Culture of the Organization: The Public Defender of Marion County (PDMC) strives to provide legal representation using the holistic defense model.
- In a profession that leads to early burn out, we prioritize the wellbeing of our employees and their families
- We offer a flexible work from home/work from office balance for our attorneys.
- We operate using a modern case management system providing our attorneys with maximum support in managing their day-to-day workload.
- We train monthly as an organization in Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion and are committed to antiracist work.
- The community at PDMC is strongly rooted in equity and compassion.
Ethical Workloads: We strive to provide high quality representation; within workable levels based on the Sixth Amendment study and the ABA Workload study.
- We refuse to participate in unethical public defense practices and only agree to handle matters where we can guarantee constitutionally sound representation.
- This requires a healthy team atmosphere, and transparency. Mindful communication is necessary to analyze attorney’s workload levels on a weekly basis.