Metropolitan Public Defender’s Washington County Office

The Metropolitan Public Defender's (MPD) Washington County Office is located in Hillsboro, Oregon. The office has a dedicated, client-centered staff comprised of over 90 attorneys and 80 support staff made up of investigators, mitigation specialists, legal assistants, social workers, case managers, office assistants, data integrity specialists, and executive administration. They represent clients in criminal cases ranging from misdemeanors to capital murder, juvenile cases from delinquency to dependency, mental health cases from civil commitments to mental health courts, and specialty courts from drug courts to community courts. Additionally, they are dedicated to building a holistic model in which MPD is a community-based resource, providing a broad array of legal services to low-income individuals for the purpose of improving outcomes such as long-term stability through our Community Law Division—formed as a non-profit law firm, MPD contracts with the State of Oregon for public defense services. MPD was the first public defender organization under this system and is the largest single provider of trial-level public defense services in Oregon. If you have any questions about this organization, please use the contact information on the right-hand side of the page.