
Timeline
About me
Board Certified Criminal Trial Lawyer
Education

University of maryland francis king carey school of law
-Juris doctorActivities and Societies: Maryland Law Review (Editor 2015-2016); Student Bar Association - Evening Division Class President (2013-2015); Rule 16 Student Attorney with the Access to Justice: Effective Assistance at Bail Clinic (2015-2016); Research Assistant to Professor Doug Colbert (2016); Co-founder of the Maryland Youth Empowerment Program; Presented Discussion on "Freddie Gray's Baltimore: Bail, Segregation, and Sentencing" at the Annual Robert M. Cover Public Interest Retreat; Completed concentration in Health Law.

American university
2008 - 2011Bachelor of arts political science and psychologyActivities and Societies: Phi Alpha Delta Pre-Law Fraternity (President, May 2010-2011; Vice President of Professional Development 2009-2010; Secretary 2008-2009), Teaching Assistant for Behavior Principles (a science general education course); Behavior Conditioning Laboratory Research Assistant; Psi Chi International Honors Society in Psychology (Member); Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science National Honors Society (Member) Cum Laude
Experience

United states secret service, office of the chief counsel
May 2012 - May 2013Litigation paralegal
Semmes, bowen & semmes
Oct 2013 - Jun 2014Paralegal
Franklin & prokopik, pc
Jun 2014 - Apr 2015Paralegal
Maryland office of the public defender
May 2015 - Dec 2015Law clerk
Office of the public defender maryland
Jan 2016 - Apr 2016Law clerk
Office of the public defender, 15th judicial circuit of florida
Aug 2016 - Aug 2017Assistant public defender
Office of the public defender, 2nd judicial circuit of florida
Aug 2017 - Oct 2020Assistant Public Defender, Capital Homicide Division
Oct 2019 - Oct 2020Assistant Public Defender, Felony Trial Division
Aug 2017 - Oct 2019
Licenses & Certifications

Board certification in criminal trial law
The florida barAug 2023
License to practice law
U.s. district court, northern district of floridaJun 2020
License to practice law
Supreme court of floridaApr 2017
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Elizabeth VallejoTrial Attorney of the Year Federal Public Defender for the Northern District of Florida Feb 2024
- Awarded to Elizabeth VallejoThe Ward Kershaw Clinical Advocacy Prize University of Maryland School of Law May 2016 The Ward Kershaw Clinical Advocacy Prize was established in 1990 by the partners of Ward, Kershaw & Minton, P.A. and is awarded annually to a Clinical Law Program student exhibiting outstanding skills of advocacy on behalf of a client.
- Awarded to Elizabeth VallejoCALI Excellence for the Future Award: Access to Justice Clinic (Fall 2015) University of Maryland School of Law Recognized for being the highest scoring student in the Access to Justice: Effective Assistance of Counsel at Bail Clinic in Fall 2015.
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