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Public defenders run for election in the 32 judicial districts of Tennessee every eight years. Dawn Deaner former Nashville Davidson County Public defender and now Executive Director of The ...
Ural B. Adams: [10] First African American male to serve as the Public Defender of Shelby County, Tennessee (1979) Floyd Peete: [10] First African American male to serve as the Chancellor of Shelby County Chancery Court (1990) Tarik Sugarmon: [32] First African American male to serve as a juvenile court judge in Shelby County, Tennessee (2022)
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Assumed office January 2019: Preceded by: Kim McMillan: Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from the 67 district; In office 2006–2018: Preceded by: Kim McMillan: Succeeded by: Jason Hodges: Personal details; Born August 15, 1958 (age 66) Clarksville, Tennessee, U.S. Political party: Democratic: Residence(s) Clarksville, Tennessee ...
The public defender system is not the only form of indigent defense program offered in the United States. Besides the public defender system, there are two other main alternatives: assigned-counsel system and contract-service system. [3] Assigned-counsel is where the court appoints a private lawyer to defend someone who cannot afford to pay. [3]
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The public defender's office assists the poor and lower middle-class in both civil and criminal matters, although the poorest states in the country are still struggling to set up a state public defenders office. [9] [10] Public defense in Brazil dates back to 1897, when a decree mandated government-funded legal assistance in the state of Rio de ...
A criminal defense lawyer is a lawyer (mostly barristers) specializing in the defense of individuals and companies charged with criminal activity.Some criminal defense lawyers are privately retained, while others are employed by the various jurisdictions with criminal courts for appointment to represent indigent persons; the latter are generally called public defenders.