Defender Association of Philadelphia is a non-profit corporation, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that provides defense on a court-appointed basis for criminal and delinquency cases in which the defendants and respondents are indigent adults and juveniles.

History

In 1990, the association appointed the first woman as chief in 56 years. In October 2001, the firm changed its address. The site for Comcast Center (Philadelphia) at 17th Street at John F. Kennedy Boulevard, a site occupied by a building that housed the Defender Association of Philadelphia and a parking lot. In 2015, Keir Bradford-Grey become head of the Association.

Defender Association of Philadelphia

Notable people

C. Darnell Jones II, federal judge

Abbe Smith, law professor

Gregory M. Sleet, federal judge

Luis Felipe Restrepo, federal judge

Benjamin H. Read, politician

Scholarship

|Client Service in a Defender Organization: The Philadelphia Experience

|egal Aid to Indigent Criminal Defendants in Philadelphia and New Jersey

References

Criminal defense organizations

Legal aid in the United States

Organizations established in 1934

Government of Philadelphia

Crime in Philadelphia

Organizations based in Philadelphia

Defender Association of Philadelphia