Brazos County's chief public defender quarterly update to county commissioners includes recruiting more attorneys

This podcast contains the quarterly report by Brazos County chief public defender Nathan Wood to county commissioners on June 23, 2026.Brazos County commissioners received an update at their last meeting (June 23) from the public defender's office. Nathan Wood led off with starting two new specialty divisions, dealing with juvenile offenders and people with mental health issues.Wood also said the new divisions has resulted in creating four vacancies for attorneys in his office. Commissioners were asked to take into consideration, recommendations from an outside consultant regarding salaries of public defender attorneys.Wood reported the public defender's office has 612 active clients and resolved 215 cases during this year's second quarter.