Kenneth Schmetterer

Ken Schmetterer is a business litigation attorney at DLA Piper. Ken maintains a significant pro bono practice, most recently in matters involving prisoner rights, reentry and clemency efforts, federal civil rights claims, mental health support, and sexual exploitation. He consistently serves on or assists non-profit organizations and boards, including those advancing youth defense and youth justice, reentry and mentoring support, education equity, social/emotional learning, and restorative practices. Among his other policy advocacy efforts, Ken served as a leader of DLA Piper’s large-scale signature Juvenile Justice Project. As part of this effort, he served as the senior editor of From Juvenile Court to the Classroom: The Need for Effective Child Advocacy, a substantial policy study assessing and working to improve the transition of children from the juvenile court system back to school. Ken has co-authored four United States Supreme Court amicus briefs for the American Bar Association before the United States Supreme Court, supporting youth in the criminal justice system.