Qualifications for Public Defender Position

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To be eligible to fill the position of circuit public defender, a person must:

  1. Have attained the age of 25 years;
  2. Have been duly admitted and licensed to practice law in the superior courts for at least three years;
  3. Be a member in good standing of the State Bar of Georgia; and
  4. If previously disbarred from the practice of law, have been reinstated as provided by law.

(Code 1981, §17-12-21, enacted by Ga. L. 2003, p. 191, § 1.)


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