Samuel Wiita Dworkin is a Mitigation Specialist and Investigator with over 17 years experience in Capital and Indigent Criminal Defense. He was previously employed at the N. Virginia Capital Defender Office for over 5 years. In early 2012, Sam formed his own practice, Dworkin Investigations, LLC, and has been appointed to capital (and serious felony) cases throughout the country. He has an undergraduate degree in Psychology from Pennsylvania State University and a Masters Degree in Forensic Psychology from Marymount University. Sam is devoted to indigent and criminal defense cases, sentencing, and merits investigations. He currently works both state and federal cases in all stages (pre-trial, habeas and post-conviction, juvenile and adult re-sentencing, etc). He is an accomplished trainer and presenter at national and local levels, as well as testifying expert. From the Fall of 2013 - 2017, he was also an Adjunct Professor, co-teaching the course “The Death Penalty and Mitigation” to graduate level students at Marymount University’s department of Forensic and Legal Psychology. In 2016 he was published, as a co-author of the chapter “Capital Case Sentencing Evaluations” in the textbook Inside Forensic Psychology. Sam has done extensive domestic and international travel. He is a father, drummer, and lover of dogs.