Sentences with phrase «with public defender»

My experience includes investigative positions with Public Defender's office, the Attorney General, the Dept. of Children and Families, several more government and social service agencies and finally I opened my own private investigative agency.

Before the hearing, an official with the public defender's office described Cruz as a «deeply troubled child who has endured a lot of emotional trauma in a short period of time.»

Before authorizing a new fee to support the state crime lab, for instance, the Commission would ask how that fee interacts with the public defender's application fee, the probation supervision fee, and all the other fees currently imposed on individuals ensnared in the justice system.

Staffed by the Immigrant Defense Project, the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, and the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, the Defending Immigrants Partnership collaborates with public defender offices and criminal defense organizations on behalf of noncitizens facing criminal charges.

Robert Kerrigan, Esq., after graduating with honors from Florida State University College of Law in 1971, assumed a position with the Public Defender's Office, where he was later named Chief Assistant.

Before going solo in 1998, Cosgrove worked as a Cook County public defender but hasn't done much in private practice because «it's hard to get a lot of return business — people lose their jobs, homes and means of support and end up with the public defender's office.»

Regardless of what the «facts» of your Federal case may be, if the case has been removed to the Federal court level, trying to defend the charges on your own or with a public defender could be extremely risky.

If you are currently working with a public defender that does not have the time to meet with you and your family, McKneely Law Firm can take over your case to work for better results.

study shows that a homicide defendant with a public defender will fare a lot better than with court - appointed counsel;

Or if one's goal is to be a criminal lawyer, starting one's career with the Public Defender's Office or the State Attorney is a good option.

Indigent defendants are even being charged for the expense of being provided with a public defender, even though a half - century ago, the Supreme Court declared that those who can't afford an attorney must be provided with one free of charge.

In conjunction with Georgia State's Sociology, and Criminal Justice and Criminology departments, the center will work with public defender offices in Fulton and Dekalb counties to assess the nature and pervasiveness of civil legal issues facing those who enter the criminal justice system.

He also assisted criminal defendants as a provisionally admitted member of the Iowa State Bar representing defendants and working with the public defender's office under the direct supervision of a managing attorney.

MAIP helped achieve this expansion of prisoners» rights, but worked with the Public Defender Service and a private attorney.

In 2004, MAIP worked with the Public Defender Service and DC Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers to help pass a law requiring the mandatory recording of interrogations in DC.

Gorman quickly realized that his views were more in line with the public defender, and he has been a criminal defense lawyer ever since.

The article references, among others, the judge caught having sex with a public defender in a parked car, and the one who «inappropriately touched a prosecutor and investigator after they sat in his lap posing for a photo.»

I recently worked with a career counseling client who was offered a position with a public defender office.

At noon, Sen. Jesse Hamilton and Assemblywoman Tremaine Wright will host a press conference with public defenders and criminal justice reform advocates, Franklin Ave Subway Station, Eastern Pkwy & Franklin Ave, Brooklyn.

With public defenders» offices in seven states refusing to take on new cases or suing to limit their caseloads, this week's legal - affairs podcast Lawyer2Lawyer looks at the plight of the public defender.

As a law student, Heather interned with the Honorable Marjorie Rendell, served as a clinical student with the Public Defenders Association, and was a Louderback Legal Writing Instructor.

Not exact matches

Nikolas Cruz (C) appears via video monitor with Melisa McNeill (R), his public defender, at a bond court hearing after being charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S., February 15, 2018.

(For public defenders) Be either full - time employees of a state or unit of local government (including tribal government) or full - time employees of a nonprofit organization operating under a contract with a state or unit of local government, who «provide legal representation to indigent persons in criminal or juvenile delinquency cases»

The district partnered with the offices of the sheriff, state attorney, public defender, and chief judge, as well as the NAACP, to rethink its disciplinary policies.

These stories of everyday - people - turned - human - rights - defenders, most of them Indigenous men and women of Mesoamerica, will undoubtedly provide the Canadian public with the so - far untold story about this highly - controversial Canadian economic development model.

I generally agree with the adversarial process but this situation is where justice breaks down... no public defenders for civil matters, so if you can't afford an attorney, you just get slammed?

I know that defenders of a strict separation of church and state will wonder why Ryan engaging in this public exchange with a Catholic bishop over what might seem to be a purely secular matter.

A rather public scandal resulted, with earnest defenders of propriety on one side and equally earnest defenders of artistic freedom on the other.

He has had some difficulty with the local public defender's office, which came to the aid of a problem tenant whose lease Edgebrook refused to renew.

Voting in favor of the executive's recommendation to transfer some $ 110,000 within budget to pay for the additional public defender (with benefits) were Majority Leader Ken Ronk, Mary Beth Maio and T.J. Briggs.

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Meanwhile, Jon Black, president of the London Criminal Courts Solicitors» Association, warns that if current reforms are as disastrous as expected, we may see the rise of the currently - defunct Public Defender Service, with the state both prosecuting and defending an individual.

With the defendants indicted, the action in Clean Sweep moved to the Ulster County Courthouse where the sudden influx of drug cases strained the resources of the district attorney's and the public defender's offices.

Kindlon, as Law Beat previously reported, has overhauled the office with new assignments and roles for attorneys, right down to transforming the former media room on the first - floor of the judicial center to an office where public defenders can meet their clients.

Griffin worked as a senior assistant prosecutor in the Rockland County District attorney's Office from 1981 to 1986, worked in private practice later on, and received a full - time job with the Rockland County Office of the Public Defender in 2010.

Personal Info Birthplace: Staten Island, NY High School: Brooklyn Tech High School (public - requires entrance exam) Higher Education: SUNY New Paltz, University of Buffalo Law School NY19 Connection: Attended SUNY New Paltz, 1970 - 1974; Returned to live in Kingston in 1981 and thereafter moved to Woodstock where he has resided through today Length of Residency in NY19: Kingston, NY and Woodstock, NY since 1983; greater than 34 years Prior Job History: Served as a Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) Volunteer working with Native American tribes in Nebraska, Western Nebraska Legal Services attorney between 1977 - 1980; Ulster County Public Defender's Office in the 1980s and early 1990s, Law Offices of Dave Clegg practicing predominantly personal injury law and elder abuse cases until prpublic - requires entrance exam) Higher Education: SUNY New Paltz, University of Buffalo Law School NY19 Connection: Attended SUNY New Paltz, 1970 - 1974; Returned to live in Kingston in 1981 and thereafter moved to Woodstock where he has resided through today Length of Residency in NY19: Kingston, NY and Woodstock, NY since 1983; greater than 34 years Prior Job History: Served as a Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) Volunteer working with Native American tribes in Nebraska, Western Nebraska Legal Services attorney between 1977 - 1980; Ulster County Public Defender's Office in the 1980s and early 1990s, Law Offices of Dave Clegg practicing predominantly personal injury law and elder abuse cases until prPublic Defender's Office in the 1980s and early 1990s, Law Offices of Dave Clegg practicing predominantly personal injury law and elder abuse cases until present.

She is a former public defender with a law degree from Howard University.

A Rockland assistant public defender resigned after being charged with drunken driving and spending a night in jail for disrespecting a village judge during an unrelated court proceeding.

NYIFUP provides free legal counsel to immigrants facing deportation, per The Bronx Defenders, a public defenders organization in New York City that works with theDefenders, a public defenders organization in New York City that works with thedefenders organization in New York City that works with the program.

You know you're in a «law and order» region of the state when the public defender is credited with thousands of successful criminal prosecutions... defendants there might better mortgage the corn combine and hire their own lawyer!

When state Supreme Court Justice Joseph Teresi of the Third Judicial District retired from his second 14 - year term half way through on June 26, the Albany Democrat and former public defender set up a race that's pitting his fellow Albany Law School alumni, Democratic Albany County legislator and private attorney Justin Corcoran, against Greene County - based Republican Lisa M. Fisher, an attorney with the Ulster County Public Defender's opublic defender set up a race that's pitting his fellow Albany Law School alumni, Democratic Albany County legislator and private attorney Justin Corcoran, against Greene County - based Republican Lisa M. Fisher, an attorney with the Ulster County Public Defender'sdefender set up a race that's pitting his fellow Albany Law School alumni, Democratic Albany County legislator and private attorney Justin Corcoran, against Greene County - based Republican Lisa M. Fisher, an attorney with the Ulster County Public Defender's oPublic Defender'sDefender's office.

Kathryn S. Wylde, president of the Partnership for New York City, a business group, said she had often had dealings with Mr. Klein and that his experience at the Education Department «established his ability to take on a difficult challenge in a straightforward, honest way, and enhanced the credibility that he established during his years in Washington as a defender of the public interest.

A third of alleged criminals in Onondaga County using public defenders never met with their lawyers outside of the courtroom, a report from the New York Civil Liberties Union has found.

This selection weighed against the selection of Zach Carter as Corporation Counsel (because he reportedly befriends disgraced public official John L. Sampson, but was a John Gotti, Jr. slayer and Abner Louima defender and knows that «Stop & Frisk» is not racial profiling when done right) may suggest bi-polarity for the mayor - elect, but I trust not paranoia for me as I am at a befuddled disadvantage on what to expect next: but we can ask a de Blasio agreement with Gov. Cuomo that neither of them will be involved in selecting the next Council Chair (because that would not only be unlawful but power prejudice ugly in these times of moral decay by the elected).

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«More than just an advocate for public safety, education and the environment, along with many other policy issues, Peter and his family have been defenders of diversity and tolerance, which has fostered Queens becoming one of the most inclusive places on earth.

In Albany, judges appoint public defenders but when conflicts arise — such as cases with multiple defendants — judges appoint alternate public defenders known as conflict defenders.

But she did not start her professional life with a vision of standing on the global stage or adopting the multiple, competing public personas she has assumed: agent provocateur, warrior - defender of Indonesia, trash - talking drama queen.

In the»90s, he hosted a popular children's science show and more recently has been an eloquent defender of evolution in public debates with creationists.

After working with the Defenders I decided that I wanted to go to law school to study domestic violence law and public policy.