Investigator with local public defender office earns national certification

UNDATED - Stephen Gurr, a senior investigator for the Gainesville-based Northeastern Judicial Circuit's Public Defender Office, recently earned national designation as a Board Certified Criminal Defense Investigator from the Criminal Defense Investigation Training Council.

To earn the designation, Gurr completed a seven-part distance learning course and submitted letters of recommendation from senior attorneys in the office, as well as an affidavit attesting to his ability, productivity and ethics as an investigator.

Gurr is one of nine Certified Criminal Defense Investigators in Georgia, and one of only three current public defender investigators in the state to earn the CCDI designation from the Florida-based national council.

Gurr, a graduate of Gainesville High School and the University of Georgia, has worked for the Public Defender's Office that serves Hall and Dawson counties since August 2010.