Julie Hyman

Julie Hyman, LSW, MSSP (she/her) is leading engagement efforts for PDAP’s SWIM community. She is a consultant, social worker, mitigation specialist and investigator in private practice, supporting public defense and court appointed legal teams with client centered advocacy. Julie is currently located in Philadelphia, though has conducted investigations in over 30 states and has experience working within federal, state, and local criminal legal systems. Before she was in private practice, Julie was employed as an Investigator/Mitigation Specialist at the Federal Community Defender’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania’s Capital Habeas Unit, supporting appeals for clients on death row. Prior to completing graduate studies in Social Work and Social Policy, Julie worked in social services in New York City and in Namibia with the United States Peace Corps.