Expert Services

Executive Director David Carroll and Deputy Director Jon Mosher explain the history of the right to counsel in America, the 6AC’s philosophy for ensuring the Sixth Amendment right to counsel, and 6AC’s method of evaluating indigent defense systems.

Executive Director David Carroll and Deputy Director Jon Mosher present preliminary findings from 6AC’s evaluation of public defense services provided by the Public Defense Services Commission and the Office of Public Defense Services in Oregon’s state trial courts.

Executive Director David Carroll provides technical assistance expertise to the Task Force in its final meeting as it advances its agenda for the 2019 legislative session, including seeking reimbursement of counties for misdemeanor representation, a statewide appellate defender, and increased staffing for the Indiana Public Defender Commission.

Executive Director presents 6AC’s final findings and recommendations resulting from the 6AC’s assessment of adult indigent defense services in rural Nevada. 6AC’s report “The Right to Counsel in Rural Nevada – Evaluation of Indigent Defense Services” explains for the first time how indigent defense services are provided in every trial level court in the state outside of Clark County (Las Vegas) and Washoe County (Reno), collectively referred to in Nevada as the “rural counties.”

Executive Director presents preliminary findings and recommendations from 6AC’s assessment of adult indigent defense services in rural Nevada.

Executive Director David Carroll and Deputy Director Jon Mosher present the preliminary findings from 6AC’s evaluation of public defense services provided by the Public Defense Services Commission and the Office of Public Defense Services in Oregon’s trial level state courts.

Executive Director David Carroll presents on state-level indigent defense funding at “Preparing for 2021 and Beyond: The Outlook for Public Interest Lawyers and Advocacy. The ABA webinar focuses on civil and criminal systemic issues of race, rights, and access to justice. He is joined on the panel with: Patricia Lee Refo, ABA President; Ronald S. Flagg, Legal Services Corporation President; Justice Adrienne Nelson, Oregon Supreme Court; April Faith-Slaker, Associate Director of Research Innovations, Access to Justice Lab, Harvard Law School; Jaime Hawk, Legal Strategy Director, ACLU of Washington; Radhika Singh, Chief, Civil Legal Services, National Legal Aid & Defender Association; and Brendon Woods, Public Defender of Alameda County.

Executive Director David Carroll participates to discuss on-going reform efforts in Maine.

Deputy Director Jon Mosher presents to a membership association of appointed county public defenders from across the state of Illinois, at which he provided an overview of our statewide evaluation of right to counsel services in Illinois. The presentation highlighted the Council’s primary concerns of excessive caseload, budget, and independence issues.

Executive Director David Carroll presents “Liberty v. Tyranny: The State of America’s Constitutional Right to Counsel” at NCSL’s Advancing Justice 2020 conference. He is joined on the panel with: J.J. Gentry, South Carolina Ethics Lawyer; Senator Gerald Malloy, South Carolina; and, Julie Wassen, author, Right on Crime.

Executive Director David Carroll and Deputy Director Jon Mosher present “Watching the Watchmen: Independence, the Indigent, and the Public Defender Agency at Fifty,” discussing the history of the right to counsel and the state’s Fourteenth Amendment obligation to provide the Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel.

Deputy Director Jon Mosher and Executive Director David Carroll present preliminary findings from 6AC’s evaluation of trial level indigent defense services in Armstrong and Potter counties.