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​Public Defender Services (PDS) is a state agency under the Department of Administration. PDS funds all indigent defense for the State of West Virginia. Representation is provided by two methods: private attorneys on a court-appointed basis and full-time public defenders at public defender corporations. ​

For more information about Public Defender Services, click here.
For more inform​ation about public defender corporations, click here​.
For more information about appointed counsel, click here

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