20th Judicial District
New Orleans
Public defender office
$232,605 in public defender expenses (2015)
$114,535 in state funding (2015)
Staff 1 attorney, 2 part-time contract attorneys, 2 part-time paralegals (July 2016)
Underfunded
State funding covers a percentage of the 20th Judicial District public defender office's expenses.
49.2%
Overworked
In 2015, the office had 943 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