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Kern County Public Defender

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Kern County · Kern — public defender (opens in a new tab)

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y T. Alan Rogers Supervising Attorney Mission Statement The Kern County Public Defender's driving priorities are providing high quality and professional representation to all clients who we have the privilege and constitutional mandate to represent, and respecting Kern County and state tax

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