Coulmbia County, GA, Public Defender’s Office

The Columbia County Public Defender's Office is located in Evans, GA. The Public Defender is responsible for ensuring that each client whose cause has been entrusted to a circuit public defender receives zealous, adequate, effective, timely, and ethical legal representation, consistent with the guarantees of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, the Constitution of the United States and the mandates of the Georgia Indigent Defense Act of 2003; to provide all such legal services in a cost-efficient manner, and to conduct that representation in such a way that the criminal justice system operates effectively to achieve justice. The right to counsel guaranteed to every American citizen accused of a crime is embodied in the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution and applicable to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment. If you wish to apply, please fill out the application form available on their website and submit it via email. For further assistance, you should first contact the Columbia County Public Defender's Office.