Pros
Pay is great compared to other public defenders. Talented, smart, and dedicated lawyers and staff, supportive colleagues. Good work life balance, generous vacation policy, staff encouraged to take vacations and not expected to check email when away.
Cons
Toxic work environment, adversarial relationship between employees and management. Blatant sexism, racism and cronyism is the norm. Total lack of transparency. Performance review process in 2016 was disastrous but zero accountability from managers for how badly they handled this. Employees and less favored supervisors undermined by senior management, treated with suspicion and disrespect. Senior management also caught in multiple lies without repercussion. Not much room for advancement within office if you want that.