Defender of the Year

Award Established 1987

2011 - Jan Lecklikner, Deputy Public Defender, San Francisco County

2010 - Matthew Braner, San Diego County Deputy Public Defender

2009 - R. Addison Steele II, Riverside County Deputy Public Defender

2008 - Donald Landis, Jr., Orange County Deputy Public Defender

2007 - Oscar Bobrow, Contra Costa County Deputy Public Defender

2006 - Patty Mulligan, Los Angeles Deputy Public Defender

2006 - Jill Thomas, Los Angeles Deputy Public Defender

2005 - Michael S. Ogul, Assistant Public Defender, Alameda County

2004 - Roberto Najera, Deputy Public Defender, Contra Costa County

2003 - Barbara B. Fargo, Deputy Public Defender, Santa Clara County

2002 - Michael Lukehart, Deputy Public Defender, Kern County

2001 - Denise Gragg, Assistant Public Defender, Orange County

2000 - Ralph Crofton, Assistant Public Defender, Alameda County

1999 - Carl Holmes, Orange County Public Defender

1998 - Bill Youmans, Deputy Public Defender, San Diego County

1997

Lorena Chandler, Attorney at Law, San Rafael, Califonia

Barry Collins, Deputy Public Defender, Sonoma County

1996 - Sheila Ramos, Deputy Public Defender, Sacramento County

1995 - No Award

1994

Kathleen Coyne, Deputy Public Defender, San Diego County

Susan Clemens-Gutherie, Deputy Public Defender, San Diego

1993 - Gary Roberts, Deputy Public Defender, Shasta County

1992

Coleston Young, Assistant Public Defender, Alameda County

Mark Foster, Deputy Public Defender, Riverside County

1991

Judy Browne, Assistant Public Defender, Alameda County

Brian Shechmeister, Deputy Public Defender, Santa Clara County

1990 - Frank Bardsley, San Diego County Public Defender

1989 - James R. Jenner, Alameda County Public Defender

1988- Morris Schacter, Deputy Public Defender, Sonoma County

1987 - Albert Menaster, Deputy Public Defender, Los Angeles County

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