![‘Improper conduct’: Oregon public defense director blasts judge who commandeered his senior staff ‘Improper conduct’: Oregon public defense director blasts judge who commandeered his senior staff](https://www.oregonlive.com/resizer/H3_EV0fEVnLSY1kdesWM_CCr1BA=/0x1200/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/advancelocal/GQNSLK472FFBXGIAVAYX2JWMUU.webp)
The director of the embattled agency that manages Oregon’s public defense system this week took a judge to task for “unnecessary, ineffective and improper conduct” because her colleague on the bench appointed some of his staff to take criminal cases.