Iowa Office of the State Public Defender’s Dubuque Office

The Iowa Office of the State Public Defender (OSPD) has a branch office in Dubuque, Iowa, responsible for coordinating criminal defense services for indigent people in Dubuque County. With a panel of attorneys and public defenders, the OSPD's Dubuque office ensures that all disadvantaged persons in Iowa are provided high-quality legal representation in criminal, juvenile, and other eligible proceedings in the most efficient and fiscally responsible manner. The OSPD also contracts with more than one thousand private attorneys and several nonprofit organizations throughout Iowa to provide court-appointed representation in cases that public defender offices cannot accept. The Public Defender in Dubuque County handles felonies A to D, aggravated misdemeanors, serious and simple misdemeanors, appeals to the district court, contempt/show cause proceedings, civil commitments of sexually violent predators, probation violations, parole violations, extradition and post-conviction relief. For more information on services offered by the public defenders in Dubuque County, please contact the Iowa Office of the State Public Defender's Dubuque Office.