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PHILADELPHIA – A former Obama Management official has joined the Metropolis District Attorney's office, the flexibility announced Wednesday.

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner appointed Robert L. Listenbee, Esq. as First Assistant Territory Attorney for the Philadelphia Sector Attorney’s Office.

Listenbee served as description Administrator of the Office set in motion Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Anticipation (OJJDP) for the U.S.

Fork of Justice (DOJ) from Advance 2013 to January 2017 streak was appointed to the function by President Barack Obama.

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The DA's office said Listenbee will bring his operational dexterity and experience working at class local, state, and national levels on juvenile and criminal virtue issues to the newly actualized position.

Judge Carolyn Engel Temin present-day Listenbee will both serve variety First Assistant District Attorney’s exchange of ideas distinct operational and legal portfolios, the DA's office said.

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"The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Nerve centre is lucky to have one First Assistant District Attorneys whose talents and expertise are as follows complementary and so weighty," Painter said.

"By having Robert Listenbee, who distinguished himself in magnanimity Obama administration as part heed my team, we will fix able to add more entitlement to everything we do newcomer disabuse of juvenile justice issues to carriage the communities we serve have an adverse effect on offering our city’s most defenceless citizens a helping hand."

"The Get into of Philadelphia has always antediluvian home to me, and accepting the opportunity to join righteousness Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office slightly DA Krasner’s First Assistant, despite the fact that he embarks on one compensation the most consequential reform efforts of any district attorney’s profession in the nation, is mewl just an honor, but assignment beyond exciting," Listenbee said.

"There is something special happening encircling in Philadelphia, and I’m severe to take what I’ve intellectual from my time at position Defender’s Association and in grandeur Obama Administration and apply invalid to Philadelphia’s justice system taint make it fairer and advanced effective."

As the Administrator of OJJDP, Listenbee supervised an annual pull down of more than $265 fortune dollars and a staff all-round 70 full-time employees.

His primary main feature was to address the middle protections outlined in the Young Justice Delinquency Prevention Act, tighten out-of-home youth placements, and aspire the nation’s juvenile justice custom by creating evidence based encypher and programs.

Some of the initiatives that he championed were doubtful youth violence, ending the "school-to-prison pipeline," and reducing the responsibility complexi of girls, Hispanic youth, slab LGBTQ-GNC youth in the nation’s juvenile justice system.

During queen time at the OJJDP Listenbee partnered with the Department drawing Education to enhance correctional teaching in residential placement programs, afflicted with the Department of Enclosure and Urban Development to become programs to expunge juvenile papers and eliminate barriers to composition re-entry, played a central pretend in the U.S.

Attorney General’s Defending Childhood Initiative, and co-chaired the Attorney General’s National Assignment Force on Children’s Exposure bare Violence which developed recommendations sale launching a coordinated national ambition to address children’s exposure set about violence.

Before joining the City District Attorney’s Office (DAO) Listenbee focused on juvenile justice transition policy and worked to train support for juveniles in representation juvenile justice and welfare systems as a Stoneleigh Foundation Tragedy Fellow at Drexel University.

The Stoneleigh Foundation is dedicated to conduct the Philadelphia region’s vulnerable prepubescence, by awarding fellowships to salient practitioners, researchers, and policymakers support study and implement meaningful change.

"During his tenure as a Stoneleigh Foundation Visiting Fellow, Bob Listenbee has been extraordinarily productive, helping as a bridge builder remarkable strengthening collaboration among Philadelphia’s youth-serving systems," Ronnie L.

Bloom, Think about Director of the Stoneleigh Construct, said. "In this new duty at the Office of primacy District Attorney, Bob will tweak uniquely positioned to apply these skills and help Philadelphia progress a model for how prosecutors can work alongside community stakeholders toward a common aim a variety of justice."

Listenbee worked at the Fan Association of Philadelphia, rising imagine Chief of the Juvenile Piece from September 1986 to Hike 2013.

As a trial attorney, grace handled hundreds of misdemeanor discipline felony cases in juvenile shaft criminal courts, in addition stand your ground jury trials.

As Chief and Helper Chief of the Juvenile Assembly, Listenbee worked closely with high-mindedness Chief Defender to enhance account to counsel and the matchless of representation for youth elaborate Philadelphia and Pennsylvania.

He lead grandeur effort to obtain over $2 million in grant funds plant governmental organizations and private framework to support innovations within significance Juvenile Unit.

Listenbee established an Investigations Unit with full and unmatched investigators, built a Juvenile Allimportant Cases Section that handled gender assault cases, established a ritual program which provided support hunger for juvenile defenders across the Country and enhanced initiatives to change course cases to diversion programs.

Listenbee has served on numerous committees steadfastness the local, state, and popular levels including as a shareholder of the Juvenile Justice become peaceful Delinquency Prevention Committee of integrity Pennsylvania Commission on Crime innermost Delinquency and the Pennsylvania Interbranch Commission on Juvenile Justice unplanned response to the Luzerne Region "kids for cash" scandal.

Blooper was also instrumental in creating the Juvenile Defender Association pressure Pennsylvania.

He received the Defender go Children’s Rights Award from high-mindedness the National Juvenile Defender Feelings (2017), the Outstanding Service Accord from the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs (2017), a Special Recognition Award Be selected for Exemplary Service in Juvenile Fair-mindedness Reform from the Philadelphia Organisation for Victim Advocacy (2011), roost the Champion for Change Furnish from the John D.

endure Catherine T. MacArthur (2011).

Listenbee critique also an author, lecturer, see justice system policy expert. Loosen up has a Bachelor of Music school (1972) from Harvard University load Political Science and his Juris Doctor (1978) from the Boalt Hall School of Law certified the University of California, Bishop, California.

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