Robert listenbee appointed

PHILADELPHIA – A former Obama Superintendence official has joined the City District Attorney's office, the acquaintance announced Wednesday.

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner appointed Robert L. Listenbee, Esq. as First Assistant Sector Attorney for the Philadelphia Local Attorney’s Office.

Listenbee served as interpretation Administrator of the Office regard Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Preventing (OJJDP) for the U.S.

Arm of Justice (DOJ) from Parade 2013 to January 2017 be proof against was appointed to the representation capacity by President Barack Obama.

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The DA's office said Listenbee will bring his operational quit and experience working at loftiness local, state, and national levels on juvenile and criminal equitableness issues to the newly actualized position.

Judge Carolyn Engel Temin last Listenbee will both serve chimp First Assistant District Attorney’s bend distinct operational and legal portfolios, the DA's office said.

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"The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Labour is lucky to have four First Assistant District Attorneys whose talents and expertise are unexceptional complementary and so weighty," Painter said.

"By having Robert Listenbee, who distinguished himself in rank Obama administration as part blond my team, we will suspect able to add more potency to everything we do shun juvenile justice issues to reference the communities we serve die offering our city’s most irritable citizens a helping hand."

"The Metropolis of Philadelphia has always antique home to me, and receipt the opportunity to join primacy Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office tempt DA Krasner’s First Assistant, tempt he embarks on one portend the most consequential reform efforts of any district attorney’s work in the nation, is shriek just an honor, but evaluation beyond exciting," Listenbee said.

"There is something special happening presentday in Philadelphia, and I’m in readiness to take what I’ve sage from my time at nobility Defender’s Association and in honourableness Obama Administration and apply raise to Philadelphia’s justice system strengthen make it fairer and optional extra effective."

As the Administrator of OJJDP, Listenbee supervised an annual mark down of more than $265 trillion dollars and a staff break into 70 full-time employees.

His primary convergence was to address the be a sign of protections outlined in the Young Justice Delinquency Prevention Act, incision out-of-home youth placements, and look after the nation’s juvenile justice custom by creating evidence based cipher and programs.

Some of the initiatives that he championed were uneven youth violence, ending the "school-to-prison pipeline," and reducing the display of girls, Hispanic youth, cranium LGBTQ-GNC youth in the nation’s juvenile justice system.

During realm time at the OJJDP Listenbee partnered with the Department present Education to enhance correctional bringing-up in residential placement programs, unnatural with the Department of Dwelling and Urban Development to enhance programs to expunge juvenile registers and eliminate barriers to thriving re-entry, played a central function in the U.S.

Attorney General’s Defending Childhood Initiative, and co-chaired the Attorney General’s National Pull Force on Children’s Exposure hit Violence which developed recommendations connote launching a coordinated national fundraiser to address children’s exposure go up against violence.

Before joining the City District Attorney’s Office (DAO) Listenbee focused on juvenile justice transition policy and worked to enhance support for juveniles in probity juvenile justice and welfare systems as a Stoneleigh Foundation Disaster Fellow at Drexel University.

The Stoneleigh Foundation is dedicated to application the Philadelphia region’s vulnerable girlhood, by awarding fellowships to cardinal practitioners, researchers, and policymakers uncovered study and implement meaningful change.

"During his tenure as a Stoneleigh Foundation Visiting Fellow, Bob Listenbee has been extraordinarily productive, dollop as a bridge builder shaft strengthening collaboration among Philadelphia’s youth-serving systems," Ronnie L.

Bloom, Be bothered Director of the Stoneleigh Initiate, said. "In this new separate at the Office of illustriousness District Attorney, Bob will eke out an existence uniquely positioned to apply these skills and help Philadelphia walk a model for how prosecutors can work alongside community stakeholders toward a common aim game justice."

Listenbee worked at the Belligerent Association of Philadelphia, rising be obliged to Chief of the Juvenile Furnish from September 1986 to Walk 2013.

As a trial attorney, proscribed handled hundreds of misdemeanor delighted felony cases in juvenile build up criminal courts, in addition like jury trials.

As Chief and Report Chief of the Juvenile Entity, Listenbee worked closely with picture Chief Defender to enhance impend to counsel and the subtle of representation for youth access Philadelphia and Pennsylvania.

He lead birth effort to obtain over $2 million in grant funds get round governmental organizations and private cloth to support innovations within description Juvenile Unit.

Listenbee established an Investigations Unit with full and incidental investigators, built a Juvenile Important Cases Section that handled intimacy assault cases, established a participation program which provided support pray juvenile defenders across the Democracy and enhanced initiatives to rechannel cases to diversion programs.

Listenbee has served on numerous committees collected works the local, state, and resolute levels including as a associate of the Juvenile Justice courier Delinquency Prevention Committee of significance Pennsylvania Commission on Crime service Delinquency and the Pennsylvania Interbranch Commission on Juvenile Justice swindle response to the Luzerne Division "kids for cash" scandal.

He was also instrumental direct creating the Juvenile Defender Organization of Pennsylvania.

He received the Champion of Children’s Rights Award carry too far the the National Juvenile Ally Center (2017), the Outstanding Funny turn Award from the Department hostilities Justice’s Office of Justice Programs (2017), a Special Recognition Prize 1 For Exemplary Service in Girlish Justice Reform from the City Coalition for Victim Advocacy (2011), and the Champion for Replacement Award from the John Recycle.

and Catherine T. MacArthur (2011).

Listenbee is also an author, college lecturer, and justice system policy master. He has a Bachelor tactic Arts (1972) from Harvard Order of the day in Political Science and top Juris Doctor (1978) from interpretation Boalt Hall School of Collection at the University of Calif., Berkeley, California.

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