Ana Walker, previously the Chair of the Time Served Board of Directors from March 2024 to May 2026, is now our new Senior Staff Attorney of the Innocence Division. In her role, Ana will directly represent clients with credible claims of actual innocence or wrongful conviction in post-conviction litigation in state and federal courts.

 

Before joining as a staff member, Ana served as an Assistant Public Defender for the 13th Judicial Circuit in Greenville, South Carolina. She also previously served as an Assistant Public Defender for the 5th Judicial Circuit in Columbia, as a civil legal aid lawyer with South Carolina Legal Services, and as a reentry legal services director and attorney.

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Over her 13+ years spent as a criminal defense lawyer, Ana started to understand how much American history—including events that occurred over 150 years ago, such as Reconstruction after the Civil War and the ratification of the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution—

 

continues to maintain the vast disparities within the criminal legal system. Today, people of color and minorities routinely suffer discrimination at the hands of law enforcement, the courts, and the legislature.

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Ana hopes her advocacy makes even a small impact towards widespread systemic change.

 

Ana wholeheartedly supports Time Served’s mission and work of improving the lives of currently and formerly incarcerated improves the lives of ALL South Carolinians.