Fire swept through the Walker County Public Defender’s Officer in downtown Jasper. Firefighters responded about 4 a.m. Saturday to the massive blaze in the 300 block of 19th Street West ...

Local News Washington Supreme Court lowers public defender caseload limits The order cuts the annual felony caseload limit from 150 to 47 felony cases per attorney over a 10-year implementation ...

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 ...

Brooklyn Defender Services took over Queens Defenders’ contract after its director was indicted.

The Louisiana Public Defender Oversight Board has twice failed to get a quorum to resolve a controversy of five public defenders' jobs.

This public defender said he wants to defend the needs of downtown Topeka. William Naeger, 30, is a candidate for the District 1 seat on the Topeka City Council.

Public defender Anna Schamberg alleged in the lawsuit that Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office deputies should have handcuffed and shackled her client before allowing him to meet with her in a ...

Hall County deputies were called to the Public Defender's Office just before 9 a.m. regarding an employee who had recently died.

Maryland Public Defender Natasha Dartigue on Wednesday discussed with Baltimore residents ways to keep decreasing violent crime in the city.

San Francisco's district attorney and public defender joined hands in a rare show of solidarity on Tuesday in support of free legal aid.

Allegheny County’s former top public defender filed a lawsuit Tuesday, alleging she was wrongfully terminated.

Edward Randolph is facing several charges after investigators say he attacked a public defender during a hearing inside the jail courtroom.