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LAW FIRM
Downtown Justice Center • 620 West Jackson, Suite 4015 • Phoenix, Arizona 85003
(602) 506-7711 • FAX (602) 506-8377 • TT (602) 506-1646
Delivering America’s Promise of Justice for All
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:
Gary Kula, Public Defender
Date:
November 9, 2022
Subject:
Public 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 $2,992.47 per case,
include complex cases and capital cases.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
Division
Direct Expenses
Plus Administrative
Allocation
Cases
Assigned1
Cost Per
Case
Adult Felony
$37,516,586.06
12,537
$2,992.47
cc:
Joy Rich, County Manager
Juanita Garza, Clerk of the Board
Raymond Billotte, Court Administrator
OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER
MARICOPA COUNTY
GARY KULA
Public Defender
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.