Photos by Julie Ahearn, Colleen Liedtke, and Mariela Vargas
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
Aki Aitsebaomo
Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice
Allison Taylor
Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice
Amalia Beckner
Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice
Ana Cruz
Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice
Annie Brodsky
Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice
Anuja Daulat
Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice
Arielle Lewis-Zavala
Investigations Supervisor
Aroosa Nizami
Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice
Ashley Ware
Office Specialist
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
Derek Whitmire
Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice
Elizabeth Harris
Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice
Eric Bragazzi
Administrative Investigator
Eric Sundin
Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice
Evan Snyder
Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice
Fernando Cereceres
Legal Secretary
Henry Bredar
Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice
Ian Miller
Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice
Isabel Johns
Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice
Jackson Downs
Law Clerk
James Clark
Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice
Janel Venzant
Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice
Jassary Rico-Herrera
Legal Secretary
Jenna Clayborn
Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice
Jeremiah Davila
Legal Secretary
Joie Harvell
Case Worker
Jolie McCullough
Administrative Investigator
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
Krystall Escobedo
Paralegal
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 Vargas
Administrative Investigator
Mayra Robles
Legal Secretary
Melissa Lebet
Social Worker
Michael Villanueva
Legal Secretary
Nadege Joseph
Social Worker
Nicholas Rudd
Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice
Patricia Huerta
Legal Secretary
Peter Obasa
Business Analyst
Ralah Sanadiki
Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice
Reagan Richard
Legal Secretary
Robert Saulter
Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice
Rochelle Vazquez
Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice
Ruben Peña
Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice
Sarah May
Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice
Schuyler Cottrell
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
