Philip Desgranges

Philip Desgranges is the Attorney-in-Charge of Criminal Law Reform at The Legal Aid Society. In this role, Desgranges leads a team of directors, supervising attorneys and other staff in working to develop and advance innovative civil rights impact litigation and policy reform initiatives, build and maintain coalitions with other community organizations and leaders, engage in public education and media advocacy, and collaborate with defenders to address the systemic legal issues affecting Legal Aid's public defense clients. Desgranges is also a member of the Board of Directors of the New York City Bar Association.

Before joining Legal Aid, Desgranges was a senior staff attorney at the New York Civil Liberties Union, where he focused on statewide civil rights and civil liberties impact litigation. Desgranges previously worked as an associate at Goodwin Procter LLP, where he litigated commercial matters and a wide range of pro bono matters, including a death penalty appeal. He also previously worked as a public defender at The Bronx Defenders, where he represented indigent clients at all stages of criminal proceedings, including trying cases to verdict.

Desgranges graduated cum laude from Boston University in 2006, and he graduated from New York University School of Law in 2009.