Recent Press Releases & Press Statements

Follow the SPD's Twitter (@WisconsinSPD) for more announcements.

11/07/2019 - Press Release - SPD Announces 2019 Award Recipients

09/18/2019 - Press Release - 5 SPD Attorneys to be Honored as 2019 Up and Coming Lawyers

09/17/2019 - State Public Defender Kelli Thompson Statement - regarding pay progression legislation

08/27/2019 - Press Release - In Remembrance of State Public Defender Board Chair Daniel Berkos

07/03/2019 - State Public Defender Kelli Thompson Statement - regarding enactment of the biennial budget

05/28/2019 - State Public Defender Kelli Thompson Statement - regarding Joint Committee on Finance action

02/28/2019 - State Public Defender Kelli Thompson Statement - regarding Private Attorney Pay Increase and Staff Attorney Pay in Governor's Budget

02/27/2019 - Press Release - SPD Supports Governor's Proposal to "Raise the Age"

02/18/2019 - State Public Defender Kelli Thompson Statement - regarding Assembly Republicans' criminal justice priorities for the 2019 biennial budget

11/01/2018 - Press Release - SPD Announces 2018 Award Recipients

09/20/2018 - Press Release - SPD's Tom Reed Receives Legal Aid Society's Equal Justice Award

09/13/2018 - Press Release - SPD Waukesha Attorney Named 2018 Up & Coming Lawyer

02/15/2018 - Press Release - 5 SPD Attorneys Named 2018 Leaders In The Law

01/19/2018 - State Public Defender Kelli Thompson Statement - Regarding Opioid-Related Actions

12/03/2018 - Press Release - State Public Defender Kelli Thompson Elected Board Chair of National Organization

11/16/2017 - Press Release - SPD Announces 2017 Award Recipients

10/13/2017 - Press Release - State Public Defender Kelli Thompson to be Honored as Citizen of the Year by the Justinian Society of Lawyers in Wisconsin

09/21/2017 - State Public Defender Kelli Thompson Statement - Regarding budget signing

09/19/2017 - Press Release - 4 Assistant State Public Defenders to be Honored as Up and Coming Lawyers

08/24/2017 - State Public Defender Kelli Thompson Statement - Regarding Joint Finance Committee Action

06/07/2017 - Press Release - 3 SPD Attorneys Named 2017 Women In The Law

02/16/2017 - Press Release - 4 SPD Attorneys Named 2017 Leaders In The Law

For further information, please contact:

Willy Medina
Communications Director
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