Our Staff

  • Elisa A. Long

    Federal Public Defender

  • Sarah Levin

    Managing Attorney, Trial Unit

  • Samantha L. Stern

    Managing Attorney, Appeals/Non-Capital Habeas Unit

  • Kelly Culshaw

    Managing Attorney, Capital Habeas Unit

Trial Unit

Attorneys

  • Linda E.J. Cohn (Senior Trial Counsel)
  • Kathryn Dyer
  • Gabrielle Lee
  • Andrew Z. Lipson
  • Lauren McCann
  • Jake D. Morrison
  • Yemi Olaiya
  • Fernanda Saavedra-Rauda
  • Kaylee Raymer
  • Caitlin Smith

Investigators

  • Muhammad Bell
  • Bianca D'Auria
  • Antonio Howard (Investigator/Paralegal)
  • Omishia Jackson
  • Alexandra Kramer
  • Jessica Yalenty

Paralegals

  • Dr. Larrine Acie
  • Brooke Axelrod (Litigation Support)
  • Lisa Colarossi
  • Sumaya Mahmoud
  • Michelle O’Neal
  • Jamie Palashoff

Legal Assistants

  • Celiah DeLoach
  • Nicole Luther
Capital Habeas Unit

Attorneys

  • Kara Bailey
  • Arin Melissa Brenner
  • Kirk J. Henderson
  • Jessica Houston
  • Molly O'Brien

Investigators/Mitigation Specialists

  • Rahaf Abu-Mahfouz
  • Kayla Brandt
  • Ashley Hatcher
  • Nabil Valencia

Paralegals

  • Colleen Ladd
  • Phu Nguyen
  • Christine Pink
Appeals/Non-Capital Habeas Unit

Attorneys

  • Maria Goellner
  • Ray Kim
  • Renee D. Pietropaolo (Supervisor, Appeals)
  • Julie Roberts
  • Samuel G. Saylor
  • Annie Sloan
  • Jasmine Sola

Paralegals

  • Carmen Fortunato
  • Elisabeth Lewis
Administration
  • Chernor Barry (CJA Panel Administrator)
  • Chase Felton (Clerical Assistant)
  • Kelli Howard (Administrative Officer)
  • Christopher James (Facilities and Operations Administrator)
  • Mark McCormick (Financial Administrator)
  • Joseph Pisciotta (Human Resources Administrator)
IT
  • Ena Campbell Hernandez (Computer Systems Administrator)
  • Karl Hunter (Assistant Computer Systems Administrator)
  • Tesse McNair (Assistant Computer Systems Administrator)
  • Bryan Orr (Supervisory Computer Systems Administrator)
CJA
  • Joe Otte (CJA Resource Counsel)