Louisiana Judicial District 15

Parish: Acadia, Lafayette, and Vermilion

LA Judicial District Number: 15

Contact(s)

District Defender/Supervisor:
David Balfour
Post Office Box 3622
Lafayette, LA 70502

Overview

Delivery Mechanism: 
Contract
Public Defender Office: 
Yes
Specialized Juvenile Court: 
No
Private Caseload: 
Permitted
Adult or Juvenile Drug Court: 
Yes, adult and juvenile

Budget

Report Year: 
2007
Annual Budget: 
$2,631,680

Staff

Report Year: 
2005
Total Staff: 
46
Contract Attorneys: 
40
Full-Time Investigators: 
0
Non-Attorney Staff: 
6

Caseload

Report Year: 
2007
Total assigned cases: 
11,760
Number of Capital Cases: 
10
Number of Felony Cases: 
3,999
Number of Misdemeanor Cases: 
3,800
Number of Delinquency Cases: 
1,486

Note: Staffing, caseload and financial information is taken from public records filed with the Louisiana Public Defender Board. The most recent data on staffing is from 2005. LJC is working to update that information shortly. The state reports adding about 80 staff positions across the state since the last staffing report. Caseload and expenditure data is current through 2007.

Demographics

Parish: 
Acadia
Lafayette
Vermilion

Race.

Education.

Income.

Other Demographic Information.

OTHER DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION 15th Judicial District (Lafayette, Acadia and Vermilion) Louisiana
English Not Spoken at Home 22% 9%
Number of Persons Living with a Disability

                                                                                                     56,507

      880,047
Population Density (per square mile)                                                                                                             280 102.6
Population, 2006 estimate                                                                                                                 319,569 4,287,768
Population, pct change, 00 to 06     4% -4%
Foreign born 2% 3%