Federal Public Defender Organization Law and Legal Definition
Federal public defenders are federal entities constituted under the Criminal Justice Act [18 USCS § 3006A]. A federal public defender organization is created for a federal judicial circuit. The criminal defendants who are unable to manage their defenses are represented by a federal public defender organization.
The organization consists of a federal public defender and one or more full-time salaried attorneys. A federal public defender supervises the federal public defender organization. A federal public defender is appointed by the Court of Appeals for a term of four years. S/he by a majority vote of the judges of the court of appeals may continue in office even after expiration of the term for a period of one year or till the appointment of a new federal public defender. The compensation of the Federal Public Defender shall be fixed by the court of appeals of the circuit. It is the federal public defender who appoints the full-time attorneys in the organization with the approval of the court of appeals of the circuit. Other personnel’s are also appointed by the federal public defender in the organization with the approval of the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts. Compensation paid to such attorneys and other personnel of the organization shall be fixed by the Federal Public Defender. Neither the Federal Public Defender nor any attorney may engage in the private practice of law.
Legal Definition list
- Federal Property
- Federal Probation Service
- Federal Private Sector Mandate
- Federal Prison Industries, Inc. [FPI]
- Federal Prison
- Federal Public Defender Organization
- Federal Question
- Federal Question Jurisdiction
- Federal Radio Commission
- Federal Radiological Emergency Response Plan
- Federal Railroad Administration [FRA]
Related Legal Terms
- 527 Organizations
- Abuse of Public Office
- Accompanying the Federal Government Outside the United States
- Acta Publica
- Active Voters [Federal Elections]
- Actuarial Documents [Federal Crop Insurance Corporation]
- Actuarially Appropriate [Federal Crop Insurance Corporation]
- Ad Vindictam Publicam
- Administrative Committee of the Federal Register
- Administrative Governor [Federal Reserve System]
