St. Lawrence County Public Defender's Office
48 Court Street
Corner Building
Canton, New York 13617

Ph: 315-379-2115
Fx: 315-386-8241

Public Defender: 
Stephen D. Button

Assistant Public Defenders:
Steven G. Ballan-Criminal Law
Robert H. Ballan-Family Law
Alison B. Appleby-Criminal Law
James Farrell-Family Law; Criminal Law
Mark Williams-Family Law; Criminal Law

Office Staff:
Legal Secretary:  Kristen Best
Keyboard Specialist:  Patricia Frederick
Keyboard Specialist:  Krista Balster


  

St. Lawrence County Public Defenders

Attorney Profiles

Stephen D. Button - Public Defender
Family Law; Criminal Law

Personal Information -

Graduated from Baylor University in 2000 with a Bachelors of Arts. Graduated from Baylor University in 2002 with a Masters of Arts in Organizational Communication. Graduated from Western New England University in 2006 with Juris Doctorate.
 
Licensed to Practice Law in State of New York, State of Connecticut and Federal District Court, District of Connecticut.  
 
Left Private Practice in 2009 to join the St. Lawrence County Public Defender's Office.

 

Steven G. Ballan
Criminal Law

Personal Information -

Graduated from Cornell University in 1985 with a BS and from Golden Gate University in San Francisco with a JD in 1993;

Started at the Public Defender's office in May 2007 from Private Practice in Potsdam;

"I do this work because in order for justice to be served, I believe that indigent defendants are entitled to have good attorneys."

 

Robert H. Ballan
Family Law

           Personal Information-

                         Graduated from Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, New Hampshire in 1981.  Admitted in New York State on January
                         14, 1982.  Joined the Public Defender's office in May 2010.

 

Alison B. Appleby
Criminal Law

          Personal Information-

                        Graduated from Albany Law School; Admitted in New York State in 2007; joined the Public Defender's office in June 2010.

 

Mark Williams
Family Law; Criminal Law
  

James Farrell
Family Law; Criminal Law

 

****To find out the status of your case, your next scheduled court date, or to set up an office/telephone appointment, you can email the Attorney's secretary.

If your Attorney is:  Robert H. Ballan, Steven G. Ballan, or James Farrell;  please email Krista at kbalster@stlawco.org;

If your Attorney is:  Stephen D. Button, Mark Williams, or Alison B. Appleby; please email Patricia at pfredericks@stlawco.org;

Please be advised that every effort is made to get back to you by email the same day, but depending on the day to day workload you may not get an email back until the next day. 

Thank you for your patience.   





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