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Federal Public Defender
Lisa B. Freeland
First Assistant Federal Public Defender
Michael J. Novara
Senior Litigation Counsel
W. Penn Hackney
Assistant Federal Public Defenders
Christopher B. Brown
Kimberly R. Brunson
Candace Cain
Linda E.J. Cohn
Jay J. Finkelstein
Sarah Levin
Andrew Z. Lipson
Thomas Livingston
Elisa A. Long
Leon A. Parker
Renee D. Pietropaolo
Samantha Stern
Research & Writing Specialist
Anjali Biala
Investigators
Karina Mueller
Kevin Parent
Vickie Piontkowski - Mitigation Specialist
Kimberly Thomas
Support Staff
Michele Betz - Senior Legal Assistant
Lisa Colarossi - Senior Legal Assistant
Linda Martz - Senior Legal Assistant
Jamie Palashoff - Senior Legal Assistant
Deb Podlesnik - Secretary to the Federal Public Defender
Administration
Tina Famiglietti - Administrative Officer
Chernor Barry - Case Management Assistant
Mark Ganley - Computer Systems Administrator
Elisabeth Lewis - Operations Administrator
Mark McCormick - Administrative Assistant
Bryan Orr - Assistant Computer Systems Administrator
Assistant Federal Public Defenders
Anna Ahronheim
Kara Bailey
Marshall Dayan
Lynn A. Ellenberger
Kirk J. Henderson
Research & Writing Specialist
Aaron Butler
Paralegals
Christine Pink
Shannon Walker
Investigators/Mitigation Specialists
Ashley Hatcher
Colleen Higgins - Assistant Investigator
Molly O'Brien
Randall Olsen
Support Staff
Natasha Green

This page was last updated on July 17, 2017.

The Office of the Federal Public Defender, Western District of Pennsylvania, operates under authority of the Criminal Justice Act of 1964 (as amended), 18 U.S.C. § 3006A (CJA). We provide defense services to individuals who are financially unable to obtain adequate representation in Federal criminal cases, appeals, and habeas corpus matters. A person’s eligibility for defender services is determined by the federal court. Attorneys of this office may not represent individuals without an appointment from the court, nor may they engage in the private practice of law.