Recent News and Discussions About Public Defender Layoffs
Cutting Public Defenders Can Cost Federal Government More
https://www.npr.org/2013/08/24/214997385/sequestration-is-costly-in-public-defenders-offices
Aug 24, 2013 — Since the federal budget cuts known as sequestration began, the office has lost a quarter of its staff to layoffs or furloughs. Under the …
Andrew Fleischman on Twitter: “There are rumors of mass …
There are rumors of mass layoffs at the Fulton County Public Defender's Office. This morning, a bunch of investigators and support staff. Tomorrow, probably some attorneys.
Governor Kemp has been relentless in trying to reduce the PD budget.
— Andrew Fleischman (@ASFleischman) August 4, 2021
There are rumors of mass layoffs at the Fulton County Public Defender’s Office . This morning, a bunch of investigators and support staff.
Layoffs loom at federal public defender office
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/22738307/layoffs-loom-at-federal-public-defender-office
Jul 2, 2013 — The federal public defenders office in Hawaii could lose about a third of its staff to layoffs because of sequestration and other federal cuts.
Struggling public defender’s offices running head-on into …
https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/article_1d28b837-d71f-5018-a6b9-248e5fac5999.html
Feb 21, 2016 — Struggling public defender’s offices running head-on into Louisiana budget crisis. After layoffs , cutting services, tri-parish agency warns …
‘My crisis is now’: East Baton Rouge public defender proposes …
https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/article_47a99c59-c416-5f96-999d-f49a26c6bbbd.html
Apr 8, 2016 — East Baton Rouge Parish’s chief public defender said Wednesday that, barring additional state funding, he will lay off six staff …
Prosecutors And Public Defenders Get Pink Slips As Pop Tax …
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170714/little-village/10-states-attorneys-29-staffers-laid-off-after-pop-tax-gets-blocked
Jul 14, 2017 — The layoffs were announced Friday, with a source confirming 22 staff members had been let go alongside the 17 state’s attorneys. A notice sent …
District defender: Layoffs could spell disaster for Acadiana’s poor
https://www.theadvertiser.com/story/news/2016/02/18/district-defender-says-office-staff-cuts-could-spell-disaster-acadianas-poor/80500428/
Feb 18, 2016 — With cuts severely slashing the 15th Judicial District Public Defenders Office’s operating budget, District Defender G. Paul Marx said his …
Federal budget cuts mean layoffs, furloughs for Oklahoma public …
http://oklahoman.com/article/3885386/federal-budget-cuts-mean-layoffs-furloughs-for-oklahoma-public-defenders
Oklahoma’s two federal public defender offices handle cases in the state’s federal district courts. The offices have had to take furlough days and are expected …
afscme pub-def.3315-2020-2024 final – Cook County Open Docs
http://opendocs.cookcountyil.gov/human-resources/labor-agreements/2020-2024/2020-2024_AFSCME_3315_CBA.pdf
Sep 23, 2021 — Office as an Assistant Public Defender and shall include periods of employment as a supervisor in the Public Defender’s Office , layoffs and …
2017-2020_AFSCME_3315_Public_Defenders
http://opendocs.cookcountyil.gov/human-resources/labor-agreements/2017-2020/2017-2020_AFSCME_3315_Public_Defenders.pdf
Office as an Assistant Public Defender and shall include periods of employment as a supervisor in the Public Defender’s Office , layoffs and other periods of …