PJ Blanchfield

Albany, NY United States

Assistant Public Defender

Legal

An attorney with 20 years of experience as a prosecutor, public defender, and civil litigator, PJ Blanchfield currently represents clients on criminal and civil cases in and around Albany, New York. Educated at Hamilton College and the New England School of Law, he began his career in 1993 as an assistant district attorney for Albany County, where he spent more than a decade prosecuting cases involving narcotics and violent crimes. In tandem with this work as an attorney, PJ Blanchfield maintained a busy schedule of community outreach, visiting area schools and teaching elementary schoolchildren the values of responsible decision-making in the Legal Lives Program.