---
title: "Search the public database of California public defenders with documented case outcomes, failures, or systemic-context e"
method: GET
path: "/api/rest/search_defenders"
tags: ["cajusticewatch"]
---

# Search the public database of California public defenders with documented case outcomes, failures, or systemic-context e

`GET /api/rest/search_defenders`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://cajusticewatch.com`
- URL: `https://cajusticewatch.com/api/rest/search_defenders`
- Auth: none declared

Search the public database of California public defenders with documented case outcomes, failures, or systemic-context entries. Includes Bar number, county, office, score.

## Query parameters

- `query` string
- `county` string
- `status` string
- `limit` integer

## Response `200`

Tool result as plain JSON.

- object

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid arguments or upstream tool error.

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/cajusticewatch/apis/california-justice-watch-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/cajusticewatch/apis/california-justice-watch-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/cajusticewatch/apis/california-justice-watch-api/revisions/1ae48b3f1ff1?raw)