Sabrina LaMar is recommending Buffalo criminal defense attorney Robert Ross Fogg to become the new Monroe County public defender.
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Read More »July 27, 2022 Comments Off on Buffalo lawyer recommended for Monroe County public defender
Sabrina LaMar is recommending Buffalo criminal defense attorney Robert Ross Fogg to become the new Monroe County public defender.
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Read More »May 25, 2017 Comments Off on Relief on the way for overworked public defenders
The New York state Office of Indigent Legal Services (ILS) has established new, dramatically lower, standards for the number of cases a public defense lawyer can be expected to handle. The new limits could be in effect statewide by 2023, ...
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Read More »May 22, 2017 Comments Off on Judge denies appointed counsel over imputed income
Acting state Supreme Court Justice Richard A. Dollinger has decided that a well-educated but unemployed man facing jail time for contempt in a child custody case does not qualify for an appointed counsel because he has the potential to earn ...
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Read More »January 12, 2017 Comments Off on Judge questions man’s indigent status
While state Supreme Court Justice Richard Dollinger is requiring a defendant, in one case, to prove that he qualifies for an appointed attorney at no cost, the Fourth Department found that the same man qualifies for an appointed counsel in ...
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Read More »May 23, 2014 Comments Off on Somes recognized for delivering justice
Reversals in two Monroe County criminal cases are being touted by a Webster-based organization in its quest to right or prevent injustice. Both were handled by Janet C. Somes, an assistant Monroe County public defender, who has been selected by ...
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Read More »January 13, 2014 Comments Off on NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics — Public Defender: Joint Opinion 13-124/13-125/13-128/13-129
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Public Defender Indigent Counsel Program Joint Opinion 13-124/13-125/13-128/13-129 Background: Four judges asked about their ethical obligations in light of a new program by which the state of New York has awarded grant money to 25 ...
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Read More »February 25, 2013 Comments Off on Ontario public defender to open satellite office
The Ontario County Public Defender’s Office soon will have more of a presence in both of the cities that lie within the county’s borders. A grand opening could be held in March to officially open a satellite office in Geneva, ...
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Read More »January 31, 2013 Comments Off on Ontario Co. must pay to defend Kidera
Mediation is the next step for a case an Ontario County employee brought against the county and its former public defender. U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa, for the Western District of New York, issued an order Jan. 24, finding ...
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Read More »October 15, 2012 Comments Off on Committee on Professional Ethics — Public Defender: Opinion 935
NYSBA Committee on Professional Ethics Public Defender Private Practice Opinion 935 Background: The inquiring attorney is an appointed public defender that has a staff including part-time and full-time assistants. The public defender created a practice policy for both the full-time ...
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Read More »June 22, 2011 Comments Off on Public defender training comes to county
The Monroe County Public Defender’s Office is one of 12 in the country that will host young attorneys in a new fellowship program designed to improve representation of indigent defendants. An initial class of 18 Public Defender Corps members ...
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Read More »June 3, 2011 Comments Off on Ontario names new public defender
Leanne Lapp is the new public defender in Ontario County. Her appointment was unanimously approved Thursday by the Ontario County Board of Supervisors. “I think it’s an outstanding appointment,” said County Administrator Geoffrey Astles.
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Read More »May 9, 2011 Comments Off on MCBA recommends picks for defender be merit-based
The county public defender should be independently selected based on merit and the appointment process should be kept out of the political arena. That is the recommendation of the Public Defender Task Force of the Monroe County Bar Association ...
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