Doreen Boxer to Head Public Defender’s Office
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday appointed a former deputy associate public defender in Orange County to head the county’s public defender’s office.
Doreen Boxer will oversee nearly 200 employees and a $23.5-million budget.
She fills a post that John Roth quit last year after board members criticized his hiring of an attorney with a criminal background.
The attorney, Geoffrey Newman, had been convicted of paying inmates to find clients for him in the county jails.
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