MICHAEL S. HUSSEY has been an attorney with the Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS) Public Defender Division since 1985, and the Attorney-In-Charge of the Worcester office since 1994.  He is a graduate of at Stony Brook  University and Suffolk Law School and has been on the “Murder List” since 1992.  He has tried cases in the District and Superior Courts of Worcester County and has also argued post-conviction cases before the Appeals Court.  Mr. Hussey was the 2003 recipient of the Massachusetts Bar Association’s Access to Justice Award.  In 2004, Mr. Hussey was inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers, of which he is currently a Fellow.  He was the 2006 recipient of the Edward Duggan Award given by CPCS.  Mr. Hussey has been a frequent lecturer and faculty member at MCLE and CPCS training programs.  He was a contributing author to MCLE’s Trying Murder and Homicide Cases.  Mr. Hussey is a long-time member of the board of directors of the Massachusetts Citizens Against the Death Penalty and the Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.