Parle Roe-Taylor has been an attorney with the Law Office of the Cook County Public Defender since 1990. Parle has tried cases in the Felony, Misdemeanor and Juvenile courts while with the Office, defending countless clients in bench and jury trials, on charges ranging in seriousness from First Degree Murder to Battery. She has been in management since 2004, overseeing the daily activities of attorneys representing felony and misdemeanor clients in the Third, Fourth and First Municipal Districts. She is currently the Deputy Public Defender of Municipal Operations and Trial Support, with a staff of over 100 attorneys and managers. She was previously the Chief of the First Municipal Division with just over 50 attorneys, who staffed 23 courtrooms throughout Chicago. Parle is a member of the Public Defender’s Executive Team to develop polices, strategies and the promotion of the mission of the Office. She is a regular on hiring panels for attorneys and promotions committees. She has worked collaboratively with other departments and agencies on behalf of the Office with the MacArthur Safety and Justice Challenge to safely reduce the jail population. She assisted in the implementation of Police Station Representation and its training in the Office, to ensure arrestees have access to representation immediately upon arrest