Opinion ID: 1788578
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 9

Heading: Tenth Circuit Personnel and Organization

Text: Mr. J. Marion Moorman, the Public Defender of the Tenth Circuit, has both trial and appellate responsibilities. His office is divided into trial and appellate divisions and generally the lawyers do not cross lines between trials and appeals. Mr. Moorman is the overall supervisor of the office. His executive director is Ms. Holly Stutz. Ms. Deborah Brueckheimer is the head of the noncapital appeals division. Generally the appellate Public Defenders have substantial experience in their field and this is not an entry level position. The appellate division is further divided between capital and noncapital attorneys. Again, these divisions are maintained except for individual instances where a noncapital attorney wishes to gain capital experience and may handle one such capital case. There are fifteen noncapital appellate attorneys located in very cramped quarters in Bartow and two other appellate noncapital attorneys located in Pinellas County. There are five additional attorneys doing capital appeals. There are three secretaries serving the fifteen noncapital appellate attorneys in Bartow. These attorneys are directly managed by Ms. Deborah Brueckheimer who has until recently carried a full appellate caseload in addition to her management responsibilities. A production quota of seven briefs or 1300 record pages per month is enforced. This quota is enforced but not without exception.