The Montana State Public Defender has a local regional office located in Bozeman, MT. With one Regional Deputy Public Defender and two Managing Attorneys, this office represents indigent criminal defendants in the Bozeman area. This office is part of the second region of the Montana Office of State Public Defenders which also includes the Helena, Havre, Great Falls and Lewiston areas. The Montana Public Defender's Lewiston Office provides representation in many situations for eligible people, including a person charged with a felony or charged with a misdemeanor for which there is a possibility of jail time, a youth who is charged with an offense and alleged to be delinquent or in need of intervention a person who is the subject of a petition for involuntary commitment for a mental illness, or for the appointment of a guardian or conservator, a parent, guardian or other people with physical or legal custody whose child has been removed by the State. If you have any questions about this organization, please use the contact information on the right-hand side of the page.