PUBLIC DEFENDER

The Crawford County Office of Public Defender shall furnish legal counsel to any person who is charged with a qualified criminal offense, and, for lack of funds as determined by office guidelines, is unable to obtain legal counsel.

Download an application for a Public Defender here. Download a Juvenile application for a Public Defender here. Applications can be sent via email to pdintake@co.crawford.pa.us.

(Incarcerated defendants can request an application from the jail officials.) 

Telephone: (814) 333-7367 or (800) 982-9019 

Office Hours: 8:30am-Noon, 1pm-4:30pm

This office represents the following types of cases*:

• Criminal Charges
• Probation or Parole Violations
• Domestic Relations Contempt
• Protection from Abuse Contempt
• Driving Under Suspension-DUI Related
• Juvenile Petitions

*Situations where the District Judge indicates that a penalty of incarceration is likely if a conviction results.

View your case docket online at https://ujsportal.pacourts.us

Instructions On How to Search Your Case Docket Online

J. Wesley Rowden, Esquire	Public Defender
​Gary Kern, Esquire	​First Assistant Public Defender
Michael P. Kennedy, Esquire	Assistant Public Defender
Emily M. Merski, Esquire	Assistant Public Defender
​Michael Muha, Esquire	​Assistant Public Defender
​Hope Campbell​, Esquire	​Assistant Public Defender