FLORIDA'S PUBLIC DEFENDERS

This page is dedicated to Clarence Earl Gideon, the pioneer of Public Defender clients.
Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335 (1963)

Judicial Circuit	Public Defender - Location
First	Jack Behr - Pensacola
Second	Nancy Daniels - Tallahassee
Third	C. Dennis Roberts - Lake City
Fourth	William White - Jacksonville
Fifth	Howard H. Babb - Ocala
Sixth	Bob Dillinger - Clearwater
Seventh	James Purdy - Daytona Beach
Eighth	C. Richard Parker - Gainesville
Ninth	Robert Wesley - Orlando
Tenth	J. Marion Moorman - Bartow
Eleventh	Bennett H. Brummer - Miami
Twelfth	Elliot C. Metcalf, Jr. - Sarasota
Thirteenth	Julianne M. Holt - Tampa
Fourteenth	Herman D. Laramore - Marianna
Fifteenth	Carey Haughwout - West Palm Beach
Sixteenth	Rosemary Enright - Key West
Seventeenth	Howard Finkelstein - Fort Lauderdale
Eighteenth	James R. Russo - Viera
Nineteenth	Diamond R. Litty - Ft. Pierce
Twentieth	Kathleen A. Smith - Fort Myers
Florida Public Defender Association, Inc.	Tallahassee

BAR ASSOCIATIONS

American Bar Association

Florida Bar Association

Young Lawyers Division of the Florida Bar

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