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ALABAMA

ALABAMA EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE
114 North Hull Street
Montgomery, AL 36104-3796
Tel: 334 - 269 - 1803   Fax: 334 - 269 - 1806
Attn: Bryan Stevenson

ALASKA

ALASKA LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
1016 West 6th Avenue, Suite 200
Anchorage, Alaska 99501 Tel: 907 - 276 - 6282 


ARIZONA

ARIZONA FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE
222 N Central Avenue, Suite 810
Phoenix, AZ 85004
Tel: 602 - 379 - 3670  602 - 379 - 3670  Fax: 602 - 379 - 4300
Attn: Denise I Young


ARIZONA STATEWIDE LEGAL SERVICES
305 South 2nd Avenue
PO Box 311
Phoenix, Arizona, 85001 Tel: 602 - 252 - 3432 


ARKANSAS

LEGAL SERVICES OF ARKANSAS
615 West Markham Street, Suite 200
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 Tel: 501 - 376 - 8015 

CALIFORNIA

CALIFORNIA APPELLATE PROJECT
1 Ecker Place, Suite 400
San Francisco, CA 94105-2750
Tel: 800 - 779 - 0507 800 - 779 - 0507 & 415 - 495 - 0500 
Fax: 415 - 495 - 5616
Attn: Michael G Millman

CALIFORNIA CENTER FOR CAPITAL ASSISTANCE
529 Castro Street
San Francisco, CA 94114
Tel: 415 - 621 - 8860  Fax: 415 - 621 - 8830
Attn: Scharlette Holdman

CALIFORNIA STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER
801 K Street, Suite 1100
Sacramento, CA 95814
Tel: 916 - 322 - 7442    Fax: 916 - 327 - 0495

CALIFORNIA STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER
221 Main Street, 10th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
Tel: 415 - 904 - 5600   Fax: 415 - 904 - 5635

HELLER, EHRMAN, WHITE, & McAULIFFE
333 Bush Street
San Fanciso, CA 94104-2878
phone: 415-772-6000  fax: 415-772-6268
Contact: Robert E. Borton & Charles N. Freiberg
eMail: info@hewm.com

LEGAL SERVICES OF CALIFORNIA
Solano County Office
930 Marin Street
Valleji, California 94590 Tel: 707 - 643 - 0054 

COLORADO

COLORADO COALITION OF LEGAL SERVICES
LSC State Support Center
1905 Sherman Street, Suite 710
Denver, Colorado, 80203-4319 Tel: 303 - 830 - 1551


COLORADO OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER
110 16th Street, Suite 800
Denver, CO 80202
Tel: 303 - 620 - 4888   Fax: 303 - 620 - 4931
Attn: David D Wymore

CONNECTICUT

CONNECTICUT TRIAL SERVICES UNIT
1 Hartford Square West
Hartford, CT 06106
Tel: 203 - 566 - 5328  Fax: 203 - 566 - 2673
Attn: Patrick J Culligan

DELAWARE

DELAWARE LEGAL AID SOCIETY
913 Washington Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19801 Tel: 302 - 575 - 0660 

FLORIDA

FLORIDA CAPITAL COLLATERAL REPRESENTATIVES
1533 South Monroe Street
Tallahassee, FL 32301
Tel: 904 - 487 - 4376    Fax: 904 - 487 - 1682
Attn: Michael Minerva

FLORIDA LEGAL SERVICES INC.
2121 Delta Blvd.
Tallahassee, Florida 32303 Tel: 904 - 385 - 7900 

GEORGIA

GEORGIA INDIGENT DEFENSE COUNCIL
985 Ponce de Leon Avenue
Atlanata, GA 30306
Tel: 404 - 894 - 2595  Fax: 404 - 206 - 5154
Attn: Mike Mears

GEORGIA LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAM
161 Spring Street, Suite 500
Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Tel: 404 - 656 - 6021

GEORGIA RESOURCE CENTER
101 Marietta Tower, Suite 3310
Atlanta, GA 30303
Tel: 404 - 614 - 2014  Fax: 404 - 614 - 4656
Attn: Steve Bayliss & Beth Wells

SOUTHERN CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
83 Poplar Street, NW
Atlanta, GA 30303 - 2122
Tel: 404 - 688 - 1202  Fax: 404 - 688 - 9440
Attn: Stephen B Bright

SOUTHERN CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
Contact: Tanya Greene
83 Poplar Street NW
Atlanta, GA 30303-2122
Tel: 404 - 688 - 1201    Fax: 404 - 688 - 9440
E-mail: tgreene@schr.org

IDAHO

IDAHO LEGAL AID SERVICES
310 North 5th Street
PO Box 913
Boise,Idaho, 83701-0913 Tel: 208 - 336 - 8980 

ILLINOIS

COOK COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER CAPITAL DEFENSE UNIT
2650 South California Street, 7th Floor
Chicago, IL 60608
Tel: 312 - 814 - 5100    Fax: 312 - 814 - 5951

ILLINOIS CAPITAL RESOURCE CENTER
600 West Jackson Street
Chicago, IL 60661
Tel: 312 - 814 - 5100  Fax: 312 - 814 - 5951
Attn: Marshall Hartman

ILLINOIS STATE APPELLATE DEFENDER, CAPITAL LIT. DIV.
600 West Jackson Blvd. 6th Floor
Chicago, IL 60661
Tel: 312 - 814 - 5100   Fax: 312 - 814 - 5951

LEGAL SERVICES SUPPORT ILLINOIS
516 East Monroe Street, Suite 400
Springfield Illinois 62701 Tel: 217 - 544 - 0006 

INDIANA

INDIANA LEGAL SERVICES SUPPORT
151 North Delaware Street, 18th Floor
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 Tel: 317 - 631 - 9410

PUBLIC DEFENDER OF INDIANA
1 North Capitol, Suite 800
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Tel: 317 - 232 - 2475   Fax: 317 - 323 - 2307
Attn: Tom Hinseley

IOWA

LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION OF IOWA
312 8th Street, Suite 300
Des Moines, Iowa 50309-3828 Tel: 515 - 243 - 2151 

HAWAII

LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF HAWAII
1108 Nuuanu Avenue
Honolulu, Hawaii 96817 Tel: 808 - 536 - 4302

KANSAS

KANSAS LEGAL SERVICES INC.
712 South Kansas Avenue, Suite 200
Topeka, Kansas 66603 Tel: 913 - 223 - 2068 

KENTUCKY

JEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER
200 Civic Plaza, 719 West Jefferson
Louisville, KY 40202
Tel: 502 - 574 - 3800  Fax: 502 - 574 - 4052
Attn: Daniel T Goyette

KENTUCKY CAPITAL POST-CONVICTION UNIT
100 Fair Oaks Lane, Suite 302
Frankfort, KY 40601
Tel: 502 - 564 - 3948   Fax: 502 - 564 - 3949
Attn: Randall Wheeler

KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ADVOCACY
100 Fair Oaks Lane, Suite 302
Frankfort, KY 40601
Tel: 502 - 564 - 8006 
Attn: Allison Conally

OFFICE OF KENTUCKY LEGAL SERVICE
201 West Short Street, Suite 506
Lexington, Kentucky 40507 Tel: 606 - 233 - 3057 

LOUISIANA

LOUISIANA CRISIS ASSISTANCE CENTER
636 Baronne Street
New Orleans, LA 70113
Tel: 504 - 558 - 9867   Fax: 504 - 558 - 0378
Attn: Clive Stafford Smith

LOUISIANA LEGAL CONSORTIUM
6554 Florida Blvd., Suite 242
Baton Rouge Louisiana 70806 Tel: 504 - 924 - 5524 

LOYOLA DEATH PENALTY RESOURCE CENTER
636 Baronne Street
New Orleans, LA 70113
Tel: 504 - 522 - 0578  Fax: 504 - 586 - 8155
Attn: Nicholas Trenticosta

MARYLAND

MARYLAND PUBLIC DEFENDER, CAPITAL DEFENSE DIV.
520 West Fayette Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Tel: 301 - 333 - 4840  Fax: 301 - 333 - 3275

MASSACHUSETTS

MASSACHUSETTS LAW REFORM INSTITUTE
99 Chauncy Street
Boston Massachusetts 02111-1722 Tel: 617 - 357 - 0700

MICHIGAN

MICHIGAN LEGAL SERVICES
220 Bagley Avenue, Suite 900
Detroit, Michigan 48226 Tel: 313 - 964 - 4130 313

Prison Legal Services of Michigan
P.O. Box 828, Jackson, MI 49204 or
209 E. Washington Ave, Ste 201
Jackson, MI 49201
Sandra Gerald, Executive Director
517-780-6639 – Fax 517-780-5887
e-mail – plsminc@ameritech.net

MINNESOTA

MINNESOTA LEGAL SERVICES COALITION
46 East 4th Street, Suite 900
St. Paul, Minnesota 55101 Tel: 612 - 228 - 9105 

MISSISSIPPI

MISSISSIPPI LEGAL SERVICES COALITION
775 North President Street, Suite 300
Jackson, Mississippi 39205 Tel: 601 - 944 - 0765 

MISSOURI

MISSOURI PUBLIC DEFENDER, CAPITAL LITIGATION DIV.
1221 Locust Street, Suite 401
St Louis, MO 63103
Tel: 314 - 421 - 1058    Fax: 314 - 421 - 0829
Attn: Karen Kraft

MISSOURI PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION CLINIC
5319 Rockhill Road
Kansas City, MO 64110
Tel: 816 - 363 - 2795  Fax: 816 - 363 - 2799
Attn: Sean O' Brien

LEGAL SERVICES OF EASTERN MISSOURI
625 North Euclid Avenue
Box 4999A
St. Louis, Missouri, 93108 Tel: 314 - 367 - 1700

MONTANA

MONTANA LEGAL SERVICES ASSOCIATION
801 North Last Chance Gulch
Helena, Montana 59601 Tel: 406 - 442 - 9830 

NEBRASKA

NEBRASKA CENTER FOR LEGAL SERVICES
1616 L Street
Lincoln, Nebraska 68501 Tel: 402 - 477 - 6680

NEVADA

NEVADA APPLELLATE & POST-CONVICTION PROJECT
330 South 3rd Street, Suite 700
Las Vagas, NV 89101
Tel: 702 - 388 - 6577  Ext: 279 Fax: 702 - 388 - 6261
Attn: Michael Pescetta

NEW HAMPSHIRE

NEW HAMPSHIRE LEGAL ASSISTANCE
15 Green Street
Concord, New Hampshire 03301 Tel: 603 - 225 - 4700 

NEW JERSEY

LEGAL SERVICES OF NEW JERSEY
100 Metroplex Drive, Plainfield Avenue, Suite 402
PO Box 1357
Edison, New Jersey 08818-1357 Tel: 908 - 572 - 9100 

NEW JERSEY PUBLIC DEFENDER, APPELLATE SECTION
PO Box 46003
Newark, NJ 46003
Tel: 201 - 877 - 1200  Fax: 201 - 877 - 1239

NEW MEXICO

NEW MEXICO LEGAL SERVICES SUPPORT
121 Tijeras Avenue, NE, Suite 3100
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87102-3400 Tel: 505 - 243 - 7871

NEW YORK

FRIED, FRANK, HARRIS, SHRIVER, & JACOBSON
One New York Plaza
New York, NY 10004
phone: 212-859-8000  fax: 212-859-4000
Contact: Charlie King (Of Counsel) no eMail listed

NEW YORK CAPITAL DEFENDER OFFICE
80 Centre Street, Room 266
New York, NY 10013
Tel: 212 - 417 - 3187  Fax: 212 - 417 - 4175
Attn: Kevin M Doyle

NEW YORK CAPITAL DEFENDER, ALBANY OFFICE
Corning Tower, PO Box 2113
Albany, NY 12220
Tel: 518 - 473 - 9429  Fax: 518 - 473 - 9438
Attn: Randolph Treece

NEW YORK CAPITAL DEFENDER, ROCHESTER OFFICE
277 Alexander Street, Suite 201
Rochester, NY 14607
Tel: 716 - 232 - 5480  Fax: 716 - 232 - 2156
Attn: Tom Dunn

ROGERS & WELLS, LLP
200 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10166-0153
phone: 212-878-8000  fax: 212-878-8375
Contact: Warren Feldman no eMail listed

STROOCK, STROOCK & LAVIN, LLP
180 Maiden Lane
New York, NY 10038
phone: 212-806-5400  fax: 212-806-6006
Contact: Robert Lewin & Gretchen Mullins-Kim
Web Site: www.stroock.com no eMail listed

THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY
175 Remsen Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Tel: 718 - 243 - 6473  Fax: 718 - 243 - 6404
Attn: Russell Neufeld

NORTH CAROLINA

NORTH CAROLINA CENTER FOR DEATH PENALTY LITIGATION
200 Merrith Drive, Suite 201
Durham, NC 27713
Tel: 919 - 544 - 4650  Fax: 919 - 544 - 4620
Attn: Kenneth Rose

NORTH CAROLINA LEGAL SERVICES
224 South Dawson Street
PO Box 27611
Raleigh, North Carolina, 27611 Tel: 919 - 856 - 2121

NORTH CAROLINA OFFICE OF THE APPELLATE DEFENDER
200 Merrith Drive, Suite 200
Durham, NC 27713 - 2287
Tel: 919 - 560 - 3334  Fax: 919 - 560 - 3288
Attn: Malcolm Ray Hunter Jr.

NORTH DAKOTA

LEGAL ASSISTANCE OF NORTH DAKOTA
1025 North 3rd Street
PO Box 2419
Bismark, North Dakota, 58502-1893 Tel: 701 - 222 - 2110

OHIO

OHIO PUBLIC DEFENDER, CAPITAL PUNISHMENT DIVISION
8 East Long Street
Columbus, OH 43215
Tel: 614 - 466 - 5394  Fax: 614 - 644 - 9972

OKLAHOMA

OKLAHOMA INDIGENT DEFENSE SYSTEM, CAP. P-CON. DIV.
1660 Cross Center Drive
Norman, OK 73019
Tel: 405 - 325 - 3331  Fax: 405 - 325 - 7567
Attn: Sue Wycoff

OKLAHOMA LEGAL SERVICES CENTER
110 Cameron Vldg., 2915 Classen Blvd
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73106 Tel: 405 - 557 - 1940

OREGON

OREGON LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
516 ES Morrison, Suite 1000
Portland, Oregon 97214-2340 Tel: 503 - 234 - 1534

PENNSYLVANIA

DEFENDER ASSOCIATION OF PHILADELPHIA, CAP. HABEAS
437 Chestnut Street, Suite 501
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Tel: 215 - 928 - 0520  Fax: 215 - 928 - 0826

DEFENDER ASSOCIATION OF PHILADELPHIA, CAP. DEFENDER
121 North Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Tel: 215 - 557 - 4961  Fax: 215 - 557 - 4920

PENNSYLVANIA POST-CONVICTION DEFENDER ORG.
Suite 501, The Lafayette Building
437 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106 - 2414
Tel: 215 - 451 - 6500  Fax: 215 - 415 - 6555
Attn: Robert Dunham

PEPPER HAMILTON, LLP
3000 Two Logan Square
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2799
phone: 215-981-4000  fax: 215-981-4750
Contact: Janet G. Perry eMail: phinfo@pepperlaw.com

PENNSYLVANIA LEGAL SERVICES

118 Locust Street
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17101 Tel: 717 - 236 - 9486

RHODE ISLAND

RHODE ISLAND LEGAL SERVICES
77 Dorrance Street
Providence, Rhode Island 02903 Tel: 401 - 274 - 2652

SOUTH CAROLINA

SOUTH CAROLINA LEGAL SERVICES
2109 Bull Street
PO Box 7187
Columbia, South Carolina, 29202-7187 Tel: 803 - 252 - 0034

SOUTH CAROLINA POST-CONVICTION DEFENDER ORG.
PO Box 11311
Columbia, SC 29201

SOUTH CAROLINA POST-CONVICTION DEFENDER ORG.
1247 Sumter Street, Suite 303
Columbia, SC 29201
Tel: 803 - 765 - 06501 Fax: 803 - 765 - 0705

SOUTH DAKOTA

EAST RIVER LEGAL SERVICES
335 North Main Avenue, Suite 300
Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57102 Tel: 605 - 336 - 9230

TENNESSEE

TENNESSEE ASSOCIATION OF LEGAL SERVICES
211 Union Street, Suite 833
Nashville, Tennessee 37201-1586 Tel: 615 - 242 - 0438

TENNESSEE POST-CONVICTION DEFENDER
1320 Andrew Jackson Building, 500 Deadrick Street
Nashville, TN 37243
Tel: 615 - 741 - 9331 Fax: 615 - 741 - 9430
Attn: Donald Dawson

TEXAS

FILBRIGHT & JAWORSKI, LLP
1301 McKinney, # 5100
Houston, TX 77010-3095
phone: 713-651-5151  fax: 713-651-5246
Contact: Layne E. Kruse, Chair of Pro Bono Committee
eMail: lkruse@fulbright.com

TEXAS DEFENDER SERVICE
Suite 700, 412 Main Street
Houston, TX 77266
Tel: 713 - 222 - 7788  Fax: 713 - 222 - 0260
Attn: Mandy Welch

TEXAS LEGAL SERVICES CENTER
815 Brazos, Suite 1100
Austin, Texas 78701 Tel: 512 - 477 - 6000

TEXAS RESOURCE CENTER
Suite 201, 205 West 9th Street
Austin, TX 78767 - 0280
Tel: 512 - 320 - 8300 Fax: 512 - 477 - 2153
Attn: Eden Harrington

UTAH

UTAH LEGAL SERVICES INC.
254 West 4th Street, 2nd Floor
Salt Lake City, Utah 84101 Tel: 801 - 328 - 8891

VERMONT

VERMONT LEGAL AID INC.
PO Box 1367, 12 North Street
Burlington, Vermont 05401 Tel: 802 - 863 - 5620

VIRGINIA

VIRGINIA POST-CONVICTION ASSISTANCE PROJECT
PO Box 506
Richmond, VA 23204 - 0506
Tel: 804 - 643 - 6845 Fax: 804 - 643 - 6819

VIRGINIA POVERTY LAW CENTER
201 West Broad Street, Suite 302
Richmond, Virginia 23220 Tel: 804 - 782 - 9430

WEST VIRGINIA LEGAL SERVICE PLAN
1003 Quarrier Street, Suite 700
Charleston, West Virginia 25301 Tel: 304 - 342 - 6814

WASHINGTON, DC

THE PRO BONO INSTITUTE / LAW FIRM PRO BONO PROJECT
50 F Street, NW Suite 8300
Washington, DC 20001
Phone 202-662-9699  Fax 202-662-9683
probon@probonoist.org or http://www.probonoinst.org

FRIED, FRANK, HARRIS, SHRIVER, & JACOBSON
1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004
phone: 202-639-7000 fax: 202-639-7003
Contact: Karen T. Grisez, Public Service & Pro Bono Counsel
no eMail listed

WASHINGTON

EVERGREEN LEGAL SERVICES
101 Yesler Way, Suite 300
Seattle, Washington 98104 Tel: 206 - 464 - 5933

MACDONALD, HOAGUE & BAYLESS
1500 Hoge Building, 705 2nd Avenue
Seattle, WA 89104 - 1745
Tel: 206 - 622 - 1604  Fax: 206 - 343 - 3961
Attn: Timothy K Ford & Robert S Mahler

WISCONSIN

LEGAL ACTION OF WISCONSIN
230 West Wells Street, Room 800
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53203 Tel: 414 - 278 - 7777

WYOMING

LEGAL SERVICES FOR SOUTH EAST WYOMING
1620 Central Avenue, Suite 200
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001-4575 Tel: 307 - 634 - 1566


NATIONAL

AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
Death Penalty Representation Project
Contact: Elisabeth Semel
740 15th Street NW, Suite 1060
Washington, DC 20005-1009
Tel: 202 - 662 - 1995  Fax: 202 - 662 - 1995
E-mail: Esemel@aol.com Web: http://www.abanet.org/

FEDERAL DEATH PENALTY RESOURCE CENTER
PO Box 11744
Columbia, SC 29211
Tel: 803 - 765 - 1044  Fax: 803 - 765 - 1143
Attn: David I Bruck

FEDERAL DEATH PENALTY RESOURCE COUNSEL
PO Box 1243
Frankfort, KY 40602
Tel: 502 - 227 - 2142  Fax: 502 - 227 - 4669
Attn: Kevin McNally

HABEAS ASSISTANCE & TRAINING PROJECT
1900 Center Point Boulevard, No 80
Tallahassee, FL 32308
Tel: 904 - 877 - 7210  Fax: 904 - 671 - 7210
Attn: Mark E Olive


HABEAS ASSISTANCE & TRAINING PROJECT
PO Box 11744
Columbia, SC 29211
Tel: 803 - 765 - 1044  Fax: 803 - 765 - 1143
Attn: John H Blume

NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE FUND
99 Hudson Street, 16th Floor
New York, NY 10113
Tel: 212 - 219 - 1900  Fax: 212 - 219 - 2052
Attn: George Kendall

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEYS
1627 K Street , NW, Suite 1200
Washington, DC 20006
Tel: 202 - 872 - 8688  Ext: 224 Fax: 202 - 331 - 8269
Attn: Paul Petterson

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEYS
83 Poplar Street, NW
Atlanta, GA 30303 - 2122
Tel: 404 - 688 - 1202  Fax: 404 - 688 - 9440
Attn: Renee McDonald