Prescott Loveland

Assistant Public Defender Prescott Loveland is trained in both law and social work. He supervises and supports several criminal trial regions in addition to NJOPD’s holistic defense pilot program and several statewide units. Prescott joined NJOPD in 2024 after nearly nine years with the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia (PDS). At PDS, Prescott represented adults and juveniles in D.C. Superior Court and was a supervisor of the PDS Trial Division. Prescott was also a member of the PDS Hiring Committee and the Forensic Practice Group. At PDS, Prescott was involved in cross division strategic planning around team defense. Prescott’s trial and litigation experience includes complex forensic and mental health issues and defending children prosecuted as adults. Prescott teaches and trains on team defense / holistic defense, sentencing mitigation, trial advocacy, client-centered representation, and trauma-informed practice.

Prescott has a JD and MSW from Fordham University. In 2015, he was named Fordham Law’s Public Service Valedictorian, and he received the law school’s top award for trial advocacy. At Fordham, Prescott co-founded the Fordham Law Defenders, he was a Stein Scholar for Public Interest Law, and he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Brendan Moore Trial Advocacy Program.

Before becoming a public defender, Prescott worked as a defense investigator, as a co-facilitator of an empowerment program for unhoused New Yorkers, and as a strategy consultant for nonprofit organizations.

Prescott was born and raised in New Jersey, and he is a proud father of twins.