Everett Law Association 12/3/2018

The internal monitoring program shall be submitted to the Agreement Administrator within 60 days after the execution of this Agreement. Public Defender shall certify no less than annually that monitoring has occurred in conformity with this Agreement and the monitoring program. 1.5 The Public Defender promises that he/she will promptly notify the City if any circumstance, including change in rule or law, renders it difficult or impossible to provide service in compliance with the Decision and/or the Standards. 1.6 In cases in which the Public Defender is appointed as attorney of record, and unless Public Defender is permitted by the court to withdraw at an earlier time, Public Defender shall represent the defendant at all stages of the criminal process, from the time of appointment as attorney of record through the appeals process (unless the appeal is based on ineffective assistance of counsel), as well as during any period in which the court retains jurisdiction over the terms and conditions of any sentence or deferral. All post-sentencing hearings will be counted as part of Public Defender's continuing representation of the defendant. Public Defender must accept all discovery from City Prosecutors in electronic form. 1.7 The parties acknowledge that a single individual from Public Defender as principal liaison with the Municipal Court is critical to efficiency and day-to-day operations. Public Defender's initial principal liaison is Meghan Campbell. Public Defender may change the principal liaison from time to time by written notice to the presiding Municipal Court Judge. 1.8 The City places a very high value, expectation and importance on the level of service and professional interaction from Public Defender. Public Defender will meet with the City for performance review meetings on as needed basis as determined by the City. For the first year of this Agreement and until the City determines otherwise, this review meeting will occur quarterly. The purpose of the review meeting will be to discuss the performance of Public Defender since the last review meeting. The Public Defender's principal liaison (set forth in Section 1.7 above)will attend all review meetings. If Municipal Court staff receive one or more complaints from others who interact with Public Defender, Municipal Court staff will make reasonable efforts to document the specifics of the complaint(s) and will notify Public Defender in writing. Public Defender will then promptly attempt to resolve the complaint(s)directly with the complainant. Public Defender will document its attempts at resolution. If Public Defender cannot achieve resolution,the matter may be added by the City or by Public Defender to the agenda of the next performance review meeting. If so added,the Public Defender will no later than five days before the meeting provide to the Municipal Court Administrator and City Purchasing Manager a written description of the status of the unresolved complaint(s) and a corrective action plan. If during the quarter after a review meeting,a Public Defender performance item(including without limitation complaints set forth in the previous paragraph) on the agenda of the previous review meeting remains unresolved,the City may convene an ad hoc committee to further consider the matter. The ad hoc committee will if possible consist of a minimum the City's Public Defense Overseer,the City Purchasing Manager, a Municipal Court Judge,the Court Administrator, and, a 4