Under California law, anyone convicted of “a conflict of interests, an act of fraud, dishonesty, a breach of a public trust, ...

The Elko County Public Defender’s Office is under new leadership following the sudden resignation of Matthew Pennell. Steffanie Foster was appointed interim public defender on July 2 by Elko County ...

A public defender was beaten and robbed by a former client near the Sonoma County Courthouse, not far from their office, ...

Leon Simms was booked into Sonoma County Jail on suspicion of robbery, attempted kidnapping and battery in the attack on his ...

BATON ROUGE, La. -- Five attorneys who run local public defender offices in Louisiana -- including Caddo Parish -- were replaced Tuesday even as the question of whether they have ...

The ACLU of Nebraska named a Lancaster County public defender as its acting legal director.