The Fayette County Commissioners received an update from the Ohio Public Defender’s Office during Monday’s meeting.

She said currently the county collects all of the reimbursements from the Ohio Public Defenders Office and then distributes the reimbursements to each community, which she called “cumbersome ...

Hancock County Budget, Efficiency and Revenue Committee and Hancock County Council members Tammy Settergren and Scott Wooldridge listen in during a recent hearing. GREENFIELD — Hancock County ...

Jan. 21—LOCKPORT — The Niagara County Public Defender's Office is undergoing a leadership shakeup in keeping with recommendations from a private law firm that determined the office's two top ...

Stock joined the Coconino County Public Defender’s Office in August 2021 following 24 years of experience as an attorney. After obtaining her law degree from Northern Illinois University, Stock ...

During a regular (packed) meeting of the Hale County Commissioners, Chief Public Defender for the office Marie Galindo stood up to introduce 10 staff members.

Lisa McLean has made new hires as she takes over the role of representing the county’s indigent criminal defendants. Flanked by her sons Jackson McLean, 23, left, and Jake McLean, 25 ...

Yet county officials say the lower caps are bound to exacerbate their problems in the short term by reducing the number of cases each public defender can take. The counties will need to spend more ...

In Johnson County, public defenders are inundated with cases, even with a fully staffed public defender’s office and a back-up cache of private attorneys, Cessna said. “In counties with fewer ...

The program offers limited loan forgiveness for prosecutors, public defenders and indigent legal services lawyers. Last year, the state allocated $2.4 million for the program. Coupled with the extra ...