Former Clark County Public Defender and current Washoe County Public Defender Shana Bachman is facing multiple charges after being arrested in Las Vegas. Darcy Spears has more. Three ex-presidents ...

We found that before her run for Justice of the Peace in 2016, Bachman worked for years in the Clark County Public Defender's Office. She is the second former Clark County Public Defender on the ...

SPRINGFIELD — When Elisabeth Pollock took over as the Champaign County public defender in 2022, one of her team’s attorneys was handling 500 cases in a courtroom that should have been staffed ...

Luzerne County Assistant Public Defender Cheryl Sobeski-Reedy, at left, is photographed at the press event in the capital building with Clinton County Commissioner Jeff Synder, immediate past ...

Washington County’s presiding judge on Wednesday ordered the largest public defense law firm in the county to turn over data that will, in effect, show how busy their staff attorneys are.

SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. -- A deputy public defender for Spokane County is facing counts of theft and money laundering through a local non-profit. John Sather Gowdy founded the nonprofit 'Heal ...

Allegheny County’s chief public defender, who was abruptly escorted from her office on April 7 and put on paid administrative leave, claims her treatment was unjustified and denies allegations ...

nonprofit public defenders in Marion County are bracing for the likelihood that judges will begin forcing cases on them despite their assertions that they already have full caseloads. Since the ...

Apr. 22—Spokane County has placed a public defender on administrative leave after a state prosecutor last week filed criminal charges against the lawyer related to his management of the funds ...

A screenshot of the text string was disclosed earlier this year in discrimination lawsuits filed against Washington County by two former public defenders, both women of color. The revelation about ...

The last time Marion County judges force-appointed clients to public defenders, the local nonprofit firm lost 60% of its workforce. Now, the threat is back. Pope Francis, the first pontiff from ...

Allegheny County Chief Public Defender Lena Bryan-Henderson is on paid administrative leave pending an ongoing human resources investigation. “The county prioritizes dignity and respect for all ...