Independent Defense Counsel Office

November 18, 2014

New Director Takes over Office that Pays Shirakawa’s Legal Bills

By Silicon Valley Newsroom

Sylvia Perez-MacDonald has been promoted to director of the Independent Defense Counsel Office. That's the Santa Clara County agency that foots legal bills for defendants who can't afford attorneys and have conflicts of interest with other available offices—such as "allegedly indigent" ex-Supervisor George Shirakawa Jr.