With the Criminal Justice Act of 1964, 18 U.S.C. ยง 3006A, and its subsequent amendment in 1970, Congress established a comprehensive system for appointing and compensating lawyers to represent financially eligible defendants in federal criminal proceedings. Today, there are 82 authorized federal defender organizations that employ more than 4,000 lawyers, investigators, paralegals, and support personnel and serve 90 of the 94 federal judicial districts.
View Top Employees from Federal Public DefenderWebsite | https://www.uscourts.gov/services-forms/defender-services |
Employees | 2,206 (618 on RocketReach) |
Address | 1901 Assembly St., Ste. 200, Columbia, South Carolina 29201, US |
Phone | (803) 765-5070 |
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Industry | Law Practice, Legal Services, Law Enforcement |
Web Rank | 901786 |
Keywords | Criminal Law, Legal Aid, Public Defender, Indigent Defense, Criminal Defense, Criminal Justice, Civil Rights, Human Rights |
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Federal Public Defender is based in Columbia, South Carolina.