Letty S. Di Giulio

EXPERIENCE

Letty S. Di Giulio began her legal career over 20 years ago in Chicago where she represented both felony criminal defendants on appeal and capital post-conviction petitioners on behalf of the Office of the State Appellate Defender (OSAD) of Illinois.  Returning to her home state of Louisiana in 2004, she then focused exclusively on capital appeals and post-conviction, representing indigent defendants under sentence of death on behalf of the Capital Appeals Project (CAP) and The Capital Post-Conviction Project of Louisiana (CPCPL).  She has won reversals on behalf of her capital and non-capital clients in both Illinois and Louisiana. 

She opened her own law practice in 2011 where she continued to devote a significant portion of her practice to the representation of indigent capital defendants on direct appeal, state post-conviction, and in federal habeas, but she also accepted a select number of serious felony cases in these three forums each year. By limiting the number of cases she handled at once, Letty was able to provide the most attentive and individualized representation to each of her clients.

In 2024, Letty joined the Office of the Federal Public Defender in the Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana as a capital habeas research and writing specialist. Letty frequently acts as resource counsel to attorneys around the state who are dealing with complex legal issues or constitutional challenges. For more than a decade, she has served as Co-chair of the Amicus Committee of the Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (LACDL), which regularly files briefs in the state and federal appellate courts, including the United States Supreme Court, supporting cases of legal and professional significance to defense counsel and the clients they serve.