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Chief Public Defender

Adeola Ogunkeyede

Chief Public Defender

Leadership Team

Ariane Eigler

Social Services Manager

Carrie Ellis

Director of Trials and Training

Caroline Solís

Director of Holistic Practice

Jeremy Kaplan-Lyman

Legal Director

Joshua Lane

Financial Analyst

Melissa Elfont

Office Manager

Nicolas Sawyer

Application Architect

Advocacy Team

Amalia Beckner

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Annie Brodsky

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Arielle Lewis-Zavala

Investigations Supervisor

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

Daniel Moreno

Social Worker

Dex Parra

Administrative Investigator

Elizabeth Harris

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Evan Snyder

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Isabel Johns

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

James Clark

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Janel Venzant

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Jeremiah Davila

Legal Secretary

Jesse Garza

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Jesse Taylor

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Joshua Clasberry

Legal Secretary

Josue Tentiente

Attorney, Padilla Immigration Practice

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

Leonor Delgado

Administrative Investigator

Lety Montoya

Interpreter

Luis Ortiz

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Manuela “Mimi” Alcocer

Attorney, Padilla Immigration Practice

Mariela Vazquez

Legal Secretary

Megan Newman

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Melissa Lebet

Social Worker

Melissa McCollough-Reyes

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Michael Villanueva

Legal Secretary

Nabil Valencia

Administrative Investigator

Nadege Joseph

Social Worker

Peter Obasa

Business Analyst

Rey Perez

Administrative Investigator

Robert Saulter

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Rochelle Vazquez

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

Sydnee Mwakutuya

Case Worker

Ulrike Miller

Office Specialist

Valerie Clemente

Case Worker

Veronica Venecia

Social 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.