District of Oregon, Portland; A.B., cum laude, Colgate University (1970); J.D., cum laude, Harvard Law School (1974); member of the Oregon State Bar since 1983; member of the New York State Bar; admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court for the Districts of Oregon, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second and Ninth Circuits, and the U.S. Supreme Court; practice focuses on federal criminal, appellate, and habeas practice; adjunct professor, Lewis & Clark Law School (1985-93, 2001); former Assistant District Attorney, Brooklyn, New York (1975-79) and Public Defender, Broome County, New York (1979-83); member, Owen M. Panner American Inn of Court (1987-present), Multnomah County Lawyers Professional Responsibility Committee (1992-93), OSB Disciplinary Board (1993-96), OSB Bar Counsel (1997-present), and OSB Ethics Committee (1997-2003); recipient, NACDL President’s Commendation for work on the Mayfield case (2004) and Judge Learned Hand Award of the American Jewish Committee (2006); author, Kafka Comes to America, Fighting for Justice in the War on Terror; frequent writer and speaker on constitutional and federal criminal issues.