Announcements

Today marks the 61st anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court landmark case of Gideon v. Wainwright. (See the Facts and Case Summary from

The Office of Indigent Defense Services is pleased to announce Joseph B. Oder has joined the IDS team as Senior Research Associate.  His first day was

In the United States, disabled individuals are over-represented as both victims of crime and as those accused of crimes compared with their

North Carolina to open public defender offices in eight judicial districts, to help improve the delivery of public defense in 22 additional

Niccoya ‘Nicky’ Dobson was appointed as the Inaugural Chief Public Defender to the newly created Defender District 5 serving Duplin, Jones, and

Tonza D. Ruffin was sworn in as the inaugural Chief Public Defender for the new Defender District 7 on Monday, January 1, at the Northampton County

Randolph Marshall Lee was sworn in on January 2, 2024, as the inaugural Chief Public Defender for the new 30th Defender District. The Honorable

“When people are charged with crimes, there’s so much more to them than just their crime. They need help with other things, and you have to look

Janna Allison was sworn in on January 2, 2024, as the inaugural Chief Public Defender for the new 43rd Defender District. The oath of office was

With a total of 44 loyal years of state service behind her, the first social worker ever to serve in a public defender office in North Carolina

On the morning of December 1, 2023, Ricky W. Champion was sworn in by The Honorable Judge D. Thomas Lambeth, Jr., as the first Chief Public Defender

IDS wishes to acknowledge that Dawn Baxton, the Chief Public Defender for Defender District 14, was one of two distinguished honorees at this year’s

“For extraordinary contributions to indigent defense training programs in North Carolina,” The 2023 recipient of the Professor John Rubin Award is

These updates apply to all attorneys across the state who do indigent defense work; including Private Assigned Counsel (PAC), Managed Assigned Counsel