The following list contains contact information for programs which have volunteered to host indigent defense leaders who would like to visit for the purpose of seeing and learning about different aspects of running public defense systems. An initiative of the Emerging Systems Committee of the American Council Of Chief Defenders, the Mentor Site Project is part of the continuing ACCD effort to facilitate peer-to-peer support among indigent defense leaders.

Please let us know if your program would like to become a volunteer host program under any of the existing categories or in a new area. There are not currently volunteer host programs for all existing categories.

Funding assistance for traveling to a mentor site may be available through the Criminal Courts Technical Assistance Program (CCTAP).

American Council of Chief Defenders Emerging Systems Committee: Mentor Sites

Applied Technology in Indigent Defense Management and Practice

• In Appellate Offices

  Ronaldo Coulter
  Idaho State Appellate Public Defender
  3380 Americana Terrace, Suite 360
  Boise, ID 83706
  Phone: 208-334-2985
  E-Mail: racoulter@sapd.state.id.us

  James Neuhard
  Director
  State Appellate Defender
  3300 Penobscot Building
  645 Griswold Street
  Detroit, MI 48226
  Phone: 313-965-0372
  E-Mail: jneuhard@sado.org

• Case Management Systems

  Cynthia Jones
  Director
  Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia
  633 Indiana Avenue, N.W.
  Washington, D.C. 20004
  Phone: 202-626-8370
  E-Mail: cjones@pdsdc.org

How to Set Up/Run

• State Systems

  David Kaplan
  Colorado State Public Defender
  110 Sixteenth Street
  Denver, CO 80202
  Phone: 303-620-4888
  E-Mail: David.Kaplan@state.co.us

  John M. Stuart
  State Public Defender
  Board of Public Defense
  331 Second Avenue South, Suite 900
  Minneapolis, MN 55401
  Phone: (612) 373-2728
  E-Mail: john.stuart@pubdef.state.mn.us

• Post-Conviction Programs
  • Innocence Projects

    James Neuhard
    Director
    State Appellate Defender
    3300 Penobscot Building
    645 Griswold Street
    Detroit, MI 48226
    Phone: 313-965-0372
    E-Mail: jneuhard@sado.org

  • Assigned Counsel Programs

    Bryan Shaha
    Alternate Defense Counsel
    State of Colorado
    1019 Tenth Avenue
    Greeley, CO 80631
    Phone: 970-392-9897
    E-Mail: bshaha@ctos.com

  • Training/Supervision Programs

    Cynthia Jones
    Director
    Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia
    633 Indiana Avenue, N.W.
    Washington, D.C. 20004
    Phone: 202-626-8370
    E-Mail: cjones@pdsdc.org

    Edward Monahan
    Deputy Public Advocate
    Department of Public Advocacy
    100 fair Oaks Lane
    Suite 302
    Frankfort, KY 40601
    Phone: 502-564-8006, ext. 236
    E-Mail: emonahan@mail.pa.state.ky.us

  • Juvenile Units/Programs

    No host programs currently available.

  • Social Work Units of Defender Systems/Programs

    No host programs currently available.

  • Appellate Programs

    No host programs currently available.

  • Community Based Defense Programs

    Leonard Noisette
    Executive Director
    Neighborhood Defender Service
    2031 Fifth Avenue, 2^nd Floor
    New York, NY 10035
    Phone: 212-876-5500
    E-Mail: noisette@ndsny.org

    Robin Steinberg
    Executive Director
    The Bronx Defenders
    890 Grant Avenue
    Bronx, NY 10451
    Phone: 718-838-7852
    E-Mail: robins@bronxdefenders.org

  • Early Case Entry Programs

    Leonard Noisette
    Executive Director
    Neighborhood Defender Service
    2031 Fifth Avenue, 2^nd Floor
    New York, NY 10035
    Phone: 212-876-5500
    E-Mail: noisette@ndsny.org

Innovative Leadership/Management Models

No host programs currently available.

Legislative Advocacy

Ronaldo Coulter
Idaho State Appellate Public Defender
3380 Americana Terrace, Suite 360
Boise, ID 83706
Phone: 208-334-2985
E-Mail: racoulter@sapd.state.id.us

John M. Stuart
State Public Defender
Board of Public Defense
331 Second Avenue South, Suite 900
Minneapolis, MN 55401
Phone: (612) 373-2728
E-Mail: john.stuart@pubdef.state.mn.us

Grant Strategies

No host programs currently available.

Whole Client Representation

Leonard Noisette
Executive Director
Neighborhood Defender Service
2031 Fifth Avenue, 2^nd Floor
New York, NY 10035

Phone: 212-876-5500 E-Mail: noisette@ndsny.org

Robin Steinberg
Executive Director
The Bronx Defenders
890 Grant Avenue
Bronx, NY 10451
Phone: 718-838-7852
E-Mail: robins@bronxdefenders.org

Problem Solving/Specialty Courts/Units