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Circuit Public Defender Office Locations

The Selection Panels have chosen the Circuit Public Defenders listed below.  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. Contact information for these circuits is provided below.

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Judicial Circuit

Circuit Public Defender

Office Location and
Contact Information

Alapaha
(Atkinson, Berrien, Clinch, Cook and Lanier Counties)

Melinda I Ryals

Alapaha Circuit Public Defender Office
201 North Bartow St
PO Box 5006
Nashville, GA 31639
Tel 229-686-2585
Fax 229-686-2578

Alcovy
(Newton and Walton Counties)

Anthony Carter

Alcovy Circuit Public Defender Office

Newton County:
Physical Address:
1160 Pace St
Covington, GA 30014
Mailing Address:
PO Box 430
Covington, GA 30015
Tel 770-788-3750
Fax 770-788-3757
Email

Walton County:
332 Broad St
Monroe, GA 30655
Tel 770-266-1540
Fax 770-266-1552
Email

Appalachian
(Fannin, Gilmer and Pickens Counties)

Michael Parham

Appalachian Circuit Public Defender Office
9 Southside Square
Ellijay, GA 30540
Tel 706-698-7322
Fax 706-698-7333

Atlanta
(Fulton County)

Vernon Pitts

Atlanta Circuit Public Defender Office
160 Trinity Ave, SW
Atlanta, GA 30303
Tel 404-612-5200
Fax 404-730-5856

Atlantic
(Bryan, Evans, Liberty, Long, McIntosh and Tattnall Counties)

Steven Messinger

Atlantic Circuit Defender Offices

Main Office/Liberty:
PO Box 948
Hinesville, GA 31310
Tel 912-369-6338
Fax 912-369-8327

McIntosh County:
PO Box 1591
Darien, GA 31305
Tel 912-437-3880

Bryan County:
PO Box 1270
Pembroke, GA 31321
Tel 912-653-4605

Tattnall County:
PO Box 37
Reidsville, GA 30435
Tel 912-557-4426

Augusta
(Burke, Columbia and Richmond Counties)

Sam B. Sibley, Jr

August Circuit Public Defender Office
401 Hale Street
Augusta, GA 30901
Tel 706-312-5105

Bell-Forsyth
(Forsyth County)

OPTING OUT

Connie Brooker
Indigent Defense Office
104 Veterans Memorial Parkway
Cumming, GA 30040
T el 678-513-5959
Fax 678-513-5960

Blue Ridge
(Cherokee County)

OPTING OUT

Linda Hames
90 North St, Ste 200
Canton, GA 30114
Tel 678-6190
Fax 678-493-6199
LindaLee02@aol.com

Brunswick
(Appling, Camden, Glynn, Jeff Davis and Wayne Counties)

Grayson P Lane

Brunswick Circuit Public Defender Office
11 Judicial Lane Suite 111
Brunswick, GA 31520
Tel 912-554-7072
Fax 912-279-2964

Chattahoochee
(Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot and Taylor Counties)

Robert L Wadkins

Chattahoochee Circuit Public Defender Office
420 10th Street
Columbus, GA 31901
Tel 706-653-4301
Fax 706-653-4300

Cherokee
(Bartow and Gordon Counties)

Christopher G Paul

Cherokee Circuit Public Defender Offices:

Bartow County:
114 W Cherokee Ave
Cartersville, GA 30120
Tel 678-721-3254
Fax 678-721-3255

Gordon County:
101 Boston Road
Calhoun, GA 30701
Tel 706-879-2160
Fax 706-879-2161

Clayton
(Clayton County)

Christine A. Van Dross

(hybrid system)

Clayton Circuit Public Defender Office
146 N. McDonough Street
Jonesboro, GA 30236
Tel 678-479-5036
Fax 678-479-5037

Panel Administrator
Judy A. Cole
Tel 678-479-5340

Juvenile
Robin Austin
Tel 770-477-3259

Cobb
(Cobb County)

OPTING-OUT

Randy Harris
Administrator
32 Waddell St
Marietta, GA 30090
Tel 770-528-1950
Fax 770-528-1949

Juvenile
Robin Brashear
Tel 770-528-3378

Conasauga
(Murray and Whitfield Counties)

Mike McCarthy

Conasauga Circuit Public Defender Offices:

Whitfield County:
214 W. King Street Dalton, GA  30720
Tel 706- 876-1576
Fax 706- 876-1528

Murray County:
114 N. 3rd Avenue
Chatsworth, GA 30705
Tel 706-517-8547
Fax 706-517-7405

Cordele
(Ben Hill, Crisp, Dooly and Wilcox Counties)

Tim Eidson

Cordele Circuit Defender Offices:

Main Office/Crisp County:
716-D 16th Avenue East
Cordele, GA 31015
tel 229-276-2768
Fax 229-273-5396

Ben Hill County:
117 South Sheridan St
Fitzgerald , GA 31750-1104
Tel: 229-426-5091
Fax: 229-426-5093

Coweta
(Carroll, Coweta, Heard, Meriwether and Troup Counties)

Jerry Word

Coweta Circuit Public Defender Offices

Carroll County/Main Office:
306 Tanner St
Carrollton, GA 30117
Tel 770-830-1323
Fax 770-830-0715

Coweta County:
8B Madison Street
Newnan, GA 30263
Tel 770-254-2705
Fax 770-254-2706

Heard County:
PO Box 396
Franklin, GA 30217
Tel 706-675-0288

Meriwether County:
126 North Court Square
Greenville, GA 30222
Tel 706-672-2056
Fax 706-672-2541

Troup County:
134 Bull St
LaGrange, GA 30240
Tel 706-883-3000
Fax 706-883-3004

Dougherty
(Dougherty County)

Leisa G Terry

Dougherty Circuit Public Defender Office
PO Box 1827
Albany GA 31702
Tel 229-483-6240
Fax 229-438-3927

Douglas
(Douglas County)

OPTING-OUT

Monica Myles
Douglas County Public Defender Office
8700 Hospital Dr.
Douglasville, GA 30134
Tel 770- 949-1096
F: 770- 920-7387

Juvenile Court
Leah Brumbelow
770-942-6161

Dublin
(Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen and Twiggs Counties)

George Clayton Tapley

 

Dublin Circuit Public Defender Office
Street address:
100 East Gaines St
Dublin, GA 31021
Mailing address:
P.O. Box 2068
Dublin, GA 31040
Tel 478-272-7210
Fax 478-272-3378

Eastern
(Chatham County)

Michael Edwards

Eastern Circuit Public Defender Office
540 East Oglethorpe Avenue
Savannah, GA 31401
Tel 912-447-4901
Fax 912-447-4909

Enotah
(Lumpkin, Towns, Union and White Counties)

Charles Brown

Enotah Circuit Defender Offices:

Union County:
114 Courthouse St
Suite 265
Blairsville, GA 30512
Tel 706-745-8156
Fax 706-745-8166

Lumpkin County
194 Courthouse Hill, Annex B, Dahlonega, GA 30533
Tel 706-864-1555 Fax 706-864-1367

White County
1536 South Main St
US Highway 129
Cleveland , GA 30528
Tel 706-348-8577
Fax 706-348-8578

Towns County:
48 River St, Ste F
Hiawassee, GA 30546
Tel 706-896-7819
Fax 706-896-8441

Flint
(Henry County)

Gary V Bowman

Flint Circuit Public Defender Office
30 Atlanta Street
McDonough, GA 30253
Tel 770-288-7460

Griffin
(Fayette, Pike, Spalding and Upson Counties)

Joseph Saia

Griffin Circuit Defender Offices

Main office/Spalding:
141 West Solomon Street
Griffin, GA 30223
Tel 770-467-4725
Fax 770-467-4724

Fayette County:
145 Johnson Ave
Fayetteville, GA 30214
Tel 770-716-4340
Fax 770-460-8585

Upson County:
PO Box 1145
Thomaston, GA 30286
Tel 706-647-7020
Fax 706-647-7032

Gwinnett
(Gwinnett County)

OPTING-OUT

Pamela Baxter
75 Langley Drive
Administrative Office of the Court
Lawrenceville, GA 30045
Tel 770-822-8580
Fax 770-822-8566

Juvenile Court
Jesse Lawler

Houston
(Houston County)

OPTING-OUT

Nicholas White
Houston County Public Defender
201 Perry Pkwy
Perry, GA 31069
Tel 478- 218-4870
Fax 478- 218-4875

Juvenile Court
Tomeka Vargas

Lookout Mountain
(Catoosa, Chatooga, Dade and Walker Counties)

David J Dunn

Lookout Mountain Circuit Public Defender Office

Main Office/Walker:
108 East Villanow St
PO Box 1810
LaFayette, GA 30728
Tel 706-638-3290
Fax 706-638-7331

Dade County:
129 Case Avenue
PO Box 1549
Trenton, GA 30752
Tel 706-657-2602
Fax 706-657-2744

Chattooga County:
10035 Commerce St
PO Box 496
Summerville, GA 30747
Tel 706-857-9243
Fax 706-857-9218

Catoosa County:
62 Nance Lane
PO Box 217
Ringgold, GA 30736
Tel 706-935-3400
Fax 706-935-3582

Macon
(Bibb, Crawford and Peach Counties)

Wm. Lee Robinson

Macon Circuit Public Defender Office
201 Second St
Ste 550
Macon, GA 31201
Tel 478-621-5950
Fax 478-621-5975

Middle
(Candler, Emanuel, Jefferson, Toombs and Washington Counties)

David C. Walker

Middle Circuit Public Defender Office
Washington County Courthouse
132 West Haynes St
Suite 200
PO Box 696
Sandersville, GA 31082
Tel 478-240-9681
Toll Free
866-867-7442
Fax 478-240-9684

Toombs County
126 West Grady Avenue, Ste 3
Lyons, GA 30436
Tel 912-526-6008
Fax 877-526-6655

Emanuel County

10 North Main St
3rd Floor
Swainsboro, GA 30401
Tel 478-237-3183
Fax 478-237-3185

Mountain
(Habersham, Rabun and Stephens Counties)

Drew Powell

Mountain Circuit Public Defender Office
Physical Address:
405 Madison Street
Clarkesville, GA
Mailing Address:
PO Box 253
Clarkesville, GA 30523
Tel 706-754-6427
Fax 706-754-8064

Northeastern
(Dawson and Hall Counties)

H Bradford Morris

Northeastern Circuit Public Defender's Office
PO Box 390
Gainesville, GA 30503
Tel 770-718-5523
Fax 770-718-5538

Northern
(Elbert, Franklin, Hart, Madison and Ogelthorpe Counties)

Joel Shiver

Northern Circuit Public Defender Office
846 Church Street
PO Box 150
Royston, GA 30662
Tel 706-246-9320
Fax 706-246-9325

Ocmulgee
(Baldwin, Greene, Hancock, Jasper, Jones, Morgan, Putnam and Wilkinson Counties)

GB Moore III

Ocmulgee Circuit Defender Offices

Jones County:
PO Box 747
Gray, GA 31032
Tel 478-986-6185
Fax 478-986-6359

Baldwin County:
PO Box 1429
Milledgeville, GA 31059
Tel 478-445-8100
Fax 478-445-8111

Oconee
(Bleckley, Dodge, Montgomery, Pulaski, Telfair and Wheeler Counties)

Steven M Harrison

Oconee Judicial Circuit Public Defender
5309 Anson Avenue
Eastman, Georgia 31023
Tel 478-448-1801
Fax 478-448-1805

Ogeechee
(Bulloch, Effingham, Jenkins and Screven Counties)

Robert L Persse

28-30 N Main St
PO Box 86
Statesboro, GA 30458
Tel 912-764-6292
Fax 912-489-3223

Pataula
(Clay, Early, Miller, Quitman, Randolph, Seminole and Terrell Counties)

Robert M Thomas

Pataula Circuit Public Defender Office
181 Cuthbert St
PO Box 668
Colquitt, GA 39837
Tel 229-758-6236
229-758-6187

Paulding
(Paulding County)

Thomas V Driggers

Paulding Circuit Public Defender Office
25 Courthouse Square
Annex Bldg Rm 405
Dallas, Georgia 30132
Tel 770-443-3463
Fax 770-443-9936

Piedmont
(Banks, Barrow and Jackson Counties)

Donna A Seagraves

Piedmont Circuit Public Defender Offices

Jackson County:
5000 Jackson Pkwy
Suite 270
Jefferson, GA 30549
Tel 706-387-6317
Fax 706-387-6329

Barrow County:
30 N. Broad St., Winder, GA 30680
Tel 770-307-3006
Fax 770-307-0839

Rockdale
(Rockdale County)

Steven Purvis

Rockdale Circuit Public Defender Office
934 Center Street
Conyers, GA 30012
Tel 770-929-4017
Fax
770-918-6313

Rome
(Floyd County)

Teddy Lee Henley

Rome Circuit Public Defender Office
Floyd County Administrative Building
12 East Fourth Avenue, Suite 10
Rome, Georgia 30l6l
Tel 706-234-0975
Fax 706-234-0978

South Georgia
(Baker, Calhoun, Decatur, Grady and Mitchell Counties)

Ernie Sheffield

South Georgia Circuit Public Defender Office
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 1045 Bainbridge, Georgia 39818
Physical Address:
326 W Water St
Bainbridge, GA 39818-1045
Tel 229-246-2877
Fax 229-246-9158

Southern
(Brooks, Colquitt, Echols, Lowndes and Thomas Counties)

John Kent Edwards

Southern Circuit Public Defender Offices

Main Office/Lowndes:
Physical Address:
106 S Patterson St
Suite 201
Valdosta, GA 31601
Mailing adddress:
PO Box 1586
Valdosta, GA 31603-1586
Tel 229-671-2800
Fax 229-245-5220

Moultrie/Colquitt Co:
Colquitt County Courthouse, Ste 105
9 South Main St
Moultrie, GA 31768
Tel 229-616-7070
Fax 229-616-7067

Thomasville/Thomas County:
436-G Smith Ave
Thomasville, GA 31792
Tel 229-226-3616
Fax 229-226-5696

Southwestern
(Lee, Macon, Schley, Stewart, Sumter and Webster Counties)

Sam Merritt

Southwestern Circuit Public Defender Office
416 W Lamar St
Americus, GA 31709
Tel 229-928-4610
Fax 229-928-4594

Stone Mountain
(DeKalb County)

Lawrence Schneider

Stone Mountain Circuit Public Defender Office
408 Callaway Bldg
120 W Trinity Pl
Decatur, GA 30030
Tel 404-371-2222
Fax 404-371-2298

Tallapoosa
(Haralson and Polk Counties)

David L Smith

Tallapoosa Circuit Public Defender Offices

Polk County:
102 Prior Street, Room 102
Cedartown, Georgia 30125
Tel 770-748-3480
Fax 770-748-3493

Haralson County:
PO Box 909
Buchanan, GA 30113
Tel: 770-646-6629
Fax: 770-646-6628

Tifton
(Irwin, Tift, Turner and Worth Counties)

John R Mobley II

Tifton Circuit Public Defender Office
1212 Chestnut Ave
Tifton, GA 31794
Tel 229-387-6488
Fax 229-387-6234

Toombs
(Glascock, Lincoln, McDuffie, Taliaferro, Warren and Wilkes Counties)

Harold W Wallace III

Toombs Circuit Public Defender Office
309 Greenway Street
Thomson, GA 30824
Tel 706-595-7650
Fax 706-595-6030

Towaliga
(Butts, Lamar and Monroe Counties)

Wanda G Johnson

Towaliga Circuit Public Defender Office
102 East Johnston St
Forsyth, GA 31029
Tel 478-994-0040
Fax 478-474-6088

Waycross
(Bacon, Brantley, Charlton, Coffee, Pierce and Ware Counties)

Clayton Culp

Waycross Circuit Public Defender Office
605 Church Street, Suite D
Waycross, GA 31501

Tel 912-287-4360
Fax 912-287-4362

Western
(Clarke and Oconee Counties)

Thomas J Killeen

Western Circuit Public Defender Office
160 E Washington St, Athens, GA 30601
Tel 706-369-6440
Fax 706-369-6444

DEATH PENALTY:  

Office of the Georgia Capital Defender
(statewide - death penalty cases)

Jerry Word
Interim Capital Defender
Office of the Georgia Capital Defender
225 Peachtree St NE
Ste 900, South Tower
Atlanta GA 30303-1727
Tel 404-739-5151
Fax 404-739-5155
Macon Capital Case Conflict Defender Burt Baker Office of the Macon Capital Case Conflict Defender
201 Second Street, Suite 550 BB&T Building
Macon, GA 31201
Tel: 478-621-5950
North Georgia Capital Case Conflict Defender Dennis Francis Office of the North Georgia Capital Case Conflict Defender
104 Marietta St, Ste 200
Atlanta, GA 30303
Tel: 404-232-8900
Southeast Georgia
Capital Case Conflict Defender

Stephen R Yekel

 


Office of the Southeast Capital Case Conflict Defender
PO Box 1089
123 South Laurel St
Springfield, GA 31329
Tel 912-754-6530
Fax 912-754-3104

CONFLICT ADMINISTRATION:

Steve Nevels, Conflict Program Director
Georgia Public Defender Standards Council
104 Marietta Street, Suite 200
Atlatna, GA 30303
Tel 404-232-8900 Fax 404-651-5706

CONFLICT DEFENDER OFFICES:

Atlanta (Fulton County) and Stone Mountain (DeKalb County) Carl Greenberg
Acting Director

Metro Conflict Defender
Metro Conflict Defender Office
104 Marietta St, N.W.
Suite 200
Atlanta, GA 30303
Tel 404- 232-8981
Fax 678-916-4273
Flint (Henry) and Griffin
(Fayette, Pike, Spalding and Upson Counties)
Joyce Bussey
Conflict Defender
(Spalding, Pike, Upson counties)
Griffin Conflict Defender Office
141 West Solomon St
Griffin, GA 30223
Tel 770-412-4069
Fax 770-412-4078
Rome (Floyd County); Cherokee (Bartow and Gordon Counties); and Tallapoosa (Haralson and Polk Counties)

James Wyatt
Regional Conflict Defender

Rome Circuit Conflict Defender Office
111 Bridgepoint Plaza, Suite 308
Rome GA 30161
Tel 706-295-6224
Fax 706-295-6473
Western (Clark County and Oconee County) and Piedmont (Banks, Barrow and Jackson Counties)

Ryan Swingle
Regional Conflict Defender

Vince Keesee
Conflict Defender
(Piedmont Circuit)

Athens Regional Conflict Defender Office
The Fred Building
220 College Ave
Suite 514
Athens, GA 30601
Tel 706-583-2625
Fax 706-583-2630
     
     

 

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