Private attorneys assigned to defendants who can't afford an attorney take on about 40% of federal cases, but they stopped getting paid July 3 because of systemwide funding shortfall. Public defender ...

Governor Matt Meyer has announced a strategic leadership transition within his Administration. Vanessa Phillips, who has ...

DESPITE REQUESTS FROM COMMUNITY GROUPS and Contra Costa County’s Public Defender to stop reporting inmate release data for ...

Legal Aid Society lawyers planned to walk off the job Friday. Union members authorized a strike in late June as the attorneys pushed for better pay, more manageable caseloads and more flexibility to ...

Emails reviewed by the Globe show the attorneys had asked for higher pay multiple times as the Legislature was preparing the annual state budget.

The city’s in-house law firm, clerk’s office, circuit and county courts, public defender and state attorney are line items.

A local lawmaker is sounding the alarm as criminal cases are being dismissed across the commonwealth due to a pay dispute between the state and public defenders.

The victim is identified only as John Doe in the criminal complaint, and officials have not said how he and Simms know each ...

The inmate accused of stabbing Derek Chauvin in a Tucson prison law library has decided not to defend himself and take up public defenders.

A Springfield man is under arrest after being found with an illegal gun and cocaine. Authorities are working to find a ...

"The office is facing real challenges, and I’m ready to meet them with experience and a clear plan for the future," Sarah ...

Over 120 defendants in Boston had their charges dismissed yesterday, due to a public defender shortage from an ongoing ...