The Law Office of the Cook County Public Defender is one of the largest criminal defense firms in the country, with more than 450 attorneys and more than 600 employees overall. Every year the office represents tens of thousands of Cook County residents charged with every type of criminal offense and child protection violation.
The Public Defender is responsible for staffing courtrooms throughout the Circuit Court of Cook County. We represent clients in 12 separate locations, including five suburban courthouses, Juvenile Court, Domestic Relations Court, Traffic Court, five branch court locations throughout Chicago and the Leighton Criminal Courthouse. Because the Law Office of the Cook County Public Defender is committed to providing our clients the most responsive legal representation possible, given how broad the areas of law in which we practice and how diverse the courts are throughout the county, the office is divided into divisions.