Los Angeles County
Independent Defense
Counsel Office

The mission of the IDCO is to vigorously protect and defend the rights, liberties, and dignity of indigent clients for which the Public Defender and Alternate Public Defender are unable to do so due to conflicts of interest.

The Independent Defense Counsel Office (IDCO) was established under the auspices of the Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office. The IDCO operates as an autonomous and ethically walled-off separate public law office from the Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office consistent with existing case law and California State Bar guidelines.

ABOUT IDCO

The Independent Defense Counsel’s Office (IDCO) was established under the auspices of the Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office.

CARE COURT

Each person on whose behalf a CARE Court petition is filed is entitled to free legal representation, administered by IDCO.

JOIN IDCO

Operates as an autonomous and ethically walled-off separate public law office from the Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office

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