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A To Z Bail Bonds
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Border Angels
Distance: 0.1 MiPO BOX 86598
92138 San Diego -
Budget Immigration Center
Distance: 0.1 Mi3111 Camino Del Rio N Ste 400
92108 San Diego -
EasyWayUSA
Distance: 0.1 Mi2727 Camino del Rio S
92108-3750 San Diego -
The Law Office of Joel Friedman
Distance: 0.2 Mi110 W C St Ste 2206
92101 San Diego
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The history of Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc. dates back to the creation of the Southern District of California 1966. The late Circuit Judge James M. Carter envisioned the establishment of a defender organization that could provide the justice system high quality indigent defense in the new district. This original defender organization was quite small. Housed in the basement of the old federal courthouse, it had only three attorneys and a very small staff. It grew quickly, however, and in 1968 it was expanded to provide defense services for the state trial courts. Different than a traditional Federal Public Defender, this defender organization was structured as a non-profit law firm, with a board of directors and an executive director. The community defender organization was so successful that in 1971, a new corporation was created exclusively to deal with federal cases. Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc. (FDSDI) was born and designated as the community defender the Southern District of California. John J. Cleary was the first Executive Director from 1971 to 1983. It was during this time, that FDSDI developed into a distinguished and highly respected office, where attorneys were trained extensively in federal law and trial skills, and expected to aggressively represent clients from trial and through appeal. It was in the office's infancy that it began its long history of appellate victories both at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme...