233 | Lee Wachocki: With Almost 3k People Unrepresented, Why is Oregon adding More Cases to the Public Defender Crisis

Today, Hunter is once again joined by Lee Wachocki, a Public Defender and union leader in Portland, Oregon. As the Public Defender crisis continues in the state, this week is about figuring out how the state is responding. At the […]

234 | Stephen Hanlon: Case Withdrawals, Federal Funding, and the Five Year Plan to Fix Public Defense in Oregon

Today, Hunter is joined once again by Public Interest lawyer Stephen Hanlon. This time, Hunter and Stephen are breaking down the five year plan that he hopes will fix Public Defense in Oregon. While it is surely an ambitious plan, […]

Executive Director

Public Defender Services of Lane County is seeking an attorney with vision, integrity and empathy to lead our talented team of attorneys and support staff. This is a job for someone with demonstrated passion for public defense, and a proven […]

Executive Director

The Executive Director is responsible for the execution of UVPD’s mission to provide contracted indigent legal defense to the community.  The Executive Director provides leadership for the day-to-day operations and ensures the execution of the Board of Directors guidance.  The […]

Investigator (Program Analyst 2) 

This position takes direction from an attorney to follow the legal theory of the case and to support or refute that theory through careful and thorough assembling of pertinent and relevant evidentiary facts within their ability to locate, identity, corroborate, […]

Letter to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Oregon

Letter relating to the removal of indigent defense commission members “The success of Oregon public defense will rise and fall with independence of the defense function. We encourage you to do all in your power to help ensure that independence, […]

Paralegal – REQ-138716

This position will play a vital role in the intake and case selection process, including obtaining and organizing core case documents and overseeing key aspects of our data collection and case management system. This role will also assist the Program […]

Public Defender

Who We Are Deschutes Defenders is a public defense nonprofit whose team of attorneys, investigators and staff represent our clients in criminal, juvenile, and mental health proceedings. Our organization and its predecessor have been providing indigent defense services to Deschutes […]

Staff Investigator for Public Defense Office

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Locate and interview witnesses, victims, and clients in a timely manner; coordinate with witnesses regarding court appearances; develop leads and sources of information: obtain, analyze, and disseminate pertinent records including court, medical, military, criminal and psychological; […]