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Best and Worst place to work - Deputy Public Defender Orange County Public Defender Employee Review

2.0
24 Mar 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The pros are that the job is fun, the comradery is the best, but that's where it ends.

Cons

They will keep giving you work until you burn out, and there's little to no support or help from upper management.

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5.0
17 Feb 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Amazing team, thoughtful supervisors, great exposure to criminal court,

Cons

Sometimes, there really was nothing to do.

1.0
23 Feb 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Decent pay and benefits. Many of the line staff, such as attorneys and investigators, are solid people just trying to do their jobs and survive the heavy caseloads.

Cons

The public defender himself, Martin, and upper management in both the main public defender’s office and the Alternate Defender have terribly mismanaged this office. They have played office politics by harassing employees, playing favorites, refusing to promote hard working people in favor of people who are in their club. In the last couple of years, they have been sued by two different investigators and have received various EEO complaints from investigators and attorneys.

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