Public defenders prevail in right to counsel cases 
Published: December 20, 2012
Tags: Emmett D. Queener, Lawyers of the Year, Lawyers of the Year 2012, public defenders, right to counsel, U.S. Supreme Court, Valerie R. Newman
In March of this year, the U.S. Supreme Court extended the right to effective counsel to the plea stage of criminal proceedings in a pair of cases, Lafler v. Cooper and Missouri v. Frye.
In both cases, appellate public defenders argued on behalf of their clients before the highest court in the land for the first time in their careers – and won.
Nationwide, public defender offices are in crisis
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: June 4, 2009
Tags: public defenders
Indigent criminal defendants often tumble headlong into the Alice-in-Wonderland chaos of court-appointed lawyers, where even those lawyers say there is little time for clients. There are simply too many and not enough hours in the day. Click here for the full article from The Associated Press.
