Official Site of The State of New Jersey

The Office of the Public Defender's headquarters office is located in the City of Trenton at the Hughes Justice Complex.

To contact the Office of the Public Defender about any matter other than a Press Inquiry, a Request for Transcripts for the purpose of an appeal, or an Open Public Records Act (OPRA) Request, please use any of the following methods:

Mail:
Office of the Public Defender
Hughes Justice Complex
25 Market Street
P.O. Box 850
Trenton, NJ 08625-0850

Email: thedefenders@opd.nj.gov

Phone: (609) 292-7087

Fax:  (609) 777-1795

Press Inquiries should be made to Director of Communications Cristina LiBassi, who can be reached at cristina.libassi@opd.nj.gov

All Open Public Records Act (OPRA) requests should be made to Prescott Loveland, who can be reached at prescott.loveland@opd.nj.gov. Use this form for OPRA requests.

Transcript requests for appellate purposes should be made to Jean Hartmann, Appellate Region, 31 Clinton St., P.O. Box 46003, Newark, NJ 07101.