Ardena GarthPiles of boxes spilled out of the new Hamilton County District Public Defender’s Office on the Tivoli building’s third floor Friday as Ardena Garth and her staff unpacked into a new space.
Since her office’s inception in 1989, the public defender’s office had been at 701 Cherry St., Suite 300.
“We’ve growth since then,” Garth said. “We needed more space, and we needed a change.”
Her attorneys shared space in the previous building, but now all will have their own offices.
Garth, whose office is funded primarily by the state with assistance from the county, said state criteria drove her decision about where to relocate. She worked with representatives from the state to help identify available offices, she said. They found space at 701 Broad St.