Kathleen Erin Brody
Attorney
Mitchell Stein Carey Chapman PC
, the former Legal Director of the ACLU of Arizona, handles all types of criminal, regulatory, and administrative matters with the firm of Mitchell Stein Carey Chapman PC. Her practice focuses on representing and advising individuals, corporations, and public entities during government investigations, assisting companies and public entities in conducting internal investigations, representing licensed professionals in discipline proceedings, and handling complex matters where criminal law issues intersect with constitutional rights, civil liability, politics, and public relations.
Kathy has significant expertise in lawyer ethics and professional responsibility. She served on the Arizona State Bar Ethics Committee and as the editorial board co-chair for the most recent edition of the Arizona Legal Ethics Handbook. Kathy has provided advice to lawyers and judges in Arizona on ethical issues and professional obligations and has represented them when they came under investigation by the State Bar or Commission on Judicial Conduct. Kathy has also represented Arizona licensed fiduciaries in connection with audits and investigations by the Arizona Fiduciary Board.
Kathy has represented clients in connection with allegations of money laundering, consumer fraud, data breaches, and public corruption. She has considerable experience in complex compliance matters, including those involving deferred prosecution agreements and corporate monitors. She has advised companies regarding legal compliance in various areas, including anti-money laundering, other laws that apply to financial institutions, mandatory-reporter laws, and health-care regulations.
Kathy has also advised and represented public officials and public entities on various criminal and civil law issues. She is an expert on the Arizona Public Records Act, having counseled public entities on their obligations, sought public records on behalf of clients in connection with criminal and civil investigations, and litigated public records issues in Arizona courts.
Kathy is also experienced in civil and criminal appeals in state and federal courts. Kathy has advised clients with respect to potential post-conviction claims following state and federal court convictions, including conducting post-conviction investigations and legal evaluations for clients, and litigated post-conviction cases in Arizona state courts. Kathy has also authored numerous amicus curiae briefs in state and federal appellate courts, including the United States and Arizona Supreme Courts.
Kathy speaks frequently to groups and to the media on criminal and white-collar issues, civil rights, and constitutional issues. Since 2015, Kathy has been a leader in Arizona in the fight for criminal justice reform. As President of the Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice, she led the organization in reinvigorating its legislative and policy committee and making AACJ the go-to organization for Arizona legislators and other policy makers on criminal justice issues. She continues to press for reform on various fronts, including through ongoing constitutional litigation.
As Legal Director of the ACLU of Arizona, Kathy directed a large and busy docket of ongoing and developing constitutional litigation, including cases involving the First Amendment, the criminal justice system, and the rights of people in prisons and jails. Kathy was previously a partner at the Phoenix law firm of Osborn Maledon, where her work focused on government and internal investigations, civil and criminal appeals and post-conviction proceedings, and professional discipline.
Kathy has a B.A. in archaeological studies from Yale University. She graduated summa cum laude from the James E. Rogers College of Law at the University of Arizona, where she was elected to the Order of the Coif and served as the Case Notes Editor for the Arizona Law Review. Following her graduation from law school, Kathy served as a law clerk to Arizona Supreme Court Justice Andrew D. Hurwitz.
