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Pros
1
Responsive and helpful public defender
“Mr. Michael Kelly returned my call in less tha”
Cons
1
Unprofessional and rude staff
“The office itself is very unprofessional they don't deliver messages to the public defenders, the assistant's be out for days how do you expect for someone to get in contact with their lawyer when you can't never speak with them.”
2
Poor communication and lack of accessibility
“I called my sons Public Defender yesterday and spoke with his assistant who then let me leave a VM on his phone. Then I read the reviews for this office. I did not see any good reviews so I immediately began to pray.”
3
Inadequate representation and neglect of clients
“My son in in jail since last April of last year. He has only seen his public defender once in 10 months. Had a scheduling in may this year and now just heard it will be in August. No one will speak to me.”
4
Overburdened with large caseloads
“Public Defenders have an ethical obligation to keep their caseloads manageable.If the public defender is not investigating the facts of his client case or communicating regularly and effectively with the client how in the world can he/she get a fair defense?”
5
Racial bias and lack of equal treatment
“For me and i feel like I'm not going to get a fair trial or be represented well because of the color of my skin and the level of my intelligence and the Da offered me 15 years for defending myself against my crack head cousin that didn't get charged for striking me first and I'm disabled what's wrong with this picture”