Tony Chiaramonte

I am Anthony Steven Chiaramonte, and I am licensed to practice law in Pennsylvania. I earned my Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Drexel University School of Law in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in May 2012, where I graduated in the top 15% of my class. During my time at Drexel, I was a member and editor of the Drexel Law Review, a fellowship recipient for Public Interest Experience in 2010 and 2011, and a participant and lecturer at the Drexel Summer Theory Institute in the summer of 2011. I also served as the Operations Manager for the National Lawyers Guild in 2010. I was recognized for the "Best Student Performance" in Criminal Procedure, Death Penalty Law, and Courts/Public Policy. Before law school, I completed my Bachelor of Science in Business Finance at the David Eccles School of Business, University of Utah, in May 2006. Following my graduation from law school, I served as a Law Clerk/Briefing Attorney for the Honorable Cathy Cochran at the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in Austin, Texas, from September 2012 to August 2013. In this role, I reviewed all petitions for discretionary review and writs of habeas corpus to assess their merit, drafted five judicial opinions that were published (two unanimously), and edited all documents leaving chambers for substance, grammar, and citations. I also assessed "frivolous" petitions to ensure no meritorious case was overlooked. Since August 2013, I have been working as a Legal Content Writer, composing optimized content as part of a law firm’s online marketing strategy. This includes writing attorney profiles, home pages, practice area pages, long- and short-form articles, legal developments, press releases, legal news analysis, FAQs, and blog posts. From August 2014 to August 2021, I served as an Assistant Public Defender at the Defender Association of Philadelphia in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In this role, I represented indigent clients charged with serious felony charges in waiver and jury trials.