| 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 Offices:
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
Walton County:
Walton Co Annex 4
203 Milledge Avenue
Monroe, GA 30655
Tel 770-266-1540
Fax
770-266-1552 |
| 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
MainOffice/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 678-493-6190
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)
|
H. Burton Baker
Acting Circuit Public Defender
|
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)
|
Maryellen Simmons
Acting Circuit Public Defender |
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
124 North Main St
Swainsboro, GA 30401
Tel 478-237-9014
877-381-4530 (toll free)
Fax 478-237-9017 |
| 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)
|
Claudia Saari
Acting Circuit Public Defender |
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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