Public Defenders by State

Maine

• Maine has no state-level indigent defense office. County judges or the court clerk's office can assign private attorneys to represent indigent criminal defendants. See Maine: An Assessment of Access to Counsel and Quality of Representation in Delinquency Proceedings

Maryland

• Office of the State Public Defender
• Federal Public Defender for the District of Maryland

Massachusetts

• Committee for Public Counsel Services
• Federal Defender Office for Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island

Michigan

• State Appellate Defender Office
• Livingston County Public Defender
• Washtenaw County Public Defender
• Federal Defender Office, Eastern District of Michigan

Minnesota

• Minnesota State Board of Public Defense

Mississippi

• Mississippi Public Defenders Association
• Jackson County Public Defender

Missouri

• Missouri State Public Defender System
• Federal Public Defender for the Western District of Missouri

Montana

• Montana State Public Defender
• Montana Appellate Defender Office
• Federal Public Defenders for the District of Montana

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Nebraska

• Box Butte County Public Defender
• Buffalo County Public Defender
• Lancaster County Public Defender
• Madison County Public Defender
• Otoe County Public Defender
• Pierce County Public Defender
• Platte County Public Defender
• Scotts Bluff County Public Defender
• Federal Public Defender for the District of Nebraska

Nevada

• Nevada State Public Defender
• Clark County Public Defender
• Las Vegas Public Defender

New Hampshire

• New Hampshire Public Defender
• Federal Defender Office for Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island

New Jersey

• New Jersey Public Defender
• Federal Public Defender for the District of New Jersey

New Mexico

• New Mexico Public Defender
• Santa Fe Public Defender Department

New York

• New York State Defenders Association
• Capital Defender Office
• Albany County Public Defender
• Brooklyn Defender Services
• Broome County Public Defender
• Carbon County Public Defender
• Cayuga County Assigned Counsel
• Cortland County Public Defender
• Erie County Bar Association Aid to Indigent Prisoners Assigned Counsel Program
• Fulton County Conflict Defender
• Genese County Public Defender
• Harlem Neighborhood Defender Service
• Jefferson County Public Defender's Office
• Monroe County Assigned Counsel
• New York City Office of the Appellate Defender
• Oneida County Public Defender
• Orleans County Public Defender
• St. Lawrence County Public Defender
• Steuben County Public Defender
• Ulster County Public Defender
• Federal Public Defender for the Western District of New York
• Federal Public Defender for the Northern District of New York

North Carolina

• North Carolina Office of Indigent Defense Services

North Dakota

• North Dakota Legal Counsel for Indigents Commission

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