Public Defender Office Las Vegas

The public defender fulfills the constitutional guarantee of the right to have an attorney.

Public defender office las vegas. Public defender phil kohn was found to have made inappropriate comments of a sexual nature in the workplace and engaged in inappropriate physical behavior toward employees clark county manager yolanda king said in a. Office of the clark county special public defender clark county nevadadeputy special public defendersince jun 2012 mcfarling law group las vegas nvattorney at lawapr 2011 jun 2012 full profile. The current special public defender head of the office las vegas attorney jonell thomas was selected by the county commission in 2017.

News events 8 24 20 state public defender supports class action lawsuit calling for immediate coronavirus safety in prisons. Public defender darin imlay sat down with clark county television s randy swallow to talk about the work of the office and the large workload. Doh public health order april 6 2020.

In las vegas the public defender office provides legal representation to individuals facing incarceration without the financial means to hire their own lawyer. 3006a to provide legal representation to those persons accused of a crime against the united states who are financially unable to afford private counsel. The office deals with cases related to homicide and sexual assault.

Covid 19 doh order march 23 2020. Legal representation in las vegas. The clark county public defenders office maintains a staff of more than 150 employees.

702 455 5112 click here for a map clark county public defenders office. Bonneville ave las vegas nv 89101 phone. The office of the federal public defender district of nevada was established in 1974 by the united states district court under the authority of the criminal justice act of 1964 cja 18 u s c.

The clark county public defenders office administers a training program. Sonm executive order 2020 022. The first special public defender was michael cherry now a justice of the nevada supreme court followed by phil kohn and david schieck.