GPDSC - Georgia's Indigent Defense System

Staff: Log-into
- Intranet
- Tech Support

Information and Forms
for Conflict Attorneys
Indigency Verification Systems
Human Resources
Brief Bank
Calendar
Training Division
Employee Policies and Procedures
Standards
Death Penalty
Juvenile Justice
Mental Health Advocacy
Appellate Advocacy
Publications
Jobs Board
Directions to Our Office

GPDSC Staff
Circuit Public Defenders
Capital Defenders
Mental Health Advocate

Mack Crawford
Director

Mary McCall Cash
Deputy Director
and Senior Staff Attorney

Marques Smith
Deputy Director
Administration

Jimmonique Rodgers
Appellate Division Director

Larry Schneider
Compliance Division Director

Jim Stokes
Conflict Division Director

Sabrina Rhinehart
Mental Health Divison Director

Jerry Word
Acting Capital Defender

GPDSC
104 Marietta St.
Suite 200
Atlanta, GA 30303
(404) 232-8900
(800) 676-4432
Fax: (404) 651-5706

Directions to our office

Contact Us

Site Design by Arno

Georgia's Indigent Defense System

All Circuit Public Defenders are appointed by their individual circuit's Public Defender Supervisory Panel. The membership and the role of these panels are specified in Georgia Code Section 17-12-20. Six circuits have applied for and been approved to opt out of the state system. These circuits are: Bell-Forsyth, Blue Ridge, Cobb, Douglas, Gwinnett and Houston.

Map of Circuits

Circuit Public Defenders and their office locations

Application Fee

Georgia Public Defender Standards

Indigency Verification

Employee Policies and Procedures

Enabling Legislation
HB 770 - The Georgia Indigent Defense Act of 2003

Information for City/County Managers

Information and Forms for Circuit Public Defender Offices

CPD System :: Main

Jump to Updated Content:
Minutes of Past Council Meetings
Council Meeting Schedule
Press Releases
Calendar

Related Links:
The Council
Services
Transition
Resources
Legislation
CPD System Overview
Circuit Map
CPD Office Locations

News and Announcements

Council Meeting Schedule

Long Anticipated Model Juvenile Code Debuts

Visit our Juvenile Practice Resources pages for the latest Juvenile News and to download forms, manuals and other helpful information.
Also please visit parentattorney.org - a new resource for attorneys representing parents in abuse and neglect cases

Employee Policies and Procedures

Student Loan Forgiveness Program Resources

Some files on this page, denoted by the icon to the left, require the Adobe Acrobat Reader. You may download the software, free of charge, by clicking here.

Some files on this page, denoted by the icon to the left, require Microsoft Word. If you do not have the software, you may download the Microsoft Word Viewer, free of charge, by clicking here.