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Tag Archive 'Public defenders; Anoka County'

Does someone in Anoka County have a magic revenue-generating machine in their basement? Recipients of county services had better hope so. The county board voted yesterday to hire a pair of private law firms to handle the 170 new Child in Need of Protection (CHIPS) petitions and up to 70 new termination of parental rights [...]

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A day with a public defender

I recently spent a day “shadowing” an Anoka County public defender, Jennifer Pradt, so that I could write an article for Minnesota Lawyer detailing the experience. It was an interesting, perhaps even “enlightening,” day. (Plus, anything that gets me out of the office and away from my computer for an entire day can’t be bad!) [...]

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