O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 17-12-33 (2019)

Assistant public defenders’ private practice of law or concurrent judicial service prohibited; admission to bar in Georgia

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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(a) Any assistant public defender or other attorney at law employed full time by the circuit public defender who is compensated in whole or in part by state funds shall not engage in the private practice of law for profit or serve concurrently in any judicial office.

(b) Any assistant public defender or any other attorney at law employed by the circuit public defender shall be a member of the State Bar of Georgia and shall be admitted to practice before the appellate courts of this state. The assistant public defender shall serve at the pleasure of the circuit public defender and shall have such authority, powers, and duties as may be assigned by the circuit public defender.

History

Code 1981, § 17-12-33, enacted by Ga. L. 2003, p. 191, § 1; Ga. L.

2004, p. 631, § 17; Ga. L. 2008, p. 846, § 36/HB 1245.