Council on Public Defense

The Council on Public Defense was established to implement the recommendations of the WSBA Blue Ribbon Panel on Criminal Defense, which was appointed by the Board of Governors in spring 2003 as a first step in addressing concerns about the quality of indigent defense services in Washington.

• CPD Death Penalty Subcommittee - Final Report
• Appendix A – Survey of Death penalty Qualified Attorneys
• Appendix B – Survey of Public Defender Directors
• Appendix C – Survey of Elected Prosecutors
  
  
• WSBA Standards for Indigent Defense Services
• Making Good on Gideon's Promise: Report on the Recommendations of the WSBA Council on Public Defense, Adopted by WSBA Board of Governors, September 21, 2007
• Report of the WSBA Blue Ribbon Panel on Criminal Defense
  May 2004
• Right to Counsel in Washington, September 2005

Public Defense Resources

• Washington State Office of Public Defense
• Washington Defender Association
  • Standards for Public Defense Services

Council Membership

Co-chairs

Marc Boman
1201 3rd Ave Ste 4800
Seattle, WA  98101-3266
206-359-8509
206-359-9509 fax
mboman@perkinscoie.com

Jon Ostlund
Whatcom County Public Defender
311 Grand Ave.
Bellingham, WA 98225-4048
360-676-6670
360-738-4552 fax
jostlund@co.whatcom.wa.us

WSBA Liaisons

Jennifer Danis
206-239-2116
206-727-8310 Fax
jenniferd@wsba.org

Gail Stone
206-733-5958
206-727-8319 fax
gails@wsba.org 

Board of Governors Liaison

David Heller
206.243.7300
david@heldar.com