At least 300 county court employees will lose their jobs as the result of deep cuts in court funding by the state, a county official said Wednesday.

"All of our courts are going to be impacted," Los Angeles County Superior Court spokeswoman Mary Hearn said.

On Monday, Los Angeles Superior Court Presiding Judge Lee S. Edison issued a memo informing all county court employees about pending layoffs.

Specifically, judicial assistants, courtroom assistants and court reporters face a strong likelihood of losing their jobs, but the layoffs will incorporate employees from every court unit in the county, Hearn said.

"Defendants and plaintiffs will have to hire an outside stenographer," she said.

Some employee's in the county Public Defender's Office also received the memo.

"One of the aspects of the budget cuts is closure of courtrooms," said Sam Shimotsu, Los Angeles County Public Defender's Office chief deputy. "Because you will have less courtrooms, the volume of work will be very high - we'll be doing a lot of work in less time."

"It's unfolding as we speak," Shimotsu said. "There are 1,000-plus people in my office. We're very aware of the issue," he said. "We are all impacted and it will be dramatic."

The county originally expected the layoffs to occur in October 2011, Hearn said, but they were pushed back to June.

Last week, Gov. Jerry Brown called again for voters to support a proposed tax hike in November to help bridge the state's $9.2. billion deficit.

Hearn said the cuts laid out in Edison's memo will happen regardless of November's vote. More cuts would loom later if the tax hike doesn't pass, she said.