Guy Padraic Hamilton-Smith is a civil rights and criminal defense attorney, advocate, and scholar whose work has been cited in federal appellate courts. His own experiences with the legal system inspired him to go to law school at the University of Kentucky. He spent several years thereafter working in state and federal criminal defense offices and launched a successful federal civil rights lawsuit challenging Kentucky laws related to people on the registry, leading to his role as the inaugural legal fellow for the Sex Offense Litigation and Policy Resource Center at the Mitchell Hamline School of Law. Guy is a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Law and Society Association’s division on Punishment and Society, and JustLeadershipUSA’s Impact Council. He himself was a graduate of the JustLeadershipUSA’s 2019 cohort. He resides in Kentucky with his wife Stefanie, their two dogs, and their two cats. You can connect with him on the site formerly known as Twitter (@g_padraic) or via his website, https://guyhamiltonsmith.com.
