Feige began his legal career as a staff attorney at the Criminal Defense Division of the
Legal Aid Society, and held positions at the Civilian Complaint Review Board of New York City and the Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem, before becoming, in 1997, one of the founding members of
The Bronx Defenders. In 1999 Feige was promoted to Trial Chief. In March 2001, he filed the first motion for a double-blind sequential line up in
People v. Leo Franco, spawning a series of legal challenges to
eyewitness identification procedures around the country. Feige is the author of the 2006 book ''Indefensible: One Lawyer's Journey into the Inferno of American Justice'', which recounts his experiences as a
public defender in
The Bronx,
New York City. Feige is co-creator with
Steven Bochco (who had read
Indefensible) It was Feige's first attempt at screenwriting. He has written or produced over 100 hours of episodic television having also worked as a Consulting Producer and writer on the television shows
The Firm and
In Contempt. He also served as a Co-Executive Producer on a number of shows, including
Drop Dead Diva, the CBS legal drama
Doubt, and
Daredevil: Born Again, as well as an Executive Producer on the ABC series
For Life. Feige has appeared on
Court TV,
MSNBC and
National Public Radio to comment on legal issues. He has also written about the law for
The New York Times,
Los Angeles Times,
The Washington Post and
Boston Globe, and magazines like
Fortune,
Slate,
The New Yorker, and
The Nation. He was on the faculty of the National Criminal Defense College at
Walter F. George School of Law in
Macon,
Georgia, and is currently on leave as Professor of Law and Director of Advocacy Programs at
Seton Hall University School of Law in
Newark,
New Jersey. ==References==