What kind of cases does the Federal Public Defender handle?
The Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Central District of California represents indigent defendants charged with committing federal crimes within Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. The Federal Public Defender’s Office for the Central District is the largest organization in the federal defender services program. The main office is located in downtown Los Angeles with two branch offices in Santa Ana and Riverside. The Federal Public Defender’s Office represents defendants in federal criminal trials, criminal appeals, and civil habeas corpus challenges to state or federal criminal sentences or convictions. The criminal practice is diverse and can include cases of counterfeiting, bank robbery, immigration law violations, narcotics violations, escape, interstate transportation of stolen property, wire and mail fraud, forgery, postal offenses, bribery of public officials, tax violations, extortion, threats against
