HPRPDO is seeking a Chief Public Defender. Scroll down for more info!
HIGH PLAINS REGIONAL PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE
Chief Public Defender
If public defense is your passion and devoting your time and talent to constructing the best rural public defender’s office in Texas is your goal, we’d like to hear from you.
ABOUT
A PIONEERING PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE
Thanks to the tireless efforts of numerous stakeholders, thirteen counties in the Southwest Texas Panhandle banded together to apply for a rural regional public defense grant from the Texas Indigent Defense Commission (TIDC) to assist with the operating costs of a multi-county public defender's office. This cooperative venture was motivated by the realization that we could no longer rely upon a dwindling pool of appointed attorneys from Amarillo and Lubbock to fulfill the Constitutional duties owed to our less fortunate residents.
Our application was approved June 29, 2023, and the High Plains Regional Public Defender's Office was established shortly thereafter as the first full-time public defender's office dedicated to serving our communities. Now that the governing structure for the Office is in place, we are eager to move to the next stage: selecting a chief public defender.
SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION
To learn more about the position, please consult the full posting included below. You may submit a resume and a letter of interest via email to hr@hprpdo.org with the subject line, "HPRPDO Chief Position – <Last Name>, <First Name>.”
If you're unfamiliar with our area, please let us know. We'll do our best to arrange a tour with a local stakeholder to introduce you to the Staked Plains and answer your questions about the communities we call home.
Thank you for your interest. We look forward to hearing from you.