Los Angeles County Office of the Public Defender

The Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office has named Tom Laguna to serve as its permanent CIO. Laguna takes over for Mohammed Al Rawi, who departed the role last August.

Mohammed Al Rawi, the man behind the dramatic modernization of the Los Angeles County Office of the Public Defender, is departing on a personal mission to make case management technology more accessible to cash-strapped public defense teams.

The attorneys who make up the Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office have gone from lugging physical copies of casework to a digital case management system that is making a world of difference for the people they serve.

Jeramy Gray and Mohammed Al Rawi will be among those addressing Industry Insider — California members at a briefing on Nov. 9 in Hacienda Heights.

Aman Bhullar was named the Chief Information Officer of the Year for his accomplishments as Los Angeles County’s assistant registrar-recorder/county clerk and CIO for that department.