Ronda Swenson

Criminal Defense Mitigation Specialist

Ronda Swenson is a private Mitigation Specialist. She holds a MA in Education with a credential in Sociology. She has completed extensive coursework toward a Ph.d. She also possesses a BA in Sociology and has completed hundreds of hours of continuing education training across multiple fields and topics. In addition to the PJDC Advisory Board she is on the NAPD Education Advisory Board and Steering Committees for forensic social work.  She has presented on numerous topics throughout the nation. Ronda’s professional experience spans over twenty-six years in criminal defense at the state and federal level focusing on serious felonies and capital cases from pre-trial to post-conviction. She has also worked for over eighteen years as a juvenile dependency social worker and investigator and spent three years with the Northern California Innocence Project. She holds certifications as a paralegal and in forensic social work. In addition to her work in the legal system, she has dedicated over thirty years to teaching modeling and self-esteem skills to both children and adults. Furthermore, she provided foster care to adolescents in her home for twenty years and is a single mother to a daughter.