Lawrence County, PA Public Defender’s Office

The Lawrence County Public Defender's Office in New Castle, Pennsylvania, handles caseloads ranging from felonies to misdemeanors. With the Public Defender and Assistant Public Defenders, the law's office attorneys are admitted to practice before the Supreme and Superior Courts of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The Public Defender represents people whose indigency prevents him from obtaining counsel for the proceedings like juvenile delinquency proceedings, critical pretrial identification proceedings, state habeas corpus proceedings, Common Pleas Court Trials, from pretrial motions through post-trial motions, Superior Court and Pennsylvania Supreme Court appeals, post-conviction proceedings at both the trial and appellate levels, preliminary hearings, criminal extradition proceedings, PFA contempt hearings, probation and parole proceedings, including revocation, and any other situation where representation is constitutionally required. Individuals determined to be eligible for court-appointed counsel do not have the right to choose who their attorney will be. However, they do have the right to have competent legal representation. You should first contact the Lawrence County Public Defender's Office for further assistance.