16th Judicial District

New Orleans
Public defender office
$1.7m in public defender expenses (2015)
$679,041 in state funding (2015)
Staff 18 attorneys, 7 part-time contract attorneys, 2.5 investigators, 9 support staff (July 2016)
Underfunded
State funding covers a percentage of the 16th Judicial District public defender office's expenses.
39.1%
Overworked
In 2015, the office had 10,403 cases.
Per attorney caseload
0
State limit
Note: State limit is the maximum number of cases that an attorney should handle a year. It can be a combination of felony, misdemeanor, juvenile, mental health, traffic, capital, and appellate cases.
State funding does not include local revenue, which fluctuates significantly every month.
Source: Louisiana Public Defender Board