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The Missouri State Public Defender System was later established in 1972. By 1973, there were 14 public defender offices in the state of Missouri. In 1976, the Public Defender Commission was created to appoint full-time public defenders to four-year terms and to oversee the system.
Chief Justice of Missouri; In office July 1, 2003 – June 30, 2005: Preceded by: Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. Succeeded by: Michael A. Wolff: Judge of the Supreme Court of Missouri; In office October 1995 – July 6, 2007: Appointed by: Mel Carnahan: Preceded by: Elwood L. Thomas: Succeeded by: Patricia Breckenridge: Personal details; Born May 31 ...
Kimberly M. Gardner (born August 2, 1975) is an American politician and attorney from the state of Missouri.She was the circuit attorney for the city of St. Louis, Missouri.
The term public defender in the United States is often used to describe a lawyer who is appointed by a court to represent a defendant who cannot afford to hire an attorney. More correctly, a public defender is a lawyer who works for a public defender's office, a government-funded agency that provides legal representation to indigent defendants.
He was the party's nominee for Missouri's 3rd congressional district in 2010, [5] but lost the November 2010 general election to incumbent Democrat Russ Carnahan. [6] Martin ran unsuccessfully for Missouri Attorney General in 2012 as the Republican nominee. [7] In 2013, he was elected Chairman of the Missouri Republican Party. [8]
The public defender system is not the only form of indigent defense program offered in the United States. Besides the public defender system, there are two other main alternatives: assigned-counsel system and contract-service system. [3] Assigned-counsel is where the court appoints a private lawyer to defend someone who cannot afford to pay. [3]
Wesley Jonell-Cleavon Bell [1] (born November 5, 1974) [2] [3] is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Missouri's 1st congressional district since 2025.
Jeremiah Wilson "Jay" Nixon (born February 13, 1956) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 55th governor of Missouri from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 40th Missouri Attorney General from 1993 to 2009 and as a Missouri state senator from 1987 to 1993.