The Washington State Office of Public Defense (OPD) is a state government agency that supports and oversees the delivery of high-quality public defense services to indigent individuals in Washington. The office works to ensure effective and constitutionally adequate legal representation in criminal, juvenile, dependency, and appellate cases, and provides training, technical assistance, and oversight to public defense attorneys and programs statewide.
Criminal justice reform, indigent defense funding, public defense standards, juvenile justice, appellate representation, and policies related to ensuring constitutional rights to counsel
State legislative appropriations from the Washington State budget
Washington State Supreme Court, Washington State Bar Association, county and municipal public defense agencies
Government agency
