Albany County Public Defender

I want to say that the public defender that represented my son went above and beyond to work with him to succeed! As his mother dealing with a son with a drug addiction was exhausting me, as this lawyer was not playing game’s with him, he had a gruffness, add at first I was afraid of his directness, to find out that he was so professional and on point as he dealt with drug addiction issues for years! And his personality was awesome and he was very caring!! Not only dealing with my son he dealt with me ,which wasn’t his job! He kept reassuring me to not to bail him out! to let him do what he needs to do as his lawyer showed that he truly cared, because if he didn’t, he would’ve said bail him out! He was amazing! And he deserves 10 gold stars!! I can’t thank Mike Jurina enough!!!

Please free Joe N. Darby. DOB: 09/22/67. I will make sure that he never gets into trouble with the law again. Please give him another chance. I'm inside of his life now and I will guide him to his highest potential. Yes, he has made mistakes; but I truly believe that the prison system works and it has changed him in so many positive ways. Please give us the opportunity to prove that; yes the Correctional System can also be a positive life influence as well. We've even written a book about our journey together while him being incarcerated. Available soon on Amazon & Kindle. We're just waiting to publish it as soon as he's released. A real career as an author and a positive black male relationship influencer. Thank you kindly, Monique Comer

The receptionist is so rude and not helpful at all. She kept giving out wrong information jeopardizing people's lives by overgeneralization, not relying any messages. I finally got in touch with the lawyer and he sorted it out for me.

I was assigned a public defender, that did nothing but beg me to take a plea deal. Tried to sell me an ACD and was unprofessional in my opinion after refusing it. Hey Michele Walton you were wrong and I was right, my case was dismissed!!!! You wanted me to give up my rights and not protect them at all. Misdemeanor charge took 2years and 3 days to have dismissed, but it was dismissed. This office reflects the laziness that plagues public defense. My lawyer treated my case like a personal diet and ignored it