Indigent Defense Services

The NC Public Defense System

PAC Fund Updates Current Fee App Payment Dates

Message from the Chair

Bryan Jones

2025 Meeting Dates

  • February 7, 2025
  • May 2, 2025
  • August 22, 2025
  • November 21, 2025

IDS Commission Members

Mr. Bryan Jones, Chair

Attorney at Law
216 N. Sterling Street
Morganton, NC 28655
(828) 437-6553
[email protected]
Appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate

Ms. Miriam M. Thompson, Vice Chair

Attorney at Law, PLLC
307 N 5th Ave.
Wilmington
(910) 342-0760
[email protected]
Appointed by NCAJ

The Honorable Dorothy Hairston Mitchell

District 14 District Court Judge
510 S Dillard St.
Durham, NC 27701
(919) 808-3000
[email protected]
Appointed by the IDS Commission

Mr. Art F. Beeler

Clinical Assistant Professor, Criminal Justice, North Carolina Central University
3684 Ben Mil Court
Franklinton, NC 27525
(919) 986-9155
[email protected]
Appointed by the Governor

Ms. Tonya Davis Barber

Barber Webster Law, PLLC
316 E Walnut St.
Goldsboro, NC 27530
(919) 583-5560
[email protected]
NC Association of Women Attorneys

Mr. Robert Kelly Corbett III

Attorney at Law
The Refinery Building
1213 West Morehead St, Suite 501 D
Charlotte, NC 28208
(704) 401-5299
[email protected]
Appointed by the NC Association of Black Lawyers

The Honorable Joseph N. Crosswhite

District 22A Senior Resident Judge
221 E. Water Street
Statesville, NC 28677
(704) 832-6616
[email protected]
Appointed by the NC Supreme Court Chief Justice

Ms. Caitlin Fenhagen

Director, Criminal Justice Resource Department, Hillsborough
106 E Margaret Lane
Hillsborough, NC 27278
(919) 245-2303
[email protected]
Appointed by the IDS Commission

Ms. Karen Franco

39129 Hwy 561
Hollister, NC 27844
[email protected]
Appointed by the IDS Commission

Mr. John F. Nieman

Retired Chief Public Defender
(336) 708-5266
[email protected]
Appointed by the NC Association of Public Defenders

Ms. Stacey Rubain

Assistant Federal Public Defender
Federal Public Defender’s Office
301 N Elm St.
Greensboro, NC 27401
(336) 725-6600
[email protected]
Appointed by the NC State Bar

Mr. Marshall Ellis

Attorney at Law, LLP
301 East Main Street
Elizabeth City
NC 27909
(252) 335-0871
[email protected]
Appointed by the NC Speaker of the House

George P. Doyle

Attorney at Law
210 N. Columbia Street
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
(919) 942-4162
[email protected]
Appointed by the NC Bar Association

Upcoming Meetings

Link to the IDS Commission Statement on Confederate Monument Displays – October 2023