Public defenders in San Francisco will join with colleagues across the country today to celebrate the first annual Public Defense Day, organized by the National Association of Public Defense.Read More

A man facing life in prison after fighting back against a knife-wielding assailant was freed after being acquitted of numerous felonies, San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi announced today.Read More

SF Public Defender Jeff Adachi pens an op-ed on recent, racially-charged incidents in San Francisco's high schools.Read More

San Francisco police wrongly arrested a Deputy Public Defender last year and unnecessarily detained her in handcuffs for an hour, the city’s Office of Citizen Complaints has found.Read More

For exposing law enforcement misconduct to the public, San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi will be honored with an award from the Society of Professional Journalists this week.Read More

A woman charged with vehicular manslaughter after a freak parking accident was acquitted after evidence pointed to a defective brake pedal rather than negligence, Public Defender Jeff Adachi announced today.Read More

A jury acquitted a San Francisco man of abusing his pit bull puppy after video showed that bystanders’ accounts were greatly exaggerated, San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi announced today.Read More

Client, then 19, was a pawn in a federal fugitive's plan and forced at gunpoint to lead police on a high speed chase.Read More

I do. You should too.Read More

Read Jeff Adachi's Op-Ed on the dangers of cutting peremptory challenges.Read More