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Office of Public Defense

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The U.S. Constitution guarantees that any person accused of a crime that could result in jail has a right to effective legal representation at every critical stage of the court proceeding. Persons who cannot afford to hire a lawyer may ask the judge to appoint a public defense lawyer to represent them.

The Washington State Office of Public Defense does not provide legal advice or directly represent clients in legal proceedings. All public defender services are provided to clients by local county and city programs.

The following counties and cities provide local public defender agencies to represent adults and juveniles who are accused of a crime and cannot afford to pay a lawyer. These agencies may be reached at the phone numbers listed. To find public defense help in a county or city not listed below, contact the court in which the charges are filed.

	County and City Public Defender Agencies
	Benton-Franklin Office of Public Defense 7122 W Okanogan Pl Bldg A Kennewick, WA 99336-2359 (509) 737-3521
	Clark County Indigent Defense Coordinator 1408 Franklin St. Room 106 P.O. Box 5000 Vancouver, WA 98666 (360) 397-2256
	· Cowlitz County Office of Public Defense 1801 1st Ave Ste 1A Longview, WA 98632-327 (360)578-7430
	Grant County Department of Public Defense 238 W. Division Street Ephrata, WA 98823 (509) 754-6027
	· King County Office of the Public Defender Walthew Building 123 Third Avenue South, 4^th Floor Seattle, WA 98104 (206) 296-7662 http://www.kingcounty.gov/courts/OPD.aspx
	Kitsap County Public Defender 614 Division Street, MS-40 Port Orchard, WA 98366 (360) 337-7176
	· Pierce County Department of Assigned Counsel (also serves municipal courts of Tacoma, Gig Harbor and Fircrest) 949 Market Street, Suite 334 Tacoma, WA 98402-2194 (253)798-6062 www.co.pierce.wa.us/PC/abtus/ourorg/dac/abtusdac.htm
	· City of Seattle- Municipal Court Indigent Screening Program Seattle Justice Center 600 Fifth Avenue Seattle, WA 98104-1900 (206) 615-0705
	· Skagit County Office of Assigned Counsel 205 West Kincaid, Suite 305 Mount Vernon, WA 98273 (360) 336-9418 www.skagitcounty.net/Common/asp/default.asp?d=PublicDefender&c=General&p=main.htm
	· Snohomish County Office of Public Defense 3000 Rockefeller Avenue M/S 209 Everett, WA 98201 (425) 388-3500 www1.co.snohomish.wa.us/Departments/Public_Defense/default.htm
	· Spokane County Public Defender Office 1033 West Gardner Spokane, WA 99260 (509) 477-4246 www.spokanecounty.org/pubdefender/
	· City of Spokane Public Defender 824 North Monroe Spokane, WA 99201 (509) 835-5955
	· Thurston County Office of Assigned Counsel 1520 Irving Street Olympia, WA 98502 (360) 754-4897 www.co.thurston.wa.us/oac/
	· Whatcom County Public Defender 215 North Commercial Street Bellingham, WA 98225 (360) 676-6670 www.co.whatcom.wa.us/pubdef/index.jsp
	· Yakima County Department of Assigned Counsel 311 North 4^th Street, Suite 104 Yakima, WA 98901 (509) 574-1160 or 1-800-572-7345

Updated October 21, 2009

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