District Offices

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District 3

Lincoln, Union Parishes District Defender Rick Candler
District Defender

Rick Candler

Parish

Lincoln, Union Parishes

Main Office

Address

609 North Trenton Street
Ruston, LA 71270

Phone

TEL - (318) 254-0070
FAX - (318) 255-0383

Office Hours

Monday - Friday: 8:00am - 5:00pm

Funding Sources

A bar chart presents CY18 to CY23 funding for District 3, with bars representing CUFs, Local, State, and Other Funding. It showcases various amounts each year allocated by the Louisiana Public Defender's Office.

District Summary

Number of Courts:
3
Divisions of Court:
4
Individuals Represented in CY 2023:
1,970

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Parishes

Acadia Parish Allen Parish Ascension Parish Assumption Parish Avoyelles Parish Beauregard Parish Bienville Parish Bossier Parish Caddo Parish Calcasieu Parish Caldwell Parish Cameron Parish Catahoula Parish Claiborne Parish Concordia Parish DeSoto Parish East Baton Rouge Parish East Carroll Parish East Feliciana Parish Evangeline Parish Franklin Parish Grant Parish Iberia Parish Iberville Parish Jackson Parish Jefferson Parish Jefferson Davis Parish LaSalle Parish Lafayette Parish Lafourche Parish Lincoln Parish Livingston Parish Madison Parish Morehouse Parish Natchitoches Parish Orleans Parish Ouachita Parish Plaquemines Parish Pointe Coupee Parish Rapides Parish Red River Parish Richland Parish Sabine Parish St. Bernard Parish St. Charles Parish St. Helena Parish St. James Parish St. John The Baptist Parish St. Landry Parish St. Martin Parish St. Mary Parish St. Tammany Parish Tangipahoa Parish Tensas Parish Terrebonne Parish Union Parish Vermilion Parish Vernon Parish Washington Parish Webster Parish West Baton Rouge Parish West Carroll Parish West Feliciana Parish Winn Parish

Cities

Abbeville Alexandria Amite Arcadia Baton Rouge Baton Rouge Belle Chasse Benton Cameron Chalmette Clinton Colfax Columbia Convent Covington Crowley DeRidder Franklin Franklinton Gonzales Gonzales Gretna Houma Jena Jennings La Place Lafayette Lake Charles Leesville Livingston Luling Mansfield Mansfield Mansfield Marksville Minden Monroe Napoleonville Natchitoches New Iberia New Orleans New Roads Oberlin Opelousas Plaquemine Port Allen Rayville Ruston Shreveport Shreveport Shreveport Slidell St. Francisville St. Martinville Tallulah Thibodaux Vidalia Ville Platte Winnfield
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