OFFICE OF PUBLIC DEFENDER

William Donald Schaefer Tower; Suite 1400, 6 St. Paul St., Baltimore, MD 21202 - 1608
(410) 767-8460; 1-877-430-5187 (toll free); fax: (410) 333-8496
web: www.opd.state.md.us/

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William Donald Schaefer Tower, 6 St. Paul St., Baltimore, Maryland, July 2003. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Mandeep S. Chhabra, Esq.; Justin M. Holliman, Esq.; Karen L. Jones, Esq.; Susan F. Puhala, Esq.; William J. Shelton, Esq. Terms expire 2022.

Appointed by Senate President: T. Wray McCurdy, Esq.

Appointed by House Speaker: Michael A. Millemann, Esq.

OFFICE OF PUBLIC DEFENDER

Jaime Miller, Executive Associate (410) 767-8479
e-mail: jaime.miller@maryland.gov

ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
Kathleen L. Mattis, Chief Fiscal Officer (410) 767-8481
e-mail: kathleen.mattis@maryland.gov

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
Lynn C. Bellamy, Esq., EEO Officer (410) 767-8463
e-mail: lynn.bellamy@maryland.gov

GENERAL COUNSEL
A. Stephen Hut, General Counsel (301) 563-8941
e-mail: astephen.hut@maryland.gov

GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
Ricardo A. Flores, Director (410) 767-8534
e-mail: ricardo.flores@maryland.gov

HUMAN RESOURCES
Cynthia L. Knight, Director (410) 767-8511
e-mail: cynthial.knight@maryland.gov

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DIVISION
Mark L. Six, Chief Information Officer (410) 412-2012
e-mail: mark.six@maryland.gov

LITIGATION SUPPORT DIVISIONS


FORENSICS DIVISION
Jeffrey Gilleran, Chief (410) 767-2858; e-mail: jeffrey.gilleran@maryland.gov

FORENSICS MENTAL HEALTH DIVISION
Mary J. Pizzo, Director (410) 767-1839; e-mail: mary.pizzo@maryland.gov

IMMIGRATION DIVISION
Nadine K. Wettstein, Director (301) 563-8936; e-mail: nadine.wettstein@maryland.gov

JUVENILE PROTECTION DIVISION
Deborah L. St. Jean, Esq., Director (410) 209-8684; e-mail: deborah.stjean@maryland.gov

MAJOR CRIMES & COMPLEX LITIGATION
Katy C. O'Donnell, Chief (410) 767-9852; e-mail: katy.odonnell@maryland.gov

SOCIAL WORK DIVISION
Terri L. Collins, Director (410) 767-8469; e-mail: terri.collins@maryland.gov

POLICY & DEVELOPMENT
Melissa Rothstein, Director (410) 767-9853
e-mail: melissa.rothstein@maryland.gov

RECRUITMENT & HIRING DIVISION
Johanna C. Leshner, Director (410) 691-1530, ext. 104
e-mail: johanna.leshner@maryland.gov

TRAINING DIVISION
Patrice A. Fulcher, Esq., Director (410) 691-1530, ext. 107
e-mail: patrice.fulcher@maryland.gov

APPELLATE DIVISION
(C80B0003, formerly 22.02.00.03)
FY2021 appropriation: $7,801,585; authorized positions: 58
Brian M. Saccenti, Esq., Chief Attorney (410) 767-8556; e-mail: brian.saccenti@maryland.gov
Brian L. Zavin, Esq., Deputy Chief Attorney (410) 767-8523; e-mail: brian.zavin@maryland.gov

MENTAL HEALTH DIVISION [Involuntary Institutionalization Services]
(C80B0004, formerly 22.02.00.04)
FY2021 appropriation: $2,092,003; authorized positions: 19
Carroll L. McCabe, Esq., Chief Attorney (410) 494-8137; e-mail: carroll.mccabe@maryland.gov
Mark T. Scully, Esq., Deputy Chief Attorney (410) 494-8138; e-mail: mark.scully@maryland.gov

217 East Redwood St., Baltimore, Maryland, August 2015. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

PARENTAL DEFENSE DIVISION
Maria Nenutzka (Nena) Villamar, Esq., Chief Attorney (443) 263-8939; e-mail: nena.villamar@maryland.gov

BALTIMORE CITY
David A. Wanger, Esq., Assistant Public Defender (443) 263-8939
e-mail: david.wanger@maryland.gov

BALTIMORE COUNTY & HOWARD COUNTY
Beverly S. Schulterbrandt, Esq., Supervising Attorney (410) 324-8959
e-mail: beverly.schulterbrandt@maryland.gov

HARFORD COUNTY
Charlene D. Dukes, Esq., Supervising Attorney (443) 263-8937

MONTGOMERY COUNTY & WESTERN MARYLAND
Sylvia V. Long, Esq., Supervising Attorney (301) 563-8922
e-mail: sylvia.long@maryland.gov

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY & SOUTHERN MARYLAND
Kenneth P. Wardlaw, Supervising Attorney (301) 627-3300, ext. 103; e-mail: kenneth.wardlaw@maryland.gov


POST-CONVICTION DEFENDERS DIVISION
Initia Lettau, Esq., Chief Attorney (410) 209-8600; e-mail: initia.lettau@maryland.gov
Nayda Kuachusri, Esq., Deputy Chief Attorney (410) 209-8600; e-mail: nayda.kuachusri@maryland.gov
217 East Redwood St., Baltimore, MD 21202

DISTRICT OPERATIONS
(C80B0002, formerly 22.02.00.02 & C80B0005, formerly 22.02.00.05)
FY2021 appropriation: $94,930,728; authorized positions: 748.5

PUBLIC DEFENDER REGIONAL ADVISORY BOARDS

PUBLIC DEFENDER REGIONAL ADVISORY BOARD no. 1 (Districts 1, 8 & 9)
Appointed by Governor to 3-year terms:
Will Abercrombie, Jr., Esq., Chair (chosen by Governor), 2011
L. Robert Cooper; Kathleen G. Cox; Phillip G. Dantes, Esq.; one vacancy Terms expire 2011.

DISTRICT 1 (BALTIMORE CITY)
OFFICE OF DISTRICT PUBLIC DEFENDER
Kirsten G. Downs, Esq., District Public Defender (appointed by Public Defender) (410) 333-4900, ext. 206; e-mail: kirsten.downs@maryland.gov
Natasha M. Dartigue, Esq., Deputy District Public Defender (410) 333-4900, ext. 279; e-mail: natasha.dartigue@maryland.gov

CENTRAL BOOKING
Mary Denise Davis, Chief Attorney (410) 209-4465
e-mail: marydenise.davis@maryland.gov

DRUG TREATMENT COURT
Anne-Marie Gering, Esq., Supervisor (410) 333-4900, ext. 247
e-mail: anne-marie.gering@maryland.gov

FELONY TRIAL DIVISION
Vacancy, Chief Attorney (410) 333-4900, ext. 322

Baltimore City Office of Public Defender (view from St. Paul Place), Baltimore, Maryland, January 2001. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

INTAKE DIVISION
Vacancy, Supervisor (410) 333-4900


JUVENILE COURT DIVISION
Jennifer L. Egan, Esq., Chief Attorney (443) 263-6361
e-mail: jennifer.egan@maryland.gov

MISDEMEANOR LITIGATION DIVISION
Angela M. Oetting, Esq., Chief (410) 209-8661; e-mail: angela.oetting@maryland.gov

EASTSIDE DISTRICT COURT
Stephanie J. Robinson, Esq., Managing Attorney (410) 878-8617; e-mail: stephanie.robinson@maryland.gov

SOUTHERN DISTRICT COURT
Nicole D. Love, Esq., Managing Attorney (410) 878-8402; e-mail: nicole.love@maryland.gov

WESTSIDE DISTRICT COURT
Sharon L. Cole, Managing Attorney (410) 878-8130; e-mail: sharon.cole@maryland.gov

RECORDS MANAGEMENT
Lynn Y. Johnson, Supervisor (410) 333-4900, ext. 209
e-mail: lynn.johnson@maryland.gov

YOUTHFUL DEFENDANT UNIT
Robert E. Linthicum, Chief (410) 209-8680
e-mail: robert.linthicum@maryland.gov

DISTRICT 8 (BALTIMORE COUNTY)
OFFICE OF DISTRICT PUBLIC DEFENDER
James R. Dills, Esq., Acting District Public Defender (appointed by Public Defender) (410) 324-8961; e-mail: james.dills@maryland.gov
Gayle L. Robinson, Esq., Deputy District Public Defender (410) 324-8911; e-mail: gayle.robinson@maryland.gov

CIRCUIT COURT & FELONY JURY TRIAL DIVISION
Rukaayat Balogun-Labiran, Esq., Supervising Attorney (410) 324-8913
e-mail: rukaayat.balogun@maryland.gov

DISTRICT COURT JURY TRIAL DIVISION
Jessica R. Bancroft, Esq., Supervising Attorney (410) 324-8953
e-mail: jessica.bancroft@maryland.gov

INTAKE DIVISION
Chandra Daniel, Supervisor (410) 324-8901
e-mail: chandra.daniel@maryland.gov

JUVENILE DIVISION
Elizabeth Lopez, Supervising Attorney (410) 324-8941
e-mail: elizabeth.lopez@maryland.gov

DISTRICT 9 (HARFORD COUNTY)
OFFICE OF DISTRICT PUBLIC DEFENDER
Kelly A. Casper, Esq., District Public Defender (appointed by Public Defender) (410) 836-4880; e-mail: kelly.casper@maryland.gov
John W. Janowich, Esq., Deputy District Public Defender (410) 836-4882; e-mail: john.janowich@maryland.gov

PUBLIC DEFENDER REGIONAL ADVISORY BOARD no. 2 (Districts 2 & 3)
Appointed by Governor to 3-year terms:
Daniel M. Long, Chair (chosen by Governor), 2011
Connie Godfrey Marvel, Esq.; Anne C. Ogletree, Esq.; Gerald V. Purnell; Gene M. Ransom III. Terms expire 2011.

DISTRICT 2 (DORCHESTER, SOMERSET, WICOMICO & WORCESTER COUNTIES)
OFFICE OF DISTRICT PUBLIC DEFENDER
Chasity N. Simpson, Esq., District Public Defender (appointed by Public Defender) (410) 713-3415
e-mail: chastity.simpson@maryland.gov

Dorchester County
Wesley D. Moore, Esq., Supervising Attorney (410) 221-2571
e-mail: wesley.moore@maryland.gov

Somerset County
Archibald G. W. McFadden, Esq., Deputy District Public Defender (410) 651-3271
e-mail: archibald.mcfadden@maryland.gov

Wicomico County
Chasity N. Simpson, Esq., Deputy District Public Defender (410) 713-3407
e-mail: chastity.simpson@maryland.gov

Worcester County
Kristina L. Watkowski, Esq., Supervising Attorney (410) 632-1951, ext. 306
e-mail: kristina.watkowski@maryland.gov

DISTRICT 3 (CAROLINE, CECIL, KENT, QUEEN ANNE'S & TALBOT COUNTIES)
OFFICE OF DISTRICT PUBLIC DEFENDER
Tamara Stofa, Esq., District Public Defender (appointed by Public Defender) (410) 819-4020; e-mail: tamara.stofa@maryland.gov
Jason D. Ricke, Esq., Deputy District Public Defender (410) 996-2850; e-mail: jason.ricke@maryland.gov

Caroline County
Timothy A. Bradford, Esq., Supervising Attorney (410) 479-5756
e-mail: timothy.bradford@maryland.gov

Cecil County
Jason D. Ricke, Esq., Deputy District Public Defender (410) 996-2850
e-mail: jason.ricke@maryland.gov

Kent County
Shannon McClennan, Esq., Supervising Attorney (410) 778-0809
e-mail: shannon.mcclellan@maryland.gov

Queen Anne's County
Shannon McClennan, Esq., Supervising Attorney (410) 819-4020
e-mail: shannon.mcclellan@maryland.gov

Talbot County
Christine B. DuFour, Esq., Supervising Attorney (410) 820-6100
e-mail: christine.dufour@maryland.gov

PUBLIC DEFENDER REGIONAL ADVISORY BOARD no. 3 (Districts 4, 5 & 7)
Appointed by Governor to 3-year terms:
Maureen M. Lamasney, Chair (chosen by Governor), 2011
Joseph A. Trevino, Esq.; E. Gregory Wells; two vacancies. Terms expire 2011.

DISTRICT 4 (CALVERT, CHARLES & ST. MARY'S COUNTIES)
OFFICE OF DISTRICT PUBLIC DEFENDER
Michael D. Beach, Esq., District Public Defender (appointed by Public Defender) (301) 539-7330; e-mail: michael.beach@maryland.gov
Vacancy, Deputy District Public Defender (301) 539-7330, ext. 314

Calvert County
Vacancy, Supervising Attorney (443) 550-6806


Charles County
Kathryn B. Batey, Supervising Attorney (301) 539-7330
e-mail: kathryn.batey@maryland.gov

St. Mary's County
J. Edie Fortuna, Deputy District Public Defender (301) 539-7330
e-mail: edie.fortuna@maryland.gov

DISTRICT 5 (PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY)
OFFICE OF DISTRICT PUBLIC DEFENDER
Keith A. Lotridge, Esq., District Public Defender (appointed by Public Defender) (301) 952-2126; e-mail: keith.lotridge@maryland.gov
Melissa A. Pryce, Esq., Deputy District Public Defender (301) 952-2147; e-mail: melissa.pryce@maryland.gov

CIRCUIT COURT DIVISION
R. Daniel Moskov, Esq., Supervising Attorney (301) 952-2132
e-mail: rdaniel.moskov@maryland.gov

Kimberly B. Righter, Supervising Attorney (301) 952-2147
e-mail: kimberly.righter@maryland.gov

DISTRICT COURT DIVISION
Vacancy, Supervising Attorney (301) 699-2810


Laura Novella, Supervising Attorney (301) 952-2105
e-mail: laura.novella@maryland.gov

INTAKE DIVISION
Jacqueline M. Humbles, Supervisor (301) 952-5045
e-mail: jacqueline.humbles@maryland.gov

JUVENILE DIVISION
Ian S. Augarten, Esq., Supervising Attorney (301) 780-8005
e-mail: ian.augarten@maryland.gov

DISTRICT 7 (ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY)
OFFICE OF DISTRICT PUBLIC DEFENDER
Elizabeth W. Palan, Esq., Acting District Public Defender (appointed by Public Defender) (410) 295-8803
Elizabeth W. Palan, Esq., Deputy District Public Defender (410) 295-8805; e-mail: elizabeth.palan@maryland.gov

PUBLIC DEFENDER REGIONAL ADVISORY BOARD no. 4 (Districts 6, 10, 11 & 12)
Appointed by Governor to 3-year terms:
Julie R. Stevenson Solt, Chair (chosen by Governor), 2011


Marielsa A. Bernard; Jeannie Eun Cho, Esq.; Jason A. Shapiro, Esq.; one vacancy Terms expire 2011.

DISTRICT 6 (MONTGOMERY COUNTY)
OFFICE OF DISTRICT PUBLIC DEFENDER
Allen E. Wolf, Esq., District Public Defender (appointed by Public Defender) (301) 563-8948; e-mail: allen.wolf@maryland.gov
Theresa M. Chernosky, Esq., Deputy District Public Defender (301) 563-8944; e-mail: theresa.chernosky@maryland.gov

CIRCUIT COURT DIVISION
Samantha B. Sandler, Esq., Supervising Attorney, Misdemeanor Jury Trials & Appeals (301) 563-8945
e-mail: samantha.sandler@maryland.gov

DISTRICT COURT DIVISION
Leonard H. Addison IV, Esq., Supervising Attorney (301) 563-8911
e-mail: leonard.addison@maryland.gov

Elizabeth P. Zoulias, Esq., Supervising Attorney (301) 563-8707
e-mail: elizabeth.zoulias@maryland.gov

INTAKE DIVISION
Lakisha Hawkins, Supervisor (301) 563-8992
e-mail: lakisha.hawkins@maryland.gov

DISTRICT 10 (CARROLL & HOWARD COUNTIES)
OFFICE OF DISTRICT PUBLIC DEFENDER
Louis P. Willemin, Esq., District Public Defender (appointed by Public Defender) (410) 480-7762; e-mail: louis.willemin@maryland.gov
Allison M. Sayers, Esq., Deputy District Public Defender (410) 480-7764; e-mail: allison.sayers@maryland.gov

Carroll County
Judson K. Larrimore, Esq., Supervising Attorney (410) 871-3646
e-mail: judson.larrimore@maryland.gov

Howard County
Louis P. Willemin, Esq., District Public Defender (410) 480-7762
e-mail: louis.willemin@maryland.gov

DISTRICT 11 (FREDERICK & WASHINGTON COUNTIES)
OFFICE OF DISTRICT PUBLIC DEFENDER
Mary S. Riley, Esq., District Public Defender (appointed by Public Defender) (301) 600-1991; e-mail: mary.riley@maryland.gov
Eric A. Reed, Esq., Deputy District Public Defender (301) 791-4728, ext. 305; e-mail: eric.reed@maryland.gov
Frederick County
Mary S. Riley, Esq., District Public Defender (301) 600-1988
e-mail: mary.riley@maryland.gov

Washington County
Eric A. Reed, Esq., Deputy District Public Defender (301) 791-4728
e-mail: eric.reed@maryland.gov

DISTRICT 12 (ALLEGANY & GARRETT COUNTIES)
OFFICE OF DISTRICT PUBLIC DEFENDER
Jessica L. Colwell, Esq., Acting District Public Defender (appointed by Public Defender) (301) 777-2141, ext. 314; e-mail: jessica.colwell@maryland.gov
Jessica L. Colwell, Esq., Deputy District Public Defender (301) 777-2142; e-mail: jessica.colwell@maryland.gov

Allegany County
David M. Schram, Esq., Supervising Attorney (301) 334-9196
e-mail: david.schram@maryland.gov

Garrett County
Jessica L. Colwell, Esq., Deputy District Public Defender (301) 777-2142
e-mail: jessica.colwell@maryland.gov

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