While sovereign immunity will limit her claims, a former federal public defender in North Carolina can pursue claims against the judiciary for failing to take immediate and effective action regarding her sexual harassment complaints, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of ...

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CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A former assistant public defender has settled his lawsuit against his boss and Charleston County for $605,000. Beattie Butler accused Ashley Pennington, the county’s top public defender, of violating his constitutional right to free speech when ...

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  A former Charleston County assistant public defender who says he was terminated after he leveled allegations of corruption against the local prosecutor’s office can move forward with much of his lawsuit against his former boss, a federal judge has ...

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Charleston’s head public defender has responded to a federal lawsuit alleging that he fired his office’s chief litigator for publicly criticizing the city’s top prosecutor. The public defender, Ashley Pennington, and his attorneys at Cleveland & Conley in Charleston raise ...

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If the 13th Circuit public defender and solicitor were siblings and Greenville County was their parent, identifying the favorite child would be simple. He’d be the one with cash spilling from his pockets while his sister begged for money.

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Being a public defender is a thankless job. They get kicked around. The clients are difficult. The pay isn’t great. And, unlike some prosecutors and sheriff’s employees, they don’t get free gym memberships.

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In re McAuley (Lawyers Weekly No. 010-058-14, 3 pp.) (Per Curiam) S.C. S. Ct. Holding: When the respondent-attorney, as a public defender, represented clients who were not financially qualified to receive a public defense, and when she accepted funds from ...

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Conway police have charged a public defender for Horry and Georgetown counties with drunken driving.

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