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Private Defense Counsel Opportunities with OPD

Are you a private defense attorney? OPD has several opportunities for private counsel to contract with the agency on criminal defense representation.

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Reimbursement Updates

Review updated Standards & Guidelines for appointed counsel reimbursement using the Court Appointed Billing System (CABS) and the Fiscal Year 2027 reimbursement rate.

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Quick Links

A curated list for quick access to the most used resources in the OPD site.

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CABS Training Portal

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Representing Yourself

Criminal Law Casebook

County Reimbursement

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Attorney Qualifications

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OPD Online

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"From the very beginning, our state and national constitutions and laws have laid great emphasis on procedural and substantive safeguards designed to assure fair trials before impartial tribunals in which every defendant stands equal before the law. This noble ideal cannot be realized if the poor man charged with crime has to face his accusers without a lawyer to assist him."

Gideon V. Wainwright

OPD Publishes FY25 Annual Report

The Ohio Public Defender published its Fiscal Year 2025 Annual Report.

State Public Defender Calls for Eliminating Ohio’s Death Penalty

The Office of the Ohio Public Defender (OPD) calls on the State to end the use of capital punishment, which has been widely recognized as a broken system that has proven exceedingly expensive, prone to error, and inequitable for Ohioans.

Welcome to our NWRH team

The Ohio Public Defender recently created a new regional office for indigent defense services serving Allen, Hardin, and Putnam counties. The Northwest Regional Hub, located in Lima, Ohio, is the first office of its kind in Ohio.