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Maricopa County — Formal (2021-11-17)

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222 North Central Avenue, Suite 154 • Phoenix, Arizona 85004 
(602) 506-4111 • (FAX) 506-3100 
 
 
Office of the Legal Advocate 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Memo To: 
Honorable Patricia Starr, Presiding Judge 
Honorable Jack Sellers, Chairman, Board of Supervisors, District 1 
Honorable Bill Gates, Vice Chairman, Board of Supervisors, District 3 
Honorable Steve Chucri, Board of Supervisors, District 2 
Honorable Clint Hickman, Board of Supervisors, District 4 
Honorable Steve Gallardo, Board of Supervisors, District 5 
Michael Cimino, Chief Adult Probation Officer 
From:   
Rosemarie Pena-Lynch, Legal Advocate 
Date: 
 
October 5, 2021 
Subject: 
Legal Advocate Cost per Case Annual Report 
Pursuant to Arizona Revised Statutes Section 11-584(B)(2), I am submitting this document which 
provides the average cost of defending a felony case in this law office.  Our felony costs, which average 
$3,954.30 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 
$6,667,341.18 
            1,923  
$3,954.30 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
cc: 
Joy Rich, County Manager 
Clerk of the Board 
Raymond Billotte, Court Administrator 
 
 
Rosemarie Pena-Lynch 
Director 
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.