Public Defender’s Office is a structural
unit in the composition of the RA Chamber of Advocates which in cases
prescribed by law provides free legal aid to people and carries out public
defense. The legal aid is given by the advocates working in the Office – Public
Defenders.
The free legal aid includes:
1) Consultation
– writing of claims, applications, complaints and other procedural documents of
legal nature, including provision of legal information;
2) Representation
or defense on criminal, civil, administrative and constitutional cases.
Advocates are employed as Public
Defenders based on results of a competition process and are remunerated from
the financial means allocated to the RA Chamber of Advocates from the RA state
budget especially for that purpose. The Office is led by the Head of Public
Defender’s Office who according to the law has two Deputies. The normal course
of the Office’s activity is secured by the assisting staff (receptionist,
assistant, driver, accountant etc.).
Although the Public Defender’s
Office provides services through the state means (order), it is independent and
does not abide by any state body. When giving legal aid Public Defenders
exclusively abide by universal requirements on advocate’s ethics and by the
Office’s inner disciplinary rules. The Head of the Office (Deputy Head) does
supervision over the activity of Public Defenders and the Chairman of the RA
Chamber of Advocates (Deputy Chairman) does supervision over the activity of
Public Defender’s Office.
After your application, your case will be referred to the appropriate public defender who will provide counseling
After consultation, the public defender begins to develop a strategy with the client
Strategy helps to act correctly in court, during the trial
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