Current Role and Responsibilities
Jordan Pollock is the Specialized Group Chief at the Dallas County Public Defender’s Office, supervising the Appellate, Actual Innocence, Capital Murder, Immigration and Reentry units.
Education and Professional Background
Before taking on this role, Ms. Pollock was an Immigration Specialist and Supervisor of the Immigration Unit of the Dallas Public Defender’s office, where she has worked since 2014. Ms. Pollock also serves as an adjunct professor at Texas A&M Law School, where she teaches a course in “crimmigration,” and is vice chair of the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyer’s immigration committee. Previously, Ms. Pollock was an Equal Justice Works Fellow at Public Counsel in Los Angeles, where she represented detained immigrants in removal proceedings. She received her J.D. with honors from the University of Texas School of Law and her B.A. with honors from Duke University.
Certifications and Areas of Expertise
In her tenure at the Dallas County Public Defender’s office, Ms. Pollock has been a recipient of the Community Champion Award from the Mexican American Bar Association as well as the Mentorship Award from the State Bar Association’s Immigration Section. Ms. Pollock regularly conducts trainings throughout the country and has published numerous articles on the intersection of immigration and criminal law.
