Meet Our Staff

     

    Trial Unit

     

    Nina C. Spizer, Chief, Trial Unit

  • Elizabeth Toplin, Assistant Chief, Trial Unit
  • Catherine Henry, Senior Litigator
  • Mark T. Wilson, Senior Trial Counsel
  • Arianna Freeman, Managing Attorney Non-Capital Habeas Unit
  • Victor Abreu, Supervisory Assistant Federal Defender

    • Assistant Federal Defenders

  • Kathleen Gaughan, Assistant Federal Defender
  • Angie Halim, Assistant Federal Defender
  • Mythri Jayaraman, Assistant Federal Defender
  • Stephen Kirsch, Assistant Federal Defender
  • Nancy MacEoin, Assistant Federal Defender
  • Maranna Meehan, Assistant Federal Defender
  • Joel Mandelman, Assistant Federal Defender
  • Maria Pedraza, Assistant Federal Defender
  • Rossman Thompson, Assistant Federal Defender
  • Natasha Taylor-Smith, Assistant Federal Defender

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    Appellate Unit

     

    Brett Sweitzer, Chief of Appeals

    Assistant Federal Defenders

  • Keith Donoghue, Assistant Federal Defender
  • Robert Epstein, Assistant Federal Defender
  • Abigail Horn, Assistant Federal Defender
  • Christy Martin, Assistant Federal Defender

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    Capital Habeas Unit

     

    Shawn Nolan, Chief, Capital Habeas Unit

  • Jennifer Chiccarino, Deputy Chief, Capital Habeas Unit
  • Aren Adjoian, Supervisory Assistant Federal Defender
  • Cristi Charpentier, Supervisory Assistant Federal Defender
  • Kerry Levy, Supervisory Assistant Federal Defender
  • Stuart Lev, Senior Litigator
  • Eric Montroy, Director Training

    • Assistant Federal Defenders

  • Samuel Angell, Assistant Federal Defender
  • Andrew Childers, Assistant Federal Defender
  • Katherine Ensler, Assistant Federal Defender
  • Michael Gonzales, Assistant Federal Defender
  • Elizabeth Hadayia, Assistant Federal Defender
  • Timothy Kane, Assistant Federal Defender
  • Alex Kursman, Assistant Federal Defender
  • Hunter Labovitz, Assistant Federal Defender
  • Mathew Lawry, Assistant Federal Defender
  • Kerry Levy, Assistant Federal Defender
  • Joseph Luby, Assistant Federal Defender
  • Maura McNally, Assistant Federal Defender
  • Alba Morales, Assistant Federal Defender
  • Eric Motylinski, Assistant Federal Defender
  • Stuart Patchen, Assistant Federal Defender
  • Jahaan Shaheed, Assistant Federal Defender
  • Sonali Shahi, Assistant Federal Defender
  • Loren Stewart, Assistant Federal Defender
  • Katherine Thompson, Assistant Federal Defender
  • Tracy Ulstad, Assistant Federal Defender
  • Leor Veleanu, Assistant Federal Defender
  • Peter Walker, Assistant Federal Defender
  • Ayanna Williams, Assistant Federal Defender
  • Peter Williams, Assistant Federal Defender
  • Claudia Van Wyk, Assistant Federal Defender
  • David Zuckerman, Assistant Federal Defender