Our office maintains a list of Chief Defender Offices in New York State. It includes contact information for statewide and local public defenders, legal aid societies, and assigned counsel programs that provide criminal defense and related services for people unable to afford counsel. This list is periodically updated. NYSDA Chief Defenders List (April 1, 2013) (PDF)
Albany County Public Defender
Assigned Counsel Plan, First Department
Assigned Counsel Plan, Second Department
Bronx Defenders
Brooklyn Defender Services
Broome County Public Defender
Capital Defender Office (NYS)
Cattaraugus County Public Defender
Cayuga County Assigned Counsel for the Indigent Program
Cortland County Public Defender
Erie County Bar Association Aid to Indigent Prisoners Society
Federal Public Defender: Northern District of New York
Federal Public Defender: Western District of New York
Frank H. Hiscock Legal Aid Society (Onondaga County)
Genesee County Public Defender
Jefferson County Public Defender
Legal Aid Society of Nassau County
Legal Aid Society of New York and Office Locations (NYC)
Monroe County Office of the Conflict Defender
Monroe County Public Defender
Monroe County Public Defender (2)
Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem
New York County Defender Services
Office of the Appellate Defender (1st Dept)
Oneida County Public Defender
Orleans County Public Defender
Schuyler County Public Defender
St. Lawrence County Public Defender
Steuben County Public Defender
Suffolk County Assigned Counsel Defender Plan
Tioga County Public Defender
Ulster County Public Defender