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222 North Central Avenue, Suite 8100, Phoenix, AZ 85004
602-506-8800 / Fax: 602-506-8862
Office of the
Legal Defender
MARICOPA COUNTY
Sherri McGuire Lawson, Legal Defender
Memo To:
Honorable Joseph Welty, Presiding Judge
Honorable Bill Gates, Chairman, Board of Supervisors, District 3
Honorable Clint Hickman, Vice Chairman, Board of Supervisors, District 4
Honorable Jack Sellers, Chairman, Board of Supervisors, District 1
Honorable Thomas Galvin, Board of Supervisors, District 2
Honorable Steve Gallardo, Board of Supervisors, District 5
Michael Cimino, Chief Adult Probation Officer
From:
Sherri McGuire Lawson, Legal Defender
Date:
November 9, 2022
Subject:
Legal Defender Cost per Case Annual Report
Pursuant to Arizona Revised Statutes Section 11-584(B)(2), I am submitting to you this document
which provides the average cost of defending a felony case in this law office. Our felony costs, which
average $4,067.94 per case, include complex cases and capital cases.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
cc:
Joy Rich, County Manager
Juanita Garza, Clerk of the Board
Raymond Billotte, Court Administrator
Division
Direct Expenses
Plus Administrative
Allocation
Cases
Assigned1
Cost Per
Case
Adult Felony
$10,804,435.84
2,656
$4,067.94
7,491,357.65
5,979
1,263.72
1"Cases Assigned" are calculated as total cases opened during the time period, minus cases closed during the time
period with the following dispositions: no complaint, administrative transfer, withdrawal due to workload, withdrawal
due to conflict, withdrawal due to lack of client contact/participation, and withdrawal due to retention of private counsel.