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Paul B. DeWolfe, Jr., 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.
Appointed by Senate President: James F. Farmer, Esq.
Appointed by House Speaker: Michael A. Millemann, Esq.
OFFICE OF PUBLIC DEFENDER
ADMINISTRATION
(C80B0001, formerly 22.02.00.01)
FY2012 appropriation: $5,915,516; authorized positions: 60
Paul B. DeWolfe, Jr., Public Defender (appointed by Board of Trustees to 6-year term), 2016
(410) 767-8479
e-mail: pdewolfe@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
Cynthia M. Boersma, Esq., General Counsel (410) 767-0774
e-mail: cboersma@opd.state.md.us
DEPUTY PUBLIC DEFENDER
Charles H. (Chip) Dorsey III, Esq., Deputy Public Defender (appointed by Public Defender) (410) 767-8474
e-mail: cdorsey@opd.state.md.us
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
Ricardo A. Flores, Director (410) 767-8534; e-mail: rflores@opd.state.md.us
HUMAN RESOURCES
Sheila M. Muhl, Director (410) 767-8511; e-mail: smhul@opd.state.md.us
FORENSICS DIVISION
Stephen B. Mercer, Chief Attorney (410) 767-5541
e-mail: smercer@opd.state.md.us
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DIVISION
Michael Cummings, Counsel for Information Technology (410) 223-3754
e-mail: helpdesk@opd.state.md.us
JUVENILE PROTECTION DIVISION
Deborah St. Jean, Esq., Director (410) 223-3783
e-mail: dst.jean@opd.state.md.us
RECRUITMENT & HIRING DIVISION
Diane B. Lach, Esq., Director (410) 767-8467
e-mail: dlach@opd.state.md.us
TRAINING DIVISION
Maureen F. Essex, Co-Director (410) 767-9855; e-mail: messex@opd.state.md.us
Mary Jo Livingston, Co-Director (410) 767-8468; e-mail: mlivingston@opd.state.md.us
APPELLATE DIVISION & COLLATERAL REVIEW DIVISION
(C80B0003, formerly 22.02.00.03)
FY2012 appropriation: $5,781,461; authorized positions: 53
APPELLATE DIVISION
Geraldine K. Sweeney, Esq., Chief Attorney (410) 767-8553
e-mail: gsweeney@opd.state.md.us
Brian M. Saccenti, Esq., Deputy Chief Attorney (410) 767-8556
e-mail: bsaccenti@opd.state.md.us
COLLATERAL REVIEW DIVISION [Inmate Services]
D. Scott Whitney, Esq., Chief Attorney (410) 767-4868
e-mail: swhitney@opd.state.md.us
CHILDREN IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE DIVISION
Vanita M.Taylor, Esq., Chief Attorney (443) 263-8939
Charlene D. Dukes, Esq., Deputy Chief Attorney (443) 263-8942
BALTIMORE COUNTY & NORTHERN MARYLAND
Robert T. English, Esq., Supervising Attorney (410) 324-8959
e-mail: renglish@opd.state.md.us
MONTGOMERY COUNTY & WESTERN MARYLAND
Sylvia V. Long, Esq., Assistant Public Defender (240) 773-9676
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
PUBLIC DEFENDER REGIONAL ADVISORY BOARDS
PUBLIC DEFENDER REGIONAL ADVISORY BOARD no. 1 (Districts 1, 8 & 9)
DISTRICT 1 (BALTIMORE CITY)
Grace E. Reusing, Esq., Deputy District Public Defender (410) 333-4900
DISTRICT COURT DIVISION
SOUTHERN DISTRICT COURT
WESTSIDE DISTRICT COURT
FELONY TRIAL DIVISION
INTAKE DIVISIONMENTAL HEALTH DIVISION [Involuntary Institutionalization Services]
DISTRICT OPERATIONS
(C80B0004, formerly 22.02.00.04)
FY2012 appropriation: $1,264,107; authorized positions: 14.5
Lois I. Fisher, Esq., Chief Attorney (410) 347-1072
e-mail: lfisher@opd.state.md.us
(C80B0002, formerly 22.02.00.02 & C80B0005, formerly 22.02.00.05)
FY2012 appropriation: $71,330,765; authorized positions: 732.5
AGGRAVATED HOMICIDE DIVISION
Katy C. O'Donnell, Esq., Chief Attorney (410) 767-9852
e-mail: kodonnell@opd.state.md.us
Appointed by Governor to 3-year terms:
Will Abercrombie, Jr., Esq., Chair (chosen by Governor), 2011
Gary S. Bernstein, Esq., 2008
L. Robert Cooper; Kathleen G. Cox; Phillip G. Dantes, Esq. Terms expire 2011.
OFFICE OF DISTRICT PUBLIC DEFENDER
Elizabeth L. Julian, Esq., District Public Defender (appointed by Public Defender) (410) 333-4900, ext. 279
e-mail: ejulian@opd.state.md.us
e-mail: greusing@opd.state.md.usCENTRAL BOOKING
Jerome J. LaCorte, Esq., Supervising Attorney (410) 209-4465
e-mail: jlacorte@opd.state.md.us
EASTSIDE DISTRICT COURT
Angela D. Shelton, Esq., Chief Attorney (410) 878-8617; e-mail: ashelton@opd.state.md.us
Valda G. Ricks, Esq., Acting Chief Attorney (410) 878-8402; e-mail: vricks@opd.state.md.us
Natalie A. M. Finegar, Esq., Chief Attorney (410) 878-8138; e-mail: nfingegar@opd.state.md.us
DRUG TREATMENT COURT
Vacancy, Chief Attorney (410) 333-4900, ext. 246
Bridget D. Shepherd, Esq., Chief Attorney (410) 333-4900, ext. 241
e-mail: bshepherd@opd.state.md.us
Vacancy, Supervisor (410) 333-4900, ext. 297
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JUVENILE COURT DIVISION
Rosemary M. Ranier, Esq., Acting Chief Attorney (443) 263-6361
e-mail: rranier@opd.state.md.us
MISDEMEANOR TRIAL DIVISION
Kirk R. Osborn, Esq., Chief Attorney (410) 333-4900, ext. 215
e-mail: kosborn@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.
Gayle L. Robinson, Esq., Deputy District Public Defender (410) 324-8917
e-mail: grobinson@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
John W. Janowich, Esq., Deputy District Public Defender (410) 836-4882
e-mail: jjanowich@opd.state.md.us
DISTRICT 2 (DORCHESTER, SOMERSET, WICOMICO & WORCESTER COUNTIES)
Somerset County
Wicomico County
Worcester County
John K. Northrop, Esq., Deputy District Public Defender (410) 996-2850
Cecil County
Kent County
Queen Anne's County
Talbot County
DISTRICT 4 (CALVERT, CHARLES & ST. MARY'S COUNTIES)
Charles County
St. Mary's County
Lisa A. Robinson, Esq., Deputy District Public Defender (301) 952-2128
FELONY TRIAL DIVISION
Vacancy, Supervising Attorney (301) 952-2122
Allen E. Wolf, Esq., Supervising Attorney (301) 952-2132
INTAKE DIVISION
JUVENILE DIVISION
Karl H. Gordon, Esq., Deputy District Public Defender (410) 295-8805
PUBLIC DEFENDER REGIONAL ADVISORY BOARD no. 4 (Districts 6, 10, 11 & 12)
Marielsa A. Bernard; Jeannie Eun Cho, Esq.; Jason A. Shapiro, Esq. Terms expire 2011.
DISTRICT 6 (MONTGOMERY COUNTY)
Mary K. Siegfried, Esq., Deputy District Public Defender (301) 563-8912
Samantha B. Sandler, Esq., Supervising Attorney, Misdemeanor Jury Trials & Appeals (301) 563-8945
DISTRICT COURT DIVISION
INTAKE DIVISION
JUVENILE DIVISION
Louis P. Willemin, Esq., Deputy District Public Defender (410) 480-7764
Howard County
Eric A. Reed, Esq., Deputy District Public Defender (301) 791-4728
Washington County
DISTRICT 12 (ALLEGANY & GARRETT COUNTIES)
Garrett County
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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.
OFFICE OF DISTRICT PUBLIC DEFENDER
James P. Murray, Esq., District Public Defender (appointed
by Public Defender) (410) 713-3408
e-mail: jmurray@opd.state.md.usDorchester County
David K. Pyle, Esq., Supervising Attorney (410) 221-2570
e-mail: dpyle@opd.state.md.us
Jennifer M. Bushman, Esq., Assistant Public Defender (410) 651-3271
e-mail: jbushman@opd.state.md.us
James P. Murray, Esq., Acting District Public Defender (410) 713-3408
e-mail: jmurray@opd.state.md.us
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
e-mail: jnorthrop@opd.state.md.usCaroline County
Christine B. Dufour, Esq., Assistant Public Defender (410) 479-5756
e-mail: cdufour@opd.state.md.us
John K. Northrop, Esq., Deputy District Public Defender (410) 996-2850
e-mail: jnorthrop@opd.state.md.us
Stefan R. Skipp, Esq., District Public Defender
(410) 778-0809
e-mail: sskipp@opd.state.md.us
Stefan R. Skipp, Esq., District Public Defender (410) 819-4020
e-mail: sskipp@opd.state.md.us
Glenn D. Klakring, Esq., Supervising Attorney (410) 820-6100
e-mail: gklakring@opd.state.md.usPUBLIC 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
Daryl D. Jones, Esq., 2008.
Karen H. Abrams; Joseph A. Trevino, Esq.; E. Gregory Wells. Terms expire 2011.
OFFICE OF DISTRICT PUBLIC DEFENDER
Janet M. Hart, Acting District Public Defender (appointed by
Public Defender) (301) 609-9802
e-mail: jhart@opd.state.md.usCalvert County
Dorothy C. Gardner-Hodge, Esq., Deputy District Public Defender (443) 550-6806
e-mail: dgardnerhodge@opd.state.md.us
Janet M. Hart, Esq., Acting District Public Defender (301) 539-7330
e-mail: jhart@opd.state.md.us
John R. Getz, Esq., Supervising Attorney (301) 880-2830
e-mail: jgetz@opd.state.md.us
DISTRICT 5 (PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY)
OFFICE OF DISTRICT PUBLIC DEFENDER
Brian C. Denton, Esq., District Public Defender (appointed by Public Defender) (301) 952-2126
e-mail: bdenton@opd.state.md.us
e-mail: lrobinson@opd.state.md.us
DISTRICT COURT DIVISION
Douglas R. Irminger, Esq., Supervising Attorney (301) 952-2112
e-mail: dirminger@opd.state.md.us
Janet L. Callis, Esq., Supervising Attorney (301) 952-2107
e-mail: jcallis@opd.state.md.us
e-mail: awolf@opd.state.md.us
Sheila Clark, Supervisor (301) 952-2140
e-mail: sclark@opd.state.md.us
Debra A. Jones, Esq., Supervising Attorney (301) 952-2117
e-mail: djones@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
e-mail: kgordon@opd.state.md.us
Appointed by Governor to 3-year terms:
Julie R. Stevenson Solt, Chair (chosen by Governor), 2011
Leonard J. Eiswert, Esq. Term expires 2005.
OFFICE OF DISTRICT PUBLIC DEFENDER
Brian D. Shefferman, Esq., District Public Defender (appointed by Public Defender) (301) 563-8970
e-mail: msiegfried@opd.state.md.us
CIRCUIT COURT DIVISION
Alan C. Drew, Esq., Supervising Attorney (301) 563-8910
e-mail: adrew@opd.state.md.us
e-mail: ssandler@opd.state.md.us
John E. Lavigne, Esq., Supervising Attorney (301) 563-8911
e-mail: jlavigne@opd.state.md.us
Lakisha Council, Supervisor (301) 563-8992
e-mail: lcouncil@opd.state.md.us
Vacancy, Supervising Attorney (301) 563-8912
DISTRICT 10 (CARROLL & HOWARD COUNTIES)
OFFICE OF DISTRICT PUBLIC DEFENDER
Carol A. Hanson, Esq., District Public Defender (appointed by Public Defender) (410) 480-7777
e-mail: chanson@opd.state.md.us
Carroll County
Judson K. Larrimore, Esq., Supervising Attorney (410) 871-3646
e-mail: jlarrimore@opd.state.md.us
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) 600-1988
e-mail: mriley@opd.state.md.us
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
Eric A. Reed, Esq., Deputy District Public Defender (301) 791-4728
e-mail: ereed@opd.state.md.us
OFFICE OF DISTRICT PUBLIC DEFENDER
James E. Malone, Esq., District Public Defender (appointed by Public Defender) (301) 777-2142
e-mail: jmalone@opd.state.md.usAllegany County
James E. Malone, Esq., District Public Defender (301) 777-2142
e-mail: jmalone@opd.state.md.us
Raymond G. Strubin, Esq., Supervising Attorney (301) 334-9196
e-mail: rstrubin@opd.state.md.us
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