The State Public Defender’s Office is seeking to contract with one attorney to represent defendants charged with Misdemeanor Probation Violations in Scott County, Iowa. The contract will begin on February 1, 2025 and end on June 30, 2025 with the intent to renew in the next fiscal year. Rate of pay is $3,750 per month.
If interested, please submit a resume and cover letter (e-mailed PDF is preferred) by Friday, January 24, 2025 to Chylah True via email at ctrue@spd.state.ia.us.
Minimum Qualification Requirements
Applicants must have graduated from an accredited law school and possess a current license to practice law in the State of Iowa.
The Office of the State Public Defender is responsible for coordinating Iowa's Indigent Defense System. Our mission is to ensure that all indigent persons in Iowa are provided high quality legal representation in criminal, juvenile, and other eligible proceedings in the most efficient and fiscally responsible manner.
The office is led by the State Public Defender, who is appointed by the Governor. More than two hundred employees in eighteen Local Public Defender Offices and the Appellate Defender's Office provide representation for indigent persons primarily in criminal and juvenile cases at the trial and appellate levels in all of Iowa's 99 counties. The State Public Defender also contracts with more than one thousand private attorneys and several nonprofit organizations throughout Iowa to provide court-appointed representation in cases that public defender offices are unable to handle. These contract attorneys, as well as other indigent defense providers, such as investigators, court reporters, interpreters, and expert witnesses, are paid from the Indigent Defense Fund, which is administered by the State Public Defender.
