Braxton H. Medlin is an Associate with Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O’Gara LLC and a member of the firm’s Alternative Dispute Resolution and Special Masterships Teams. He focuses his practice working with the PLDO Special Mastership Team in Prison Monitoring for the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, responsible for monitoring prison reform compliance and progress in the implementation of mandatory mental health screening, diagnosis and treatment of prisoners throughout the California prison system.

Prior to joining PLDO, Attorney Medlin worked for the Office of the Colorado State Public Defender. As a law student, he honed his legal skills working with the Roger Williams University School of Law Criminal Defense Clinic and other Public Defender offices as an intern. Earlier in his career, he worked as a paralegal and Spanish interpreter in a private law firm and served as an AmeriCorps member with the ACCESS Project as a Family Support Specialist providing education and wellness outreach programs to individuals, families, and communities.

Attorney Medlin earned his J.D. from Roger Williams University School of Law, where he was President of the Student Bar Association, a CALI Award winner in Trial Advocacy, and the recipient of the 2019 Public Interest Award. He received his B.A. in Romance Languages (Spanish) from North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro, N.C. Attorney Medlin is admitted to practice in Missouri.