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28 Oct 2010, 10:01 am by David Oscar Markus
He declined to cut his budget by 5 percent, as the commissioners had asked, and the county board appears poised to grant his full request.Colorado public defenders have no such county budget review, and no elected leader. [read post]
24 May 2007, 5:32 am
Egar abruptly quit on July 14, with just two days' notice, after about six years as public defender. [read post]
14 Dec 2023, 4:40 am by SHG
Over the past decade, public defendersoffices, at least in New York, have become increasingly dedicated to social justice. [read post]
28 Nov 2009, 7:39 am
"Clark budget cuts threaten public defender's office" is the headline of this Nov. 27 story by Ben Zion Hershberg in... [read post]
22 Dec 2009, 3:33 am by Rumpole
The Dade Public Defender's office and all Public Defender offices across the state feel they are under direct attack from the Florida Senate led by Senator Victor Crist. [read post]
15 Apr 2010, 9:13 pm
I've blogged about San Francisco public defender Jeff Adachi's requests for additional legal staffers before, but this time his request to add a paralegal and a senior legal processing clerk is being taken very seriously by the mayor's office.The Associated Press is reporting that Adachi has requested the new legal staffers "to help review an estimated 30,000 cases dating back to 2005 possibly tainted by former lab technician Deborah Madden. [read post]
1 Jul 2011, 3:56 am
Insurance to defend and indemnify offices and employees of a political subdivision of the StateWatkins Glen Central School District v. [read post]
8 Aug 2014, 4:00 am by The Public Employment Law Press
”* §18[2][a] of the Public Officers Law permits public entities other than the State as an employer to provide for the defense and indemnification of its officers and employees of public entities upon its adoption of an appropriate law, by-law, rule, regulation or resolution.. [read post]
8 Mar 2007, 5:19 am
The move has been in the works since 2002, according to Public Defender Dana Hlavac. [read post]
5 Nov 2006, 7:25 am
The Galesburg (Illinois) Register-Mail looks at a county PD office one year after restructuring:The Price Of Justice: Cost Overruns A Concern Despite Reformed Public Defender's OfficeSeparating County Attorneys Reduces Need For Private Attorneys [read post]
13 Dec 2007, 1:27 am
" I'm not sure that Kaufman County would be directly addressing mental health issues among indigent defendants if they hadn't created a public defender office. [read post]
21 Aug 2012, 9:34 pm by Brooks Holland
Public Defender Offices in the Bronx and Brooklyn, however, recently have experimented with formal  bail programs for clients, particularly since the New York State Legislature relieved non-profits from bail-bond licensing requirements. [read post]
23 Jun 2011, 1:24 pm by James Briggs
A state lawmaker said he was concerned Wisconsin wasn’t getting the best possible deal on a new lease for the State Public Defender’s office in Racine. [read post]
23 Sep 2015, 2:28 am by Walter Olson
Tags: Arizona, Maryland, Pennsylvania, police bill of rights laws, prisoners, public employmentGreat moments in public employment: correctional officers’ rights is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [read post]
24 Nov 2008, 5:32 pm
  LINKTwo years ago, the office of the West Texas Regional Public Defender for Capital Cases was nothing but a dream. [read post]
12 Apr 2023, 10:21 am by Robert Guest
On appeal, he argued that he was wrongfully indicted for assault on a peace officer, when the charge he was convicted of was assault on a public servant. [read post]
17 May 2007, 5:34 am
From The Fort Lauderdale (Florida) Sun-Sentinel:Fort Lauderdale -- The city is suing Public Defender Howard Finkelstein for his decision to stop representing the poor in cases in which they're charged only with municipal code violations.Fort Lauderdale officials want a judge to force the Public Defender's Office to continue such representation.read the entire article...... [read post]
8 Mar 2007, 5:28 am
From The Arizona Republic:Maricopa County found lawyers on Wednesday for a dozen inmates who face the death penalty.But the emergency and long-term plans to fix the backlog of capital cases could fall apart unless the county supervisors pump money into the public defender system.It could ultimately cost "millions" for the county to bulk up the public defender offices and solve the attorney shortage, several officials said. [read post]