District Offices

A wooden gavel is struck, echoing through the room as a blurred figure stands in the background, capturing a moment in the Louisiana Public Defender's Office courtroom.

District 42

Sabine Parish District Defender Brian McRae
District Defender

Brian McRae

Parish

DeSoto Parish

Main Office

Address

94 Polk Street, Suite 202
Mansfield, LA 71052

Phone

TEL - (318) 872-6250
FAX - (318) 872-6262

Office Hours

Monday - Friday: 8:00am - 4:00pm
A sidewalk leads to a building displaying the "Louisiana Public Defender's Office" sign, nestled amidst neatly trimmed bushes and trees.

Funding Sources

Bar chart of CY18 to CY23 funding sources in District 42, highlighting CUFs, local, state, and other funding, with the Louisiana Office of the State Public Defender showing CUFs dominating in 2023.

District Summary

Number of Courts
1
Divisions in Court
2
Individuals Represented in CY 2023
1,099

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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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