mojosmom

Oh, a lot of lawyers here work for the government in one form or other. I work in a public defender's office - we represent people charged with crimes who can't afford to retain their own lawyers. Where I live, each county has its own public defender office, except for some very small counties (population-wise) that contract with private attorneys to handle the assigned cases. In some states, the public defender office is part of the state government, rather than the county.