Tiffany Bracewell is taking a break from her job at Troutman Sanders defending corporate clients in white-collar matters to work for the Atlanta federal defender’s office in a new secondment program.

Starting in January, the Troutman associate will spend six months helping Federal Defender Program attorneys represent criminally accused defendants who can’t afford counsel—a stint that Troutman is sponsoring. Bracewell, who will remain on the Troutman payroll, is the inaugural private-firm fellow for the program, which serves the Northern District of Georgia.