Education

Law School/Year: J.D., Thomas Jefferson College of Law, San Diego, 1980

College/Year: B.A., Butler University, 1977

Bar Admissions

California, 1981; U.S. District Court, Southern District of California, 1981; U.S. District Court, District of Arizona, 1995

Practice Areas

Criminal Law

Major Cases

Christopher Plourd has been a practicing litigation attorney for the past 26 years, specializing in cases involving forensic scientific evidence. Plourd has engaged extensively in scientific evidence consulting in legal matters involving forensic DNA identity testing throughout the United States and is considered one of a handful of attorneys in the United States who is proficient in the use of forensic DNA technologies.

In addition to DNA evidence, Plourd has considerable experience in cases involving bite mark identification evidence and blood spatter evidence.

Plourd is frequently asked to appear on television news and radio talk show programs to comment upon DNA and other forensic scientific evidence.

Professional Background

Plourd began his private practice law office in 1988. Prior to that he was staff attorney with Defenders Inc. on felony cases. He also served as assistant public defender in the Imperial County Public Defenders Office and was with Plourd, Blume, Scoville, Strickland and Breeze. Plourd began his law career with Justice Donald Work in the Fourth District Court of Appeals, Division One, in San Diego. He was certified by the California State Bar as a Criminal Law Specialist in 1991.

Professional Affiliations

Plourd belongs to numerous legal and scientific organizations. He is a member of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Society of Forensic Odontology.

He is also a member of the State Bar of California, the San Diego County Bar Association and California Attorneys for Criminal Justice. Plourd is also committed to lending his talents in educating fellow members of the bar. As a forensic scientific evidence consultant, Plourd regularly lectures attorneys, judges, law enforcement officers and law students on the subject of forensic scientific evidence.