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

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

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

OFFICE OF PUBLIC DEFENDER

Janice P. Sehorn, Executive Associate (410) 767-8479
e-mail: jsehorn@opd.state.md.us

ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
Kathleen L. Mattis, Chief Fiscal Officer (410) 767-8481
e-mail: kmattis@opd.state.md.us

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
Lynn C. Bellamy, Esq., EEO Officer (410) 767-8463
e-mail: lbellamy@opd.state.md.us

GENERAL COUNSEL
A. Stephen Hut, General Counsel (301) 563-8941
e-mail: ahut@opd.state.md.us

GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
Ricardo A. Flores, Director (410) 767-8534
e-mail: rflores@opd.state.md.us

HUMAN RESOURCES
Cynthia L. Knight, Director (410) 767-8511
e-mail: cknight@opd.state.md.us

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DIVISION
Michael Cummings, Counsel for Information Technology (410) 412-2012
e-mail: mcummings@opd.state.md.us

LITIGATION SUPPORT GROUP
Vacancy, Director (410) 767-5541


FORENSICS DIVISION
Jeffrey Gilleran, Acting Supervising Attorney (410) 767-2858; e-mail: jgilleran@opd.state.md.us

JUVENILE PROTECTION DIVISION
Stephen A. Bergman, Esq., Director (410) 209-8685; e-mail: sbergman@opd.state.md.us

MAJOR CRIMES & COMPLEX LITIGATION DIVISION
Katy C. O'Donnell, Esq., Chief Attorney (410) 767-9852; e-mail: kodonnell@opd.state.md.us

SOCIAL WORK DIVISION
Lori Y. James-Townes, Ph.D., Director, Social Work, Leadership & Program Development (410) 767-8469; e-mail: ljames-townes@opd.state.md.us

RECRUITMENT & HIRING DIVISION
Johanna C. Leshner, Director (410) 767-8467
e-mail: jleshner@opd.state.md.us

TRAINING DIVISION
Patrice A. Fulcher, Esq., Director (410) 767-8468
e-mail: pfulcher@opd.state.md.us


APPELLATE DIVISION
(C80B0003, formerly 22.02.00.03)
FY2018 appropriation: $6,581,940; authorized positions:
Brian M. Saccenti, Esq., Chief Attorney (410) 767-8556; e-mail: bsaccenti@opd.state.md.us
Brian L. Zavin, Esq., Deputy Chief Attorney (410) 767-8523; e-mail: bzavin@opd.state.md.us

CHILDREN IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE (CINA) DIVISION
Vanita M.Taylor, Esq., Chief Attorney (443) 263-8939
Charlene D. Dukes, Esq., Deputy Chief Attorney (443) 263-8937

BALTIMORE CITY & EASTERN SHORE
Vanita M. Taylor, Esq., Chief Attorney (443) 263-8939
e-mail: vtaylor@opd.state.md.us

BALTIMORE COUNTY & NORTHERN MARYLAND
Beverly S. Schulterbrant, Esq., Supervising Attorney (410) 324-8959
e-mail: bschulterbrant@opd.state.md.us

MONTGOMERY COUNTY & WESTERN MARYLAND
Sylvia V. Long, Esq., Supervising Attorney (301) 563-8922
e-mail: slong@opd.state.md.us

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY & SOUTHERN MARYLAND
Susan H. Gilhooly, Esq., Supervising Attorney (301) 952-2690
e-mail: sgilhooly@opd.state.md.us

MENTAL HEALTH DIVISION [Involuntary Institutionalization Services]
(C80B0004, formerly 22.02.00.04)
FY2018 appropriation: $1,437,172; authorized positions:
Carroll L. McCabe, Esq., Chief Attorney (410) 494-8137; e-mail: cmccabe@opd.state.md.us
Mark T. Scully, Esq., Deputy Chief Attorney (410) 494-8138; e-mail: tscully@opd.state.md.us

POST-CONVICTION DEFENDERS DIVISION
Initia Lettau, Esq., Chief Attorney (410) 209-8600; e-mail: ilettau@opd.state.md.us
217 East Redwood St., Baltimore, MD 21202
James M. Nichols, Esq., Deputy Chief Attorney (410) 209-8623; e-mail: jnichols@opd.state.md.us

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

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: kdowns@opd.state.md.us
Vacancy, Deputy District Public Defender (410) 333-4900, ext. 279


CENTRAL BOOKING
Mary-Denise Davis, Chief Attorney (410) 209-4465
e-mail: mdavis2@opd.state.md.us

DISTRICT COURT DIVISION

EASTSIDE DISTRICT COURT
Janette E. DeBoissiere, Chief Attorney (410) 878-8617; e-mail: jdeboissiere@opd.state.md.us

SOUTHERN DISTRICT COURT
Nicole D. Love, Chief Attorney (410) 878-8402; e-mail: nlove@opd.state.md.us

WESTSIDE DISTRICT COURT
Sharon L. Cole, Acting Chief Attorney (410) 878-8130; e-mail: scole@opd.state.md.us

DRUG TREATMENT COURT
Anne Marie Gering, Esq., Supervisor (410) 333-4900, ext. 247
e-mail: agering@opd.state.md.us

FELONY TRIAL DIVISION
Andrew T. Northrup, Chief Attorney (410) 333-4900, ext. 322
e-mail: anorthrup@opd.state.md.us

INTAKE DIVISION
Vacancy, Supervisor (410) 333-4900

MISDEMEANOR TRIAL DIVISION
Natalie A. M. Finegar, Chief Attorney (410) 209-8661
e-mail: nfinegar@opd.state.md.us

RECORDS MANAGEMENT
Lynn Y. Johnson, Supervisor (410) 333-4900, ext. 209
e-mail: ljohnson@opd.state.md.us

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

YOUTHFUL DEFENDANT UNIT
Robert E. Linthicum, Acting Supervising Attorney (410) 209-8680
e-mail: ydu@opd.state.md.us

DISTRICT 8 (BALTIMORE COUNTY)
OFFICE OF DISTRICT PUBLIC DEFENDER
Donald E. Zaremba, Esq., District Public Defender (appointed by Public Defender) (410) 324-8961; e-mail: dzaremba@opd.state.md.us
Gayle L. Robinson, Esq., Deputy District Public Defender (410) 324-8911; e-mail: grobinson@opd.state.md.us

CIRCUIT COURT & FELONY JURY TRIAL DIVISION
Jennifer B. Aist, Supervising Attorney (410) 324-8917
e-mail: jaist@opd.state.md.us

DISTRICT COURT JURY TRIAL DIVISION
A. Stewart Lyons, Esq., Supervising Attorney (410) 324-8931
e-mail: slyons@opd.state.md.us

INTAKE DIVISION
Chandra Daniel, Supervisor (410) 324-8901
e-mail: cdaniel@opd.state.md.us

JUVENILE DIVISION
Jerome J. Blake, Esq., Supervising Attorney (410) 324-8941
e-mail: jblake@opd.state.md.us

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: kcasper@opd.state.md.us
John W. Janowich, Esq., Deputy District Public Defender (410) 836-4882; e-mail: jjanowich@opd.state.md.us

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
Chastity Simpson, Esq., District Public Defender (appointed by Public Defender) (410) 713-3415
e-mail: csimpson@opd.state.md.us

Dorchester County
Archibald G. W. McFadden, Esq., Supervising Attorney (410) 221-2570
e-mail: amcfadden@opd.state.md.us

Somerset County
Jennifer Turnbull, Esq., Assistant Public Defender (410) 651-3271
e-mail: jturnbull@opd.state.md.us

Wicomico County
Angela Huffman, Esq., Deputy District Public Defender (410) 713-3408
e-mail: ahuffman@opd.state.md.us

Worcester County
W. Burton Anderson, Esq., Supervising Attorney (410) 632-1951, ext. 306
e-mail: banderson@opd.state.md.us

DISTRICT 3 (CAROLINE, CECIL, KENT, QUEEN ANNE'S & TALBOT COUNTIES)
OFFICE OF DISTRICT PUBLIC DEFENDER
Stefan R. Skipp, Esq., District Public Defender (appointed by Public Defender) (410) 819-4020; e-mail: sskipp@opd.state.md.us
Michael S. Pappafotis, Esq., Deputy District Public Defender (410) 996-2850; e-mail: mpappafotis@opd.state.md.us

Caroline County
Christine B. Dufour, Esq., Assistant Public Defender (410) 479-5756
e-mail: cdufour@opd.state.md.us

Cecil County
Edwin B. Fockler, Esq., Assistant Public Defender (410) 996-2850
e-mail: efockler@opd.state.md.us

Kent County
Stefan R. Skipp, Esq., District Public Defender (410) 778-0809
e-mail: sskipp@opd.state.md.us

Queen Anne's County
Stefan R. Skipp, Esq., District Public Defender (410) 819-4020
e-mail: sskipp@opd.state.md.us

Talbot County
Glenn D. Klakring, Esq., Assistant Public Defender (410) 820-6100
e-mail: gklakring@opd.state.md.us

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: mbeach@opd.state.md.us
Edie Fortuna Cimino, Esq., Deputy District Public Defender (301) 539-7330, ext. 314; e-mail: ecimino@opd.state.md.us

Calvert County
Frederick A. Lester, Esq., Supervising Attorney (443) 550-6806
e-mail: flester@opd.state.md.us

Charles County
Edie Fortuna Cimino, Deputy District Public Defender (301) 539-7330
e-mail: ecimino@opd.state.md.us

St. Mary's County
Matthew Connell, Esq., Supervising Attorney (301) 880-2830
e-mail: mconnell@opd.state.md.us

DISTRICT 5 (PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY)
OFFICE OF DISTRICT PUBLIC DEFENDER
Janet M. Hart, Esq., District Public Defender (appointed by Public Defender) (301) 952-2126; e-mail: jhart@opd.state.md.us
Keith A. Lotridge, Esq., Deputy District Public Defender (301) 952-2147; e-mail: klotridge@opd.state.md.us

DISTRICT COURT DIVISION
Dorrell Brooks, Esq., Supervising Attorney (301) 699-2810
e-mail: dbrooks@opd.state.md.us

Laura Novella, Supervising Attorney (301) 952-2105
e-mail: lnovella@opd.state.md.us

FELONY TRIAL DIVISION
R. Daniel Moskov, Esq., Supervising Attorney (301) 952-2132
e-mail: rmoskov@opd.state.md.us

Kimberly B. Righter, Supervising Attorney (301) 952-2147
e-mail: krighter@opd.state.md.us

Jason D. Ricke, Supervising Attorney (301) 952-3498
e-mail: jricke@opd.state.md.us

INTAKE DIVISION
Jacqueline M. Humbles, Supervisor (301) 952-5045
e-mail: jhumbles@opd.state.md.us

JUVENILE DIVISION
Jennifer E. Park, Esq., Supervising Attorney (301) 780-8005
e-mail: jpark@opd.state.md.us

DISTRICT 7 (ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY)
OFFICE OF DISTRICT PUBLIC DEFENDER
William M. Davis, Esq., District Public Defender (appointed by Public Defender) (410) 295-8803; e-mail: wdavis@opd.state.md.us
Karl H. Gordon, Esq., Deputy District Public Defender (410) 295-8805; e-mail: kgordon@opd.state.md.us

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: awolf@opd.state.md.us
Theresa M. Chernosky, Esq., Deputy District Public Defender (301) 563-8944; e-mail: tchernosky@opd.state.md.us

CIRCUIT COURT DIVISION
Vacancy, Supervising Attorney (301) 563-8944


Samantha B. Sandler, Esq., Supervising Attorney, Misdemeanor Jury Trials & Appeals (301) 563-8945
e-mail: ssandler@opd.state.md.us

DISTRICT COURT DIVISION
Leonard H. Addison, IV, Esq., Supervising Attorney (301) 563-8911
e-mail: laddison@opd.state.md.us

Harlen Dalzell, Esq., Supervising Attorney (301) 563-8707
e-mail: hdalzell@opd.state.md.us

INTAKE DIVISION
Lakisha Hawkins, Supervisor (301) 563-8992
e-mail: lhawkins@opd.state.md.us

DISTRICT 10 (CARROLL & HOWARD COUNTIES)
OFFICE OF DISTRICT PUBLIC DEFENDER
Carol A. Hanson, Esq., District Public Defender (appointed by Public Defender) (410) 480-7762; e-mail: chanson@opd.state.md.us
Louis P. Willemin, Esq., Deputy District Public Defender (410) 480-7764

Carroll County
Judson K. Larrimore, Esq., Supervising Attorney (410) 871-3646
e-mail: jlarrimore@opd.state.md.us

Howard County
Carol A. Hanson, Esq., District Public Defender (410) 480-7777
e-mail: chanson@opd.state.md.us

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: mriley@opd.state.md.us
Eric A. Reed, Esq., Deputy District Public Defender (301) 791-4728, ext. 305; e-mail: ereed@opd.state.md.us
Frederick County
Mary S. Riley, Esq., District Public Defender (301) 600-1988
e-mail: mriley@opd.state.md.us

Washington County
Eric A. Reed, Esq., Deputy District Public Defender (301) 791-4728
e-mail: ereed@opd.state.md.us

DISTRICT 12 (ALLEGANY & GARRETT COUNTIES)
OFFICE OF DISTRICT PUBLIC DEFENDER
James E. Malone, Esq., District Public Defender (appointed by Public Defender) (301) 777-2141, ext. 314
e-mail: jmalone@opd.state.md.us

Allegany County
James E. Malone, Esq., District Public Defender (301) 777-2142, ext. 314
e-mail: jmalone@opd.state.md.us

Garrett County
Mark L. Alexander, Esq., Supervising Attorney (301) 334-9196, ext. 303
e-mail: malexander@opd.state.md.us

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