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

Juanita Garcia
Paralegal

Karly Jo Dixon
Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Krystall Escobedo
Paralegal

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