Kory DeClark
Attorney
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J.D. from Yale Law School
Ph.D. in Philosophy from University of Southern California
B.A. in Philosophy from University of California Davis, summa cum laude
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Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Office of the Federal Public Defender, Northern District of California
Liman Fellow, San Francisco Public Defender’s Office
Law Clerk to the Hon. William Fletcher of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
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Member of the State Bar of California
Admitted in the Northern District of California
Admitted in the United States Supreme Court.
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Biography
Kory DeClark is an attorney at BraunHagey & Borden. His practice focuses on bringing impact litigation in state and federal courts to advance the law for underserved causes and communities. Prior to joining BHB, Kory was as an appellate attorney in a leading Supreme Court and appellate practice and a trial attorney at the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Northern District of California. Before that, he served as a Liman Fellow at the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office, where he worked toward bail reform in California. Kory has handled felony and misdemeanor cases across all stages of litigation. He has tried cases to verdict in both state and federal court—winning acquittals on a range of criminal charges—and has argued before the Ninth Circuit.
Before his work as a public defender, Kory served as a law clerk to the Honorable William A. Fletcher of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and as student director of Yale Law School’s Criminal Justice Clinic. He holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Southern California and a vegan culinary degree from the Natural Gourmet Institute in New York City.
Personal
Kory lives in Berkeley with his partner and their toddler. He spends his free time training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and trying to convince his son to go to sleep.
For more information about Kory’s representative cases and experience, please contact the firm.