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Paul Rodriguez, driven to public defense work by a sense of fairness, took over the county Office of the Public Defender in January, inheriting an office in turmoil in recent years

Paul Anthony Rodriguez, a Chilean-born graduate of USD's School of Law, has been a deputy public defender his entire career, most recently El Cajon branch's supervisor

San Diego County Wednesday appointed Paul A. Rodriguez as its new public defender following an extensive recruitment process.

Rodriguez's job will consist of ensuring that people charged with a crime in state court who are financially unable to retain private counsel receive a rigorous defense.

Katherine Braner, the former No. 2 in the office, to be interim leader while county searches for a replacement for the retired Randy Mize