Standards & Best Practices

OPDC has undertaken to review and revise the qualification standards that attorneys need to meet to be appointed to specific case types. As part of this effort we have convened workgroups with experts in each of our qualification areas to advise and assist OPDC Resource Counsel in drafting new standards which will be presented to the Commission for approval. All group meetings will be recorded and posted here. If you have comments that would be helpful for group members, please email the appropriate Resource Counsel listed to the right.

OPDC is soliciting feedback on its Draft Juvenile Delinquency Standards.
Please provide feedback using this form.

Comments will be open until October 20, 2025.

OPDC is soliciting feedback on its Draft Criminal Performance Standards. Please provide feedback using this form.

Comments will be open until September 15, 2025.

Public Defense Standards Development

November 6, 2024: Meeting Recording

November 11, 2024: Meeting Recording
November 25, 2024: Meeting Recording

December 4, 2024: Meeting Recording

December 12, 2024: Meeting Recording
December 16, 2024: Meeting Recording

April 30, 2025: Meeting Recording

July 24th, 2025: Meeting Recording

November 6, 2024: Meeting Recording
November 19, 2024: Meeting Recording
November 26, 2024: Meeting Recording
December 4, 2024: Meeting Recording
December 12, 2024: Meeting Recording
January 7, 2025: Meeting Recording
May 5, 2025: Meeting Recording
June 18, 2025: Meeting Recording
June 25, 2025: Meeting Recording
July 23, 2025: Meeting Recording
August 6, 2025: Meeting Recording
August 27th, 2025: Meeting Recording
September 9, 2025: Meeting Recording
September 24, 2025: Meeting Recording

November 6, 2024: Meeting Recording
November 18, 2024: Meeting Recording
December 11, 2024: Meeting Recording
April 28, 2025: Meeting Recording
June 5, 2025: Meeting Recording
June 23, 2025: Meeting Recording
July 29, 2025: Meeting Recording
August 13, 2025 Meeting Recording

November 6, 2024: Meeting Recording
November 18, 2024: Meeting Recording
November 27, 2024: Meeting Recording
December 5, 2024: Meeting Recording
December 11, 2024: Meeting Recording
May 7, 2025: Meeting Recording
May 19, 2025 (Habeas): Meeting Recording
May 19, 2025 (PCR): Meeting Recording
May 30, 2025: Meeting Recording
June 4, 2025: Meeting Recording
June 16, 2025 (PCR): Meeting Recording
June 16, 2025 (Habeas): Meeting Recording
July 25, 2025: Meeting Recording
July 28, 2025 (Habeas): Meeting Recording
August 27, 2025: Meeting Recording
August 28, 2025 (PSRB): Meeting Recording
September 8, 2025 (PCR): Meeting Recording
September 8, 2025 (Habeas): Meeting Recording
September 10, 2025: Meeting Recording
September 22, 2025 (Habeas): Meeting Recording
September 22, 2025 (PCR): Meeting Recording
September 24, 2025: Meeting Recording
October 6, 2025 (PCR): Meeting Recording
October 6, 2025 (Habeas): Meeting Recording
October 10, 2025 (PSRB): Meeting Recording
October 20, 2025 (PCR): Meeting Recording
October 20, 2025 (Habeas): Meeting Recording
November 3, 2025 (PCR): Meeting Recording
November 3, 2025 (Habeas): Meeting Recording
November 12, 2025 (Habeas): Meeting Recording

Case Manager and Social Worker

Interpreter

Investigator and Mitigation Specialist

IT Tech Support

Paralegals, Legal Secretaries, and Office Support Staff

Supervised Practice Portfolio Exam (SPPE)/CLS

Standards & Best Practices

Early Disposition Program Guidelines
Oregon Specialty Court Standards

Oregon State Bar Performance Standards

Best Practices for Oregon Public Defense Providers

The Quality Assurance Task Force, an advisory group formed to assist the Executive Director of the Oregon Public Defense Commission in monitoring and improving the quality of public defense services in Oregon, has identified the policies and practices set forth in the document Best Practices for Oregon Public Defense Providers as a means to achieve excellence in public defense services.

Core Staff Role Definitions, Qualification Standards and Performance Standards

Contact Information

Criminal

Email: Jordon Huppert

Juvenile Dependency

Email: Annie Borton

Juvenile Delinquency
Email: Colin Reingold

Quasi-Criminal
Email: Colin Reingold, Jordon Huppert

Standards & Best Practices

Public Defense Standards Development

Orientation

Criminal

Juvenile Dependency

Juvenile Delinquency

Quasi-Criminal

Core Staff Role Definitions & Qualification Standards Workgroup Recordings

Standards & Best Practices

Speciality Court Standards

Oregon State Bar Performance Standards in Criminal, Delinquency, Dependency, Civil Commitment, and Post-Conviction Relief Cases

OPDS Recommended Best Practices for Oregon Public Defense Providers

Core Staff Role Definition, Qualification Standards and Performance Standards