The Office of the Public Defender, Tenth Judicial Circuit, is a state of Florida agency that provides legal representation to adults and juveniles charged with a crime who cannot afford to hire an attorney, and to the mentally ill and developmentally disabled who are subject to involuntary commitment proceedings. The Tenth Judicial Circuit of Florida consists of Polk, Highlands and Hardee Counties, with the current Public Defender being J. Marion Moorman. Since Mr. Moorman’s election in 1984, the Office has grown to over 140 employees, including more than 75 lawyers who serve clients in the circuit and county courts of the Tenth Judicial Circuit, as well as appellate clients in the Second District Court of Appeal, the Florida Supreme Court and the federal courts. Public Defenders have both a constitutional and an ethical duty to provide zealous legal representation to every client, and serve as warriors for those in need of a champion.

The Office of the Public Defender, Tenth Judicial Circuit understands how imperative efficient, effective and timely case management can be to the future of those charged with a crime, and, as such, determined the need to access thousands of case files and other documents from multiple locations, over a network, to best represent clients that urgently needed assistance.