Theresa “Teri” Duncan is the Deputy Director of the Federal Death Penalty Resource Counsel Project. She has been practicing law since 2000, when she graduated cum laude from the University of New Mexico School of Law. After clerking for Judge Lynn Pickard of the New Mexico Court of Appeals, Teri joined the Appellate Division of the New Mexico Public Defender Department. In 2003, Teri joined the defense team for Terry Lynn Nichols, who faced the death penalty for his alleged role in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. Mr. Nichols was ultimately sentenced to life imprisonment. Since then, Teri has represented many clients facing the death penalty in federal courts across the country, including helping to secure a life sentence in the case of United States v. McCluskey in the District of New Mexico. In addition to her legal practice, Teri is co-author of Wharton’s Criminal Evidence, Wharton’s Criminal Procedure, and Everytrial Criminal Defense Resource Book. She is also co-chair of NACDL’s Death Penalty Committee and regularly presents on criminal defense issues.