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In 1993, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors created the Alternate Public Defender's (APD) Office in order to curb the costs in cases where the Public Defender had a conflict of interest. Bruce Hoffman was appointed the first Alternate Public Defender and upon his retirement in 2002 was succeeded by his then Chief Deputy Janice Fukai. [12]
Los Angeles County has moved a program providing attorneys to poor criminal defendants from the L.A. County Bar Assn. to the overworked office of the public defender.
The Los Angeles County District Attorney at the time, ... Nancy Theberge, previous head of Gascon’s resentencing unit, has been moved to the office of the alternate public defender.
The Community Outreach Court is a collaborative effort that includes the L.A. County Superior Court, L.A. mayor’s office, county public defender’s office and county alternate public defender ...
In 2018, Garcia was selected by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to be the Public Defender for Los Angeles County. [7] Garcia is the first Latino and youngest appointed Public Defender in the County." When California Governor Gavin Newsom imposed a moratorium on the death penalty, Garcia supported the move.
In 2018, the board appointed Nicole Tinkham as interim public defender, despite a letter signed by 390 public defenders who were concerned that Tinkham lacked criminal law experience and the potential for a conflict of interest, given Tinkham’s prior representation of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
Blacknell currently serves as the Community and Government Affairs Liaison Special Advisor to Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón.She previously worked as a Deputy Public Defender in the Los Angeles County Public Defender's Office since 2003 where she handled high-profile cases.
Proudfoot’s 2023 short documentary “Forgiving Johnny” follows Los Angeles County public defender Noah Cox as he seeks forgiveness from the justice system on behalf of his disabled client ...