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Chief Public Defender

Adeola Ogunkeyede

Chief Public Defender

Leadership Team

Caroline Solís

Director of Holistic Practice

Carrie Ellis

Director of Trials and Training

Jeremy Kaplan-Lyman

Legal Director

Joshua Lane

Financial Analyst

Kayla Bennett

Social Services Manager

Melissa Elfont

Office Manager

Nicolas Sawyer

Business Analyst

Advocacy Team

Alicia Mpande

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Amalia Beckner

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Ann Maldonado Heaps

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Arielle Lewis-Zavala

Investigations Supervisor

Aroosa Nizami

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Blue Ware

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Carmen Dunn

Administrative Assistant

Cassandra Champion

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Deidre Manelus

Legal Secretary

Eric Sundin

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Isabel Johns

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

James Clark

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Janel Venzant

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Karly Jo Dixon

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Leonor Delgado

Administrative Investigator

Lety Montoya

Legal Secretary

Luis Ortiz

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Manuela “Mimi” Alcocer

Attorney, Padilla Immigration Practice

Megan Rue

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Melissa Lebet

Social Worker

Melissa Reyes

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Michael Villanueva

Legal Secretary

Morgan Shelburne

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Nabil Valencia

Administrative Investigator

Nadege Joseph

Social Worker

Rochelle Vazquez

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Ryan O'Dell

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Scott Constantine

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Scott Ruplinger

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Seth Manetta-Dillon

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Veronica Venecia

Social Worker

Victoria Saxe

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Yareli Olvera

Legal Secretary

TAX RATE: TRAVIS COUNTY ADOPTED A TAX RATE THAT WILL RAISE MORE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS THAN LAST YEAR’S TAX RATE. THE TAX RATE WILL EFFECTIVELY BE RAISED BY 3.5 PERCENT AND WILL RAISE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS ON A $100,000 HOME BY APPROXIMATELY $9.12.