It is rare for chief public defenders contracts to not be renewed. Jean Faria, who was state public defender from 2008-13 and continued to work with the office through 2020, testified Monday before ...

The Louisiana Public Defender Board sided on a 5-4 vote with Chief Public Defender Remy Starns, who decided not to renew the ...

Antoine Massey, a serial escapee who vanished from a New Orleans jail with nine other inmates just after midnight on May 16, ...

N EW ORLEANS (WVUE) - People accused of federal crimes who cannot afford legal representation are typically assigned counsel through the federal indigent defender program. But according to a notice ...

Monday to uphold the ouster of five attorneys who lead local public defender offices. The decision follows the replacement of more than ...

President Trump has tapped a veteran Jefferson Parish attorney as the next federal prosecutor over the New Orleans region. See who.

Trump is charging immigrants under a WWII-era law. It triggered a legal showdown in Louisiana. The charges filed in New Orleans federal court represent Trump’s latest push to target illegal ...

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, in her first public appearance since the Supreme Court sharply limited the ability of federal ...

Four candidates, including two military attorneys, a veteran city court prosecutor and a grizzled defense lawyer have ...

Jackson's book chronicles her journey from early childhood in Miami, Florida, to college in the Ivy League, a Supreme Court ...