The Georgia Public Defender Council is an independent agency within the executive branch of the state government of Georgia. Our mission is to ensure, independently of political considerations or private interests, that each client whose cause has been entrusted to a circuit public defender receives zealous, adequate, effective, timely, and ethical legal representation, consistent with the guarantees of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, the Constitution of the United States and the mandates of the Georgia Indigent Defense Act of 2003; to provide all such legal services in a cost efficient manner; and to conduct that representation in such a way that the criminal justice system operates effectively to achieve justice.
Providing zealous, effective, ethical representation
to indigent people accused of crimes.
Our Mission
Defending Everyone's Rights One Person at a Time
Contact
Central Office
104 Marietta St NW #400
Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone: (404) 795-2440
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Appellate Division
104 Marietta St NW #600
Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone (404) 739-5151
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Capital Defender
104 Marietta St NW #600
Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone (404) 739-5151
Office of the Mental Health Advocate
104 Marietta St NW #200
Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone (404)795-2440
Latest News
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National Juvenile Defender Leadership celebrates Gault@50
October 29, 2016 – Many from GPDC were in attendance when the National Juvenile Defender Leadership celebrated Gault@50 and honored Georgia Juvenile Defender Randee Waldman of the Barton Clinic at Emory University School of Law.
Elaine McGruder awarded Atlanta Bar Association’s 2016 Public Service Award
October 21, 2016 - Pictured: Jim Stokes, Conflicts Division Director, Elaine McGruder, Director Fulton County Public Defender/State & Magistrate, and Bryan Tyson, Executive Director.
Tyson Nominated for Daily Report’s Attorney of the Year
Executive Director, Bryan P. Tyson From the article: The Daily Report is pleased to announce five finalists for its first “Attorney of the Year” award, honoring who had the biggest impact on the Georgia legal community or most helped to advance the cause of justice during 2015… Bryan Tyson, who as executive director of the Georgia Public Defender Council, laid the groundwork in 2015 for key decisions by the Legislature in early 2016. The council received $4 million in additional state funds, enabling the council to pay all state-paid assistant public defenders on the same schedule as assistant district attorneys.
Ga. Public Defenders Follow the Tradition of John Adams
“When we think of John Adams, we think of an influential Founder and the second President of the United States. But in 1770, he was a 35-year-old lawyer and had never run for public office. Incredibly, Adams agreed to take on the defense of the soldiers. He didn’t just defend them— he zealously represented them. Not one of the soldiers was convicted of murder. Six were acquitted and two were found guilty of lesser charges.” – Bryan Tyson, Executive Director GPDC See full article in Insider Advantage here.