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Chief Public Defender

Adeola Ogunkeyede

Chief Public Defender

Leadership Team

Ariane Eigler

Social Services Manager

Caroline Solís

Director of Holistic Practice

Carrie Ellis

Director of Trials and Training

Jeremy Kaplan-Lyman

Legal Director

Joshua Lane

Financial Analyst Sr.

Melissa Elfont

Office Manager Sr.

Nicolas Sawyer

Application Architect

Advocacy Team

Allison Taylor

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Amalia Beckner

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Ana Cruz

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Annie Brodsky

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Aroosa Nizami

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Ashley Ware

Office Specialist

Astrid Villarreal

Administrative Investigator

Blue Ware

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Brian Lacour

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Carmen Dunn

Administrative Assistant

Cassandra Champion

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Cecil Mattson

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Daniel Moreno

Social Worker

Dex Parra

Administrative Investigator

Elizabeth Harris

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Eric Bragazzi

Administrative Investigator

Eric Sundin

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Evan Snyder

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Guillermo Barbella

Legal Secretary

Isabel Johns

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

James Clark

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Janel Venzant

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Jassary Rico Herrera

Legal Secretary

Jeremiah Davila

Legal Secretary

Joie Harvell

Case Worker

Joshua Clasberry

Legal Secretary Sr.

Josue Tentiente

Attorney, Padilla Immigration Practice

Justifer Davis

Case Worker

Karly Jo Dixon

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Kate Thompson

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Kaylee Brilhart

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Kevin Garrett

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Lauren Hatton

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Leela Boyer

Office Specialist

Leslie Parra

Attorney, Padilla Immigration Practice

Lety Montoya

Interpreter

Luis Ortiz

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Luke Staffelbach

Case Worker

Mariela Vazquez

Legal Secretary

Melissa Lebet

Social Worker

Melissa McCollough-Reyes

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Michael Villanueva

Legal Secretary

Nadege Joseph

Social Worker

Nicholas Rudd

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Peter Obasa

Business Analyst

Ralah Sanadiki

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Robert Saulter

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Rochelle Vazquez

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Ruben Peña

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Sarah May

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Scott Constantine

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Scott Ruplinger

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Seth Manetta-Dillon

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Shanti Khanna

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Sydnee Mwakutuya

Social Worker

Ulrike Miller

Office Specialist

Valerie Clemente

Case Worker

Victoria Saxe

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Yareli Olvera

Paralegal

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 12.7 PERCENT AND WILL RAISE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS ON A $100,000 HOME BY APPROXIMATELY $34.51.