The Public Defender is a half-hour 69-episode television dramatic series starring Reed Hadley as Bart Matthews, an attorney for the indigent. The series aired on CBS from March 11, 1954 to June 23, 1955, a season and a half.

Noh Chak-hee, l'avocate émérite du grand cabinet Jangsan, se retrouve soudain commise d'office. Dans ce drama juridique, on suit sa relation avec Jwa Si-baek, avocat commis d’office excentrique, alors qu’elle s’occupe d’une affaire de meurtres en série.