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The Federal Public Defender for the District of Maryland operates two offices located near the U.S. District Courthouses in Baltimore and Greenbelt.

Northern Division Office
100 S. Charles Street
Tower II, 9th Floor
Baltimore, MD 21201
United States

Toll-free: (855) 213-8450
Fax: (410) 962-3976

Federal Public Defender

James Wyda

First Assistant Federal Public Defender

Katherine Tang Newberger

Misdemeanor Team Lead

Carrie Corcoran

Attorneys

Summer Akhtar
Sedira Banan
Francisco Carriedo
Shari Derrow
Marquise Findley-Smith
Janice Footman
Courtney Francik
Sasha Garcon
Maggie Grace
Jonathan Hettleman
Kirstin Hopkins
Dara Jackson-Garrett
Gabriel Reyes
Jessica Sawadogo
Andrew Szekely
Christina Wong

Chief Investigator

Patricia Slater

Investigators

Justin Thompson
Angela Valdez

Paralegal

Greta Lindell

Administrative Officer

Raquel Baamonde Bowley

Administrative Assistant

Lori Rusnak

Legal Assistant to the Federal Public Defender

Sandra Fleming

Legal Assistants

Maya Levine
Nakiyah Watson
Amie West

Receptionist

Renee Watts

Computer Systems Administrator

Michael McConnell

Southern Division Office
6411 Ivy Lane
Suite 710
Greenbelt, MD 20770
United States

Toll-free: (888) 387-3384
Fax: (410) 962-3976

Branch Chief

Julie Stelzig

Appellate Team Lead

Paresh Patel

Attorneys

Anjali Biala
Rosana Chavez
Kathryn D’Adamo Guevara
Amy Fitzgibbons
Cynthia Frezzo
Cara Halverson
Cullen Macbeth
Claire Madill
Ellie Marranzini
Sean McKee
Sapna Mirchandani
Eric Pilch
Patricia Richman
Joanna Silver
Brittany Thomas

Investigators

Claire Benack
Michelle Eidell
Andres Suarez-Beainy
Kim Whaley

Paralegal

Shannon Wu

Branch Administrative Assistant

Veronica Orozco

Legal Assistants

Nema Kodio
Heather Thompson
Debra White

Assistant Computer Systems Administrator

Philip Ekoma