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1 May 2009, 4:28 pm
District Court for the District of Kansas to appoint the highly-regarded Capital Habeas Corpus Unit of the Federal Public Community Defender, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to represent him on his habeas petition. [read post]
15 Jan 2017, 12:10 pm by Benson Varghese
Criminal defense attorneys across the state assist indigent defendants by taking appointed cases at significantly reduced prices. [read post]
1 Mar 2007, 5:36 am
He is a lawyer with 30 years under his belt in federal and state courts. [read post]
22 Aug 2021, 9:19 am by admin
The Selection Committee is made up of federal judges, private attorneys, and the Federal Public Defender for the Southern District of Florida. [read post]
20 Jul 2023, 8:19 am by David Oscar Markus
This would be a disaster.From Reuters:The U.S. federal public defenders system could need to cut as many as 500 from its staff charged with protecting the rights of poor criminal defendants, because of a budgeting error by Congress that could leave it with a 3% to 5% shortfall, officials said.That would mean a reduction of as many as 12% of the roughly 4,100 employees of the Federal Public and Community Defenders, the office that … [read post]
28 May 2016, 7:35 pm by Jon Katz
Deeply thanking and bowing to Ken Troccoli and all other public defender and court appointed lawyers who pour their blood, sweat and tears into defending their indigent criminal defense clients. [read post]
1 Sep 2023, 6:06 am by Allen L. Harris
After the FTC filed the action, it obtained a restraining order appointing a receiver to assume control over SBH and required the individual defendants to produce their electronic communications and turn over the mobile devices used to operate the business. [read post]
1 Sep 2023, 6:06 am by Allen L. Harris
After the FTC filed the action, it obtained a restraining order appointing a receiver to assume control over SBH and required the individual defendants to produce their electronic communications and turn over the mobile devices used to operate the business. [read post]
1 Sep 2023, 6:06 am by Allen L. Harris
After the FTC filed the action, it obtained a restraining order appointing a receiver to assume control over SBH and required the individual defendants to produce their electronic communications and turn over the mobile devices used to operate the business. [read post]
9 Jan 2011, 5:16 pm by Jeralyn
CNN reports the federal court says former Spokane federal defender (also National Capital Resource Counsel and Federal Community Defender in San Diego), Judy Clarke has been appointed to represent him. [read post]
19 May 2016, 7:23 am by The Swartz Law Firm
The appellate court concluded that a defendant charged with a federal crime can replace a privately retained criminal defense attorney with a court appointed attorney without having to show good cause, because a defendant’s the right to choose counsel includes the right to discharge counsel that one no longer chooses. [read post]
1 May 2014, 6:01 pm by Jack Sharman
   Before he was appointed in 2012, the district was one of only four federal judicial districts, out of 94 nationwide, that lacked some form of public defender office to represent indigent criminal defendants. [read post]
20 Apr 2009, 12:49 am
Over at Texas Lawyer, John Council brings word of a federal court opinion shutting down litigation over judges' selection of attorneys under the 2001 Fair Defense Act ("5th Circuit rejects suit against judges over court appointments," April 20):Eight years after the Legislature passed the Texas Fair Defense Act, some lawyers still are not happy with how judges carry out the law, which requires judges quickly to appoint qualified attorneys to represent… [read post]
9 May 2009, 9:05 am
Yesterday, Senior Judge Rogers entered this order granting Ronald Gray's motion to have the highly regarded Capital Habeas Corpus Unit (CHU) of the Federal Public Community Defender, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, appointed without cost to represent him on his habeas petition. [read post]
When the court appoints your public defender, they don’t allow you to have any say in the lawyer chosen for you. [read post]
When the court appoints your public defender, they don’t allow you to have any say in the lawyer chosen for you. [read post]
13 Jul 2007, 9:14 pm
  In an nutshell, Iyengar's study, "An Analysis of the Performance of Federal Indigent Defense Counsel," finds that federal public defenders get better outcomes than (more expensive) court-appointed lawyers. [read post]
27 Jul 2015, 12:02 pm by Michel-Adrien
"Related Globe and Mail articles include:Legal observers urge Ottawa to revamp judicial appointment process (July 26, 2015): "Merit is too often trumped by political considerations in judicial appointments, leaders in the legal community say in calling for the federal government to overhaul the process. [read post]