Careers & Internships
Current Job Openings
Handling more than 70,000 cases each year requires a diverse, multidisciplinary team that brings together attorneys, investigators, mitigation specialists, secretaries and paralegals. Our office recruits nationally and locally with one goal in mind: providing high-quality representation to our clients.
Learn more about our current job openings and opportunities.
Learn more about our current job openings and opportunities.
Attorneys
Nationally recognized, the Miami-Dade Public Defender’s Office enables its attorneys to fulfill their potential.
Support Staff
Join a team of skilled professionals and contribute to the high-quality representation provided to our clients.
Internships & Pro Bono
The application deadline for Summer CLIs is March 15; for Fall, it is July 15; and Nov. 1 for Spring CLIs.
A History of Excellence
From a staff of just 16 attorneys in 1971, the Miami-Dade Public Defender’s Office has expanded into the largest constitutional defense law firm in the state of Florida, with many of its alumni joining the judiciary.
In the Judiciary
- Nushin Sayfie (Chief Judge)
- Yvonne Colodny
- Ivonne Cuesta
- Robin Faber
- Rosa C. Figarola
- Diana Gonzalez-Whyte
- Ayana Harris
- Kevin Hellmann
- Luise Krieger-Martin
- Steve Leifman
- Yery Marrero
- Oscar Rodriguez-Fonts
- Mavel Ruiz
- Migna Sanchez-Llorens
- Fred Seraphin
- Lourdes Simon
- William Thomas
- Lisa Walsh
Awards & Honors
The National Legal Aid and Defender Association and the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defendants, the Clara Shortridge Foltz Award (2008) — for "the most outstanding public defender program in the country."
The Florida Bar, Public Interest Law Section's Legal Needs of Children Committee, the Hugh S. Glickstein Award for Child Advocacy (2008) — to "the Juvenile Division of the Miami-Dade County Public Defender's for its work on behalf of Florida's children."