Michael Lawrence
Lawrence has defended thousands of people and tried scores of jury trials ranging from capital murder to simple misdemeanors during a career spanning thirty-seven years.

He arrived in Monterey County in 1972 and took a position as a staff attorney with the Monterey County Public Defenders Office. Three years later, in 1975, he became the Assistant Public Defender. In 1979, he was appointed Public Defender of Monterey County. He left the Public Defenders Office in 2005 after 26 years of service, as one of California’s longest-serving chief public defenders.

Lawrence is a graduate of Hastings College of the Law, University of California, in 1968, a former staff attorney with the Riverside Public Defenders Office, and a former partner in the Riverside law firm of Hennigan, Butterwick, and Clepper.

Juliet Peck
Juliet Peck is a graduate of the University of Santa Clara School of Law..

During her ten-year career with the Monterey County Public Defenders Office (1995 – 2006) she represented hundreds of clients and was counsel in several high publicity cases in the local area. She has a particular interest in forensic evidence, especially DNA.