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The Appellate Division of the Office of Public Defense Services is comprised of appellate specialists who regularly appear before the Oregon Court of Appeals and the Oregon Supreme Court, representing financially eligible individuals in criminal and parole cases. The office engages in one of the most intensive and demanding appellate practices in the state. Like their counterparts in the Solicitor General's Office of the Oregon Department of Justice, the attorneys in the Appellate Division represent their clients with extraordinary skill and zeal in the state's highest courts and contribute directly to the rational development of Oregon's criminal laws and procedures. As a result, the Appellate Division is committed to recruiting, training, supervising, and retaining highly skilled appellate lawyers who will continue to develop one of the finest appellate practices in Oregon.

The Appellate Division employs the following attorney classifications:

SENIOR DEPUTY PUBLIC DEFENDER
A Senior Deputy Public Defender is an accomplished appellate criminal defense attorney. The caseload is comprised of direct appeals in moderate to extremely complex felony cases, and an attorney in this position is also responsible for directly supervising a team of five or six entry-level and intermediate-level attorneys.

DEPUTY PUBLIC DEFENDER 2
An attorney in this position has demonstrably strong aptitudes and interests in legal research, analysis and writing, and significant appellate criminal law experience. The caseload is comprised of direct appeals in simple to moderately complex felony cases.

DEPUTY PUBLIC DEFENDER 1
This is an entry-level position with a caseload comprised of misdemeanor, simple felony, and parole appeals.  An attorney in this position has a genuine interest in criminal defense and a strong desire to develop the research, analytic and writing skills of an accomplished appellate specialist.

OPDS HIRING POLICY
It is the policy of the Oregon State Office of Public Defense Services that no person shall be discriminated against by reason of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, marital status, or physical or mental disability not shown to prevent adequate performance of available work. Furthermore, efforts will be made to recruit handicapped employees, and they will be afforded a full opportunity to participate in agency-sponsored educational training, recreation, and social activities.