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Clara Shortridge Foltz (July 16, 1849 – September 2, 1934) was an American lawyer, the first female lawyer on the West Coast, and the pioneer of the idea of the public defender. The Criminal Courts Building in downtown Los Angeles was renamed after her in 2002, and is now known as the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center .
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Originally known as the Criminal Courts Building, [4] in 2002 it was renamed the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center, after Clara S. Foltz, the first female lawyer on the West Coast of the United States (and also the first person to propose the creation of a public defender's office).
Danny Masterson arrives at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles on May 31, 2023. ... Masterson was sentenced to 30 years to life in prison in September 2023.
Danny Masterson "did not seem terribly distraught" after being sentenced to 30 years in prison for ... arriving at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles for the verdict ...
PHOTO: Joan Andersen VanderMolen, Sister of Kitty Menendez, speaks at a press conference in front of the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Downtown Los Angeles, Oct. 16, 2024. (KABC)
At the Chicago World's Fair in 1893, during a "Congress" of the Board of Lady Managers, Clara Shortridge Foltz made her first highly public presentation of her idea of the public defender. [3] Then, due to Foltz's persistent efforts over a period of several years, Los Angeles County established a public defender office in 1913 under its county ...
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