Office Of Criminal Conflict And Civil Regional Counsel, 1st Region

The Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel for the First DCA Region of Florida (RC1) along with the Regional Counsel offices in the four other regions of Florida, were created by the legislature in 2007 (SB 1088) to represent indigent people accused of crimes that the Public Defenders were unable to represent due to a conflict of interest. We also have the duty of representing parents in Dependency Cases, protecting their rights in regards to their children. Other types of cases we handle include Guardianship cases including developmental disability guardianships, involuntary commitments (Marchman Acts, and Jimmy Ryce cases), children and families in need of service cases, and several others.