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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.
LACPDO’s groundbreaking Neurocognitive Disorders Team was honored with the prestigious Gold Eagle Award at the 37th Annual County Quality and Productivity Awards
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.
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🚨‼️NOTICE OF ONE DAY COURT CLOSURE🚨‼️Due to the Los Angeles Dodgers World Series Parade, the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Courts Building in Downtown LA will be closed on Friday, November 1st 2024. All cases will be rescheduled. For questions about your case, contact our office at (213) 974-2811. For additional information on LA County Facilities and Services impacted, visit lacounty.gov/dodgers.
We’re thrilled to announce that our groundbreaking Neurocognitive Disorders Team (NDT) was honored with the prestigious Gold Eagle Award at the @countyofla 37th Annual County Quality and Productivity Awards.
This team is one representation of our broader commitment to equity, compassion, and the belief that all individuals, especially the most vulnerable, deserve thoughtful and informed representation in the criminal legal system.
October 23rd is #NationalParalegalDay and we’re celebrating our dedicated paralegals who work tirelessly to ensure our clients’ rights are upheld. Their expertise and support is invaluable. Thank you for all that you do!
Meet our @partnersforjustice advocates and their supervisors! PFJ Advocates work closely with our deputy public defenders to help them adopt more collaborative practices and equip them to provide wraparound support to low-income people facing criminal charges.
Learn more about our partnership with Partners for Justice by visiting our website. #linkinbio
📢DID YOU KNOW? 📢 Our office has social workers and @partnersforjustice client advocates EMBEDDED in the Public Defender Team. This week, our Social Worker Program Manager and Collaborative Courts Head Deputy presented at Partners for Justice’s Collaborative Defense Conference in Houston. They spoke on how to work with sexually inappropriate/hypersexual clients.
Last week, the Public Defender Ricardo García (@rdg_lapubdef) participated in a panel discussion for @dreamforce’s “Tech Driven Justice: Insights from Industry Leaders”. He, along with @lasuperiorcourt CEO David Slayton and @massgov Executive Office of Trial Courts Deputy Director Melanie Malcolm, discussed the digital transformation of justice and its impact on the criminal legal system.