Public Defenders Office?
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It doesn’t seem fair does it. I went through the criminal justice system last year around this time.\n\nYou can get a defense, your public defender will have you plea bargain the case out, only about 2% of cases ever make it to trial.\n\nDepending on your crime, and your mental state at the time of the arrest, the victim, and the case itself will all be key factors.\n\nIt is fair, if the public defender gives any information without your consent to anyone, including but not limited to judges, clerks, prosecutors, etc. it is a violation of the attorney client confidentiality agreement.\n\nBest wishes...and if you have the money or can get the money, fight it, call around and get the best attorney you can afford, nobody likes a bad record.
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What were you charged with? If you have written an admission to the crime, you need to plead either guilty or no contest, or the prosecutor will tear you apart. There should be a lawyer at your arraignment, if you live in the U.S. and this is district court, because they always have court-appointed public defenders there for this reason. He or she will give you more information when you explain your situation, and you will be given time to sit with him/her before the hearing.
651918
Contact the State Bar Association.
527402
go to your local courthouse and ask
293609
Try your local clerks office
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Better Business Bureau.  National Associations, local court registries.  It's all public.
165527
Wow, sounds horrifying for you.  Sorry.  First, start gathering evidence, everything you have and can get, to substanciate your accusations.  Also, I believe the Public Defender is protected against hold harmless laws, so maybe you can file a complaint through the District Attorney's office? Start researching this through the state website where you live.  There is much information on each State's site.  Begin researching now before your statute of limitations runs out.\nGood luck to you on this difficult battle my friend.
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"Public Office"  means that a person holds a post such as a local councellor.  Its not a place....;
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first go to the local pd and find out their position,  planing dept to find out their position, and then if you aren't discouraged, start currying favor with the council. you will get a lot of nimby knee jerk reactions.\n\nfrom these 3 entities, you'll get a pretty good idea how to proceed.
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http://www.dol.gov/osbp/sbrefa/poster/main.htm
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Look girlfriend, I WORKED for an attorney... and as a public defender assigned to you ... He's guaranteed his pay, BY the court...whether He makes an effort to help you or not...\n\nDon't show him NUTHIN!!!  The ones to suck up to are the Judge and prosecutor.... make em' some of those "special" brownies .. and make sure they eat them 15 min. before the next court hearing!!!\n\nUnless this thing goes to Jury trial... then the brownies go to them (Jurors)
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I'm sure you can fire your PD, but the State won't pay for you to get a private lawyer.  You may be able to get a different public defender, call the district PD's office for where your at.
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contact your local public defender and ask for the defender of the day, because you have some law questions... they will be able to help you and guide you in the right direction at no cost
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You have to apply to the court for the expungement. Many public defender offices will handle the expungement for you if you can't afford an attorney. I know for a fact that the San Francisco Public Defender does.  It's called the Clean Slate program.
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I had to learn the hard way too, never ever use a court appointed attorney, or public defender! They have too big a caseload to give you fair representation! You will not get nearly the results that you would by hiring your own personal attorney! Public defenders bank on getting you to consent to a plea bargain whether guilty or not, that way this eases their caseload somewhat and this means one less person they have to deal with!\n\nOften times the public defender works on your case as minimum as he or she can, and will not put as much of an effort as if he was a private paid attorney. Many people have lost their kids or have gone to jail on the account of having a sorry a$$ public (defender in their corner. )\n\nAs for your situation, call your local bar association and see can't you get something done about your attorney. It is worth a shot, but even with them, they are like cps in that they have tons of immunity! Suing an attorney for malpractice is like suing a judge or the police department! it is rare that a person wins against any of those people! I don't know enough about the law to say whether or not that they did anything wrong in stripping your visitation right just becasue of what your stepfather said.\n\nif your kids have a guard ad litem or c.a.s.a (court appointed **** advocate (I forgets what the s stands for) but try talking to them. Sometimes they can help when no one else is willing to! Just remember that casa's still work for and or closely with cps and you always have to be on guard of what you say and do. But if push comes to shove, try a local children's or women's advocate agency in your area, or better yet, google cps, you may be able to pull up more and other helpful info on people who have been through what you have. I wish you the best of luck!
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Plea Bargain!... lol... okay, I dont' know the details and you're giving me second hand information, and I'd never give actual legal advice, so this is entirely opinionated. Details don't matter, but he's likely going to be represented by the state, and the State Attorney will have suggestions, and inform him of his violations  about this issue, which is between him and the S.A.O. (State Attorney's Office), and the Public Defender he is assigned, if so. \n\nWhat you can do, is either hire him a private attorney, or show up at his Pre-Trial and show support!
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Talk to the state bar association.