The news comes one year after the Louisiana Legislature passed a bill giving the state more power over public defense.

The Clackamas County Circuit Court appointed a public defender to represent Melissa Fireside, the former Clackamas County ...

Public defenders and private lawyers serve crucial roles in the legal system, but they operate under different circumstances ...

This comes just days after a ruling finding the state of Maine breached the Sixth Amendment. A new bill would allow courts to ...

A Pennsylvania county has settled claims that its public defender’s office paid male assistant defenders more than women in ...

A Public Defender recently performed CPR on a man attending a hearing for a family member., and saved his life.

Five Louisiana public defenders allege their terminations are retaliation for exercising their First Amendment rights. The ...

WAUSAU, Wis. (WAOW) - A Public Defender recently performed CPR on a man attending a hearing for a family member and saved his ...

Ward, who has handled some of Tampa’s highest-profile criminal cases, resigned this month for a job in private practice.

A new legislative proposal put forward by members of the Georgian Dream party seeks to extend vital social protection benefits ...

Aubrey Chase Mathis, 32, who has been in the Alachua County Jail since July 2024, was charged with battery on a public ...

An emergency bill sought to compromise the demands of Gov. Janet Mills and the Maine Commission on Public Defense Services as ...