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Committee hears complaints about Madden list and representation gaps in family‑offense and landlord‑tenant dockets
Summary
Legislators and judges raised concerns that attorneys assigned from the Madden list lack subject‑matter expertise for family‑offense (FO) dockets and landlord‑tenant proceedings, and witnesses urged legislative or budgetary fixes, including expanding public defender resources.
Judges and committee members described recurring problems with court‑appointed counsel on family‑offense (FO) dockets and with high rates of unrepresented parties in landlord‑tenant cases during the Assembly Budget Committee hearing.
Assignment judges and Michael Blee said the Madden list — the pool used to assign private attorneys to certain family‑offense and restraining‑order matters…
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