He hadn't heard the term since leaving the public defender's office.
At one point she even told me to bring on the public defender.
The public defender said he'd be here first thing this morning.
He was a public defender before going into private practice from 1969 to 1982.
She then worked for nearly a decade as a public defender in Chicago.
His public defender did not return a call for comment.
My first year out of law school I got a job in the public defender's office.
He is a lawyer who used to work as a public defender.
"Start talking or I'll give you up to the public defender."
Each is equal in the eyes of the public defender.