HARTFORD - A federal judge rejected a move to dismiss a civil rights lawsuit by the state's former chief public defender against the panel that fired her last year on charges that included dishonesty, ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A public defender in Baton Rouge asked District Judge Louise Hines today for a retrial after defense attorney La’Deisha Woods was removed from a trial in August and held in ...

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A former Milwaukee public defender accused of paying clients for sex received 45 days in prison and two years of probation for his crimes. At an Aug. 26 hearing, Travis Schwantes, 54, was sentenced ...

Essayli, a former state Assembly member, has not responded to the filing that alleges he has acted illegally as the Central District's top prosecutor since his 120-appointment ended in July. Federal ...