As of July 1st, 2025, the Public Defender Corporations have officially transitioned to the new judicial circuits established by the judicial reorganization. While some public defender corporations were unaffected by the reorganization, many offices had their circuit numbers changed (for example, Kanawha County used to make up the 13th Circuit, but has now been renumbered to be the 8th Circuit) and other offices have had more significant changes, including having counties added to or taken away from their circuit. The changes to the judicial circuits and the PDCs are reflected in the "Public Defender Offices" section of our website, found here: https://pds.wv.gov/about/public-defender-corporations/Pages/PDC-Directory.aspx