Zana T. Molina

Contact

Direct: 206-462-6749
Email: ZTM@pattersonbuchanan.com

Attorney

Admitted to practice in Washington

Ms. Molina’s practice focuses on civil defense matters for both private and public entities.

Prior to joining Patterson Buchanan Fobes & Leitch, Ms. Molina worked as an analyst at Pierce County District Court while simultaneously obtaining her law degree.  During law school, she externed for Judge Lizanne Padula in Pierce County District Court and Magistrate Judge David Schultz in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota.  Ms. Molina also participated in her school’s Wrongful Conviction Clinic where she worked on cases with the Minnesota Attorney General’s Conviction Review Unit.

Education

• Mitchell Hamline School of Law, Juris Doctorate, cum laude, 2023
• University of Colorado Denver, Master of Criminal Justice, 2015
• University of Colorado Denver, Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice, 2014
• Front Range Community College, Associate of Arts, cum laude, 2014

Professional Memberships

• Washington State Bar Association

PUBLICATIONS

• Molina, Zana (2023) "Safeguarding the Alford Plea: Minimizing State-Sanctioned Wrongful Convictions," Mitchell Hamline Law Journal of Public Policy and Practice: Vol. 44: Iss. 1, Article 3. Available at: https://open.mitchellhamline.edu/policypractice/vol44/iss1/3