Florence Bryan currently serves as a Staff Attorney in the Civil Division at the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, a position held since October 2023. Prior experience includes working as an Associate at Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP from October 2019 to January 2023 and as a SJC Rule 3:03 Student Attorney at the Harvard Law School Criminal Justice Institute during the academic year 2018-2019. Florence's legal career began with roles at various legal organizations, including internships at the Committee for Public Counsel Services and the Public Defender Service, with initial positions in education, including teaching English Language Arts and serving as a ballet teacher. Florence earned a Juris Doctor, Cum Laude, from Harvard Law School and held a prior Juris Doctor at the University of North Carolina School of Law, after receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Journalism from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where academic distinctions were achieved.