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The Community Outreach Court (COC) is a collaborative initiative spearheaded by the LA City Attorney’s Office, the LA County Public Defender’s Office, the LA County Alternate Public Defender’s Office, and the LA Mayor’s Office of Community Safety.
LA County Public Defender Ricardo D. García issued the following statement following the ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of City of Grants Pass v. Johnson:
LA County Public Defender, Ricardo D. García has issued the following statement:
"Our immediate concern is ensuring the fair treatment of all individuals involved in the recent events at UCLA. We are closely monitoring the situation and have deployed our Rapid Response Team to provide on-the-ground support to arrestees.
LA County Public Defender, Ricardo D. García has issued the following statement:
"Our immediate concern is ensuring the fair treatment of all individuals involved in the recent events at UCLA. We are closely monitoring the situation and have deployed our Rapid Response Team to provide on-the-ground support to arrestees.
🚨NEW EPISODE OUT NOW🚨 Public Defender Ricardo García (@rdg_lapubdef) and Head Deputy Marcus Huntley recently joined Hunter Parnell on @publicdefenselesspodcast to discuss our role in Community Outreach Court and the positive impact of building trust by meeting our clients where they’re at. Listen to the full episode through the link in our bio or on #spotify and #applepodcasts
¡Juntas Podemos! At this year’s @latina_lawyers_bar_association Career Summit, Assistant Public Defender Graciela Martinez and Recruitment Coordinator Veronica Ramos spoke on practicing criminal law in modern times.
LA Public Defender’s Office was well represented at this year’s @lacwomenleaders conference! The event empowered those in attendance and honored them for making the impossible, possible. #empoweredwomen
Exciting news! 📢 RAND Corporation will conduct a study of attorney workloads within our office. The study will be the first of its kind specifically tailored to LA County and draw on data from over 100,000 active cases. Swipe to learn more ➡️