Ray Szwabowski of the Charlottesville-Albemarle Public Defender Office announced Friday that he will seek the Democratic nomination for Charlottesville Commonwealth’s Attorney. On the brisk ...

Commissioners voted 3-0 on Wednesday to approve a 2025-26 contract with the Ohio Public Defender’s Office that will cost $478,844 over the next year. “It is a decrease of what the county will ...

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — In the realm of legal representation, the choice between a public defender and a hired lawyer can significantly impact the outcome of a criminal case. Public ...

Washington will more than double the money it sends to counties for public defenders in an attempt to reduce strain on the legal system, state lawmakers decided in the two-year budget they passed ...

The Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP) has appointed Deborah Morrin, CPA, MBA, as a Public Director on its Board of Directors. Morrin is a respected financial leader with a record of ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A public defender is appointed to represent a UMass college student accused of firebombing a Cybertruck at a Kansas City Tesla center. Federal agents arrested Owen ...

In Washington County, Judge Rebecca Guptill told the publicly funded Metropolitan Public Defender, which operates offices in Washington and Multnomah counties, to produce detailed caseload ...

The justices wrestled over whether parents of four elementary school-aged children in a Maryland public school should be able to ... relating to family life and human sexuality. Judge Deborah Boardman ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — At least one trial has been delayed after a ransomware attack hit the federal public defender’s office in Phoenix, which provides counsel to defendants in federal court.

A former judge has been appointed to chair a public inquiry into the Nottingham attacks two years ago. Her Honour Deborah Taylor, a former circuit court judge who retired in 2022, was appointed by ...

A screenshot of the text string was disclosed earlier this year in discrimination lawsuits filed against Washington County by two former public defenders, both women of color. The revelation about ...

SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. -- A deputy public defender for Spokane County is facing counts of theft and money laundering through a local non-profit. John Sather Gowdy founded the nonprofit 'Heal ...