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New York Settles Indigent Defense Suit; $5.5 Million in Attorney Fees

Loaded on Oct. 31, 2016

Filed under: Prison Reform, Appointment of Counsel, Public Defenders, Court Access, Indigent Defense. Location: New York.

Plaintiffs filed a state court class-action suit alleging the system of indigent legal services for defendants in New York criminal cases was unconstitutionally deficient. On October 22, 2014, the state and the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), which, along with the New York law firm of Schulte, Roth …

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