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San Bernardino County Supervisor James Ramos (center) visited with Deputy Public Defenders Jeff Rosanswank (L) and Alan Messarra (R) at the Public Defender’s booth September 23, 2017, during Recovery Happens, a community outreach event at National Orange Show. Lawyers from the Public Defender’s office in San Bernardino held a free…
Members from our Central Division represented the Public Defender’s office at an outreach event on Saturday, August 26, 2017, at The Way World Outreach church in San Bernardino. The team assisted approximately 300 members of the community. The participants were very grateful that we cared enough to attend and provide assistance…
Sara Jewett knows how difficult life can be. Some of it comes from her experience defending clients who are facing the death penalty. Some of it comes from her personal life when she was young. Sara Jewett is a Supervising Deputy Public Defender for the Capital Defense Unit. She has courtroom experience with trying…
On Friday, August 25, 2017, United States Representative Pete Aguilar of the 31st Congressional District held an Inland Empire Jobs Fair at the San Bernardino Boys & Girls Club, hosting over 300 San Bernardino County residents looking for work and connecting them with 58 local employers and job training opportunities. …
The Achievement Award Best in Category for Health is awarded by Arlandis Rush, AETNA Vice President (second from left) to San Bernardino County for its ‘Everyone Swims’ Program. Accepting for San Bernardino County are Chief Deputy Public Defenders Geoffrey Canty and Thomas Sone. Also pictured is NACo President Bryan Desloge.
Members from our Department attended the Veterans Resource Fair in Colton, CA on August 18, 2017. The event was held at the Frank Gonzalez Community Center; it was sponsored by Congressmember Pete Aguilar’s office. Photo: Representative Pete Aguilar, California’s 31st District, with Deputy Public Defender IV Alan Messarra. Courtesy: George Alfano, PD Administration
The Justice in July Jamboree was a community event held in Rialto, CA on Saturday, July 23, 2017. Members from our team were there representing the Public Defender’s Department, specifically giving information on Proposition 47. “We had a lot of people asking questions,” Deputy Public Defender IV Alan Messarra said. Senator…
On Friday, July 7, 2017, KCAL 96.7 FM radio sponsored a community event which our very own Public Defender attorneys, Alan Messarra & Jeff Rosanswank, participated in. Representing the Law Offices of the Public Defender San Bernardino County, they were giving information on Proposition 47. Thank you Mr. Messarra & Mr. Rosanswank—especially since our…
The National Association of Counties (NACo) has chosen our Program ‘Everyone SWIMS (Self Sufficient, Well-Being, In House, Mental Health, Services)’, for the 2017 NAC0 Achievement Award. Our program was also selected as one of the 100 Brilliant Ideas at Work, as part of NACO President Bryan Desloge’s Presidential Initiative. On…
Jerry Kang is Professor of Law, Professor of Asian American Studies, the inaugural Korea Times Endowed Chair, and UCLA’s inaugural Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. A leading scholar on implicit bias and the law, Prof. Kang has published more than a dozen articles on the subject in leading journals…
