The Santa Clara County Alternate Defender's Main Office is located in San Jose, California. The office serves the Santa Clara County. The Office of the Public Defender endeavors to provide vigorous, high quality representation to our indigent clients in the criminal and civil courts of Santa Clara County in an ethical manner. The Alternate Defenders Office is ethically walled from the Public Defender Office under the umbrella of the Office of the Public Defender. This innovative approach to the representation of individuals who cannot be defended by the Public Defender due to a legal conflict has extended quality defense and resources to the vast majority of the indigent accused. The Alternate Defender Office's operations include representation of youth in the juvenile justice system when the Public Defender has a conflict of interest. The capability of keeping multiple defendant cases within the overall County system has improved the justice system. The office represents people in felony, misdemeanor, juvenile, conservatorship, mental health and post conviction cases. For more information on services of the Santa Clara County Alternate Defender's Main Office, please contact them directly using the information provided.