We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Austyn Sanders. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Austyn below.

Austyn, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today Let’s start with the story of your mission. What should we know?

I grew in the midwest without wealth and made opportunities for myself through constant hard work, studying and accepting challenging to change the trajectory of where my life took me. I have a fundamental dedication to fairness without consideration of economic inequality. Rights should not depend on how much someone has.

Austyn, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?

I enjoy the outdoors, good food and drink with great people around me. Career-wise, I strive to gain a deeper understanding of Constitutional Law and the Rules of Evidence in order to sharpen my translatable litigation skills. My brand of advocacy requires me to constantly think outside of the traditional solutions and get creative. I find that my ability to approach legal problems with novel theory and new approaches garners results that are positive and often unexpected. I also ground these approaches in the law and cite to cases I’ve researched to gain deeper understanding of implying principles, building upon those legal theories. I have made use of arrows often left unused in the quiver through attention to detail and mastering Rules of Procedure.

Learning and unlearning are both critical parts of growth – can you share a story of a time when you had to unlearn a lesson?

Wait and see. Time fixes everything so do not be so quick to snap decisionmaking and rash judgments. At the heart of my job is problem solving for people.

We’d love to hear a story of resilience from your journey.

When I graduated in 2012, the legal field was drying up, commiserate with economic downturn. After passing the bar for Florida, I interned for ACLU of Florida for one year to learn about the law—even if a position was not open. I subsequently obtained a grant from Justice Americorp under the Department of Justice to do immigration work for Unaccompanied minor children through Asylum and Dependency law. When I became a Public Defender 8 years ago, I sought to learn every nuance I could to sharpen trial and litigation skills and utilize them to advocate for those among us that stand accused of a crime, but cannot afford the skills that a person of wealth might otherwise be able to.

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• Instagram: @austyn1911