Indigent Legal Services For Monroe County, NY

Mission Statement

The Monroe County Assigned Counsel Program (A.C.P.) is dedicated to ensuring high quality legal representation to individuals of Monroe County who are unable to afford counsel. The A.C.P. is made up of a panel of attorneys who represent clients in all levels of criminal matters (violations, misdemeanors, and felonies), parole and probation violations, most cases in Family Court, some cases in Surrogate Court, and appeals of all of these matters. When the Public Defender's Office and Conflict Defender's Office cannot represent someone due to a conflict of interest, the courts turn to the Assigned Counsel Program. The A.C.P. is Monroe County's last line of defense in these cases. 

The A.C.P.'s commitment to the client community is to support our panel attorneys and ensure that they have the necessary and proper resources available to provide zealous advocacy. The A.C.P. maintains different panels of attorneys for different types of cases; ensuring that only lawyers qualified to handle that client's specific type of case is assigned. Once a lawyer is assigned to a client's case, the Assigned Counsel Program works with the assigned attorney to make certain that they provide high quality representation to their client. Investigators, interpreters, paralegals, mitigation specialists, social workers, and other expert services are available to assure quality representation. Training and support are available to our panel attorneys including but not limited to case assistance, mentoring, case conferencing, legal research tools, and continuing legal education programs. 

Disclaimer & Terms of Use:

The information contained in this web site is provided as a service to the internet community, and does not constitute legal advice. We try to provide quality information, but we make no claims, promises or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the information contained in or linked to this web site and its associated sites. As legal advice must be tailored to the specific circumstances of each case, and laws are constantly changing, nothing provided herein should be used as a substitute for the advice of competent counsel.

Therefore, Monroe County and the Assigned Counsel Program expressly denies liability and undertakes no responsibility for the reliance on, or consequences of, using information or services found in this web site.