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
