Thank you for visiting our site. As your Public Defender, our office is responsible for representing those financially unable to employ counsel and who are charged with the commission of any contempt or criminal offense triable in the Superior Courts of the County at all stages of the proceedings.

As your Public Defender, our office and I are committed to protecting the constitutional rights of every individual we represent through our zealous advocacy and presence at every critical stage of the proceedings in every court and at every calendar. We are here to provide the crucible in determining whether charges brought are true in whole, in part, or at all. We take seriously our office motto:  The Noblest Motive is the Public Good.

Public Defender

Our Services

If you have been charged with a crime and cannot afford an attorney, you will be assigned an attorney from the public defender’s office. Our office’s practice consists predominantly of criminal defense litigation. We defend adults and juveniles charged with crimes ranging from petty-theft to capital murders. The office also defends individuals subject to involuntary psychiatric, civil commitments and conservatorships.

Additionally, our office represents individuals in certain specialty or collaborative courts, such as drug court and mental health court. Most collaborative courts look to alternatives to incarceration in order to provide individuals with the services and treatment that they need.

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