Louisiana Judicial District 30

Parish: Vernon

LA Judicial District Number: 30

Contact(s)

District Defender/Supervisor
Jeff Skidmore
337-238-4345
Post Office Box 40
Leesville, LA 71496

Overview

Delivery Mechanism: 
Contract
Public Defender Office: 
Yes
Specialized Juvenile Court: 
No
Private Caseload: 
Permitted

Budget

Report Year: 
2007
Annual Budget: 
$370,200

Staff

Report Year: 
2005
Total Staff: 
13
Staff Attorneys F/T (Full-Time): 
0
Staff Attorneys P/T (Part-Time): 
0
Contract Attorneys: 
11
Full-Time Investigators: 
0
Part-Time Investigators: 
0
Non-Attorney Staff: 
2
1 contract attorney

Caseload

Report Year: 
2007
Total assigned cases: 
921
Number of Capital Cases: 
0
Number of Felony Cases: 
465
Number of Misdemeanor Cases: 
223
Number of Delinquency Cases: 
43

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: 
Vernon

Race.

 

Education.

Income.

Other Demographic Information.

OTHER DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION 30th District (Venon Parish) Louisiana
English Not Spoken at Home 9% 9%
Number of Persons Living with a Disability 8,343 880,047
Population Density (per square mile) 39.6 102.60
Population, 2006 estimate                  46,748 4,287,768
Population, pct change, 00 to 06     -11% -4%
Foreign born 4% 3%