Spokane County Public Defender’s office, WA
Description
The Spokane County Public Defender's Office protects the rights, liberties, and dignity of all persons in the county unable to afford legal counsel by providing the finest legal representation and maintaining the integrity and fairness of the justice system. With two Directors, 55 attorneys, and other staff members, this office handles felony and misdemeanor charges that carry a possible jail sentence filed in the District or Superior Courts of Spokane County. Also, certain misdemeanor charges in the city of Spokane Valley, Deer Park, Liberty Lake and Millwood. They also handle probation violations in felony cases or "show cause" matters in misdemeanor cases, juvenile delinquency cases filed in the juvenile division of Spokane County Superior Court, civil commitment cases, involving individuals who are placed against their will in locked treatment facilities because of mental health or substance abuse allegations, youths accused of contempt of court in Truancy cases, involving failure to attend school, children involved in "At Risk Youth" or "Children in Need of Services" petitions, which are also held in the juvenile division, child support/contempt, on the Superior Court family law docket, involving the collection of child support payments. To know more, please contact the Spokane County Public Defender's Office.