Section 13. The committee shall appoint a chief counsel, whose responsibilities and duties shall be defined by the committee and shall include, but not be limited to, the overall supervision of the workings of the various divisions of the committee. The committee shall further appoint two deputy chief counsel, with duties defined by the committee, one of whom shall supervise the public defender division, and the other shall supervise the private counsel division. The committee shall also prescribe the procedures for the appointment of all legal and nonlegal staff of the public defender division and for the procurement of office space as may be required. The chief counsel shall authorize the certification of all payments under section twenty-seven G of chapter two hundred and sixty-one and section twenty of chapter twenty-nine. All legal and nonlegal staff of the public counsel division shall be full time and shall devote their entire time during ordinary business hours to their duties and shall neither directly or indirectly engage in the private practice of law. The chief counsel and deputy chief counsels shall likewise devote full time to their duties. The chief counsel, deputy chief counsels and all legal and non-legal staff of the committee, including staff attorneys hired under subparagraphs (a) and (b) of section 6 but not including persons described in the fourth sentence of said subparagraph (b) of said section 6, shall be considered public employees for purposes of chapter 258. The chief counsel shall be paid a salary comparable to the salary paid to a district attorney. The salaries of the deputy chief counsels shall be established by the committee. All other legal staff of the public defender division shall be paid at salaries comparable to the salary paid to an attorney employed in a district attorney's office.
The counsel and other employees appointed by the committee shall not be subject to the provisions of chapter thirty-one.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases
Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers
Chapter 211d - Committee for Public Counsel Services
Section 1 - Committee for Public Counsel Services; Establishment
Section 2 - Indigency; Definition, Standards and Procedures for Determination
Section 3 - Accepting of Gifts, Grants or Contributions; Contracts
Section 4 - Rules and Regulations; Annual Report; Training; Rotating Appointment Mechanism
Section 5 - Appointment or Assignment of Counsel
Section 6 - Public Defender and Private Counsel Divisions; Duties
Section 6b - Payment of Counsel
Section 8 - Assignment of Case of Indigent Accused of Murder
Section 9 - Division Standards
Section 10 - Committee Monitoring of Standards Compliance; Review of Client Complaints
Section 13 - Chief Counsel; Deputies; Staff; Compensation
Section 15 - Community Advisory Board; Roxbury Community; Consultation
Section 16 - Appointment of Counsel; Sex Offender Registry Classification System