Indigent Defense

In an effort to reconnect families and reduce recidivism, the GPDC started the Ladders leadership development initiative. Ladders provides transformational education and wraparound services for certain individuals with prior justice...

The Georgia Public Defender’s Office is the central office located in Atlanta, Georgia. With seven Council members and at over 400 attorneys, they are dedicated to providing zealous criminal...

THE FIRST TIME Michael Marcum saw the byline “Brandon Astor Jones,” he was working as a jail commander in San Francisco. It was 1993; Marcum can’t recall what the...

We Need Your Voice: Georgia Moves to Slash Public Defender’s Appellate Division Georgians are constitutionally entitled to effective counsel in their trials and in their appeals, but that right will...

Quick facts for kidsGeorgia Alliance of African American Attorneys Logo of the Georgia Alliance of African American Attorneys Formation June 1992 Type Legal Society Headquarters Atlanta, Georgia Location Membership 1600+ President Charla Hall Website www.gaaaa.org The Georgia Alliance of African American Attorneys (GAAAA) is...

Federal judges are often asked to interpret laws and legislative history and to give meaning to legislative ambiguities. So it can be argued that the system benefits from...

OFFICE OF BAR ADMISSIONS The Supreme Court has the duty of setting standards for the admission of attorneys to the practice of law in Georgia. In keeping with this obligation,...

About the Program Created through an act of the Georgia legislature and opened in 2005, The Northeastern Judicial Circuit Public Defender Office provides lawyers for people charged with crimes who...

Federal judges are often asked to interpret laws and legislative history and to give meaning to legislative ambiguities. So it can be argued that the system benefits from...