STAFF
Brooklyn Defender Services’ (BDS) diverse staff provides multi-disciplinary, and client-centered criminal defense, family defense, immigration, civil legal services, social work support and advocacy in nearly 40,000 cases involving indigent Brooklyn residents every year.
To contact Brooklyn Defender Services, please call the following numbers:
Main Number and Criminal Defense Practice: (718) 254-0700
Family Defense Practice: (347) 592-2500
Immigration Practice: (718) 564-6290
To contact an individual BDS staff member, please see the directory below:
| Accomando,Melissa | maccomando@bds.org |
| Ahmed,Deluwara | dahmed@bds.org |
| Akincilar,Rita | rakincilar@bds.org |
| Alexander,Tess | talexander@bds.org |
| Alexandre,Rachelle | ralexandre@bds.org |
| Alleyne,Aisha | aalleyne@bds.org |
| Alpert,Emma | ealpert@bds.org |
| Aracena Delaney,Briana | bdelaney@bds.org |
| Aramayo,Alejandra | aaramayo@bds.org |
| Arias-Moreno,Erika | emoreno@bds.org |
| Arkin-Gallagher,Anna | aarkingallagher@bds.org |
| Arya,Sarika | sarya@bds.org |
| Attridge,Sarah | sattridge@bds.org |
| Austin,Ravan | raustin@bds.org |
| Bailey,Richard | rbailey@bds.org |
| Bandy,Dipona | dbandy@bds.org |
| Barbagiannis,Efthimia | ebarbagiannis@bds.org |
| Barron,Kyle | kbarron@bds.org |
| Basak,Piyali | pbasak@bds.org |
| Baum,Michael | mbaum@bds.org |
| Beal,Tanner | tbeal@bds.org |
| Berger,Laura | lberger@bds.org |
| Bernhardt,Sophia | sbernhardt@bds.org |
| Betances,Stephany | sbetances@bds.org |
| Blank,Jeffrey | jblank@bds.org |
| Blumberg,Shawn | sblumberg@bds.org |
| Blyth,Kyle | kblyth@bds.org |
| Booth,Molly | mbooth@bds.org |
| Bowles,Rita | rbowles@bds.org |
| Brennan,Justine | jbrennan@bds.org |
| Bridges,Jasmine | jbridges@bds.org |
| Briody,Alyssa | abriody@bds.org |
| Bristol,Heather | hbristol@bds.org |
| Brock,Jasmine | jbrock@bds.org |
| Brosh,William | wbrosh@bds.org |
| Brown,Megan | msbrown@bds.org |
| Brucker,Sean | sbrucker@bds.org |
| Bryan,William | bbryan@bds.org |
| Budnick,Charles | cbudnick@bds.org |
| Burke,Jamie | Jburke@bds.org |
| Burleson,Sarah | sburleson@bds.org |
| Burnett,Jordan | jburnett@bds.org |
| Butler,Katrina A | kbutler@bds.org |
| Calloway,Sabrina | scalloway@bds.org |
| Campbell,Lawrence | lcampbell@bds.org |
| Caruana,Jacqueline | jcaruana@bds.org |
| Castro,Jade | jcastro@bds.org |
| Castro,Shabel | scastro@bds.org |
| Cedano,Irene | icedano@bds.org |
| Chamberlin,Aubrey | achamberlin@bds.org |
| Charland,Stacy | scharland@bds.org |
| Charles,Jael | jcharles@bds.org |
| Cheng,Wendy | wcheng@bds.org |
| Chitohwa,Yolanda | ychitohwa@bds.org |
| Choi,Eileen | echoi@bds.org |
| Cleary,Ryan | rcleary@bds.org |
| Coakley,Jean | jmandic@bds.org |
| Cohen,Amos | acohen@bds.org |
| Cole,Adam | acole@bds.org |
| Cole,Maia | mcole@bds.org |
| Cooke,George | gcooke@bds.org |
| Coomes,Scott | scoomes@bds.org |
| Coppelman,Julia | jcoppelman@bds.org |
| Coyle,Mary | mcoyle@bds.org |
| Crowell,Hensleigh | hcrowell@bds.org |
| Cruz,Nicole | ncruz@bds.org |
| Dalsimer,Sophie | sdalsimer@bds.org |
| Damren,Nathaniel | ndamren@bds.org |
| Daniel Vasquez,Elizabeth | evasquez@bds.org |
| Daniels,Edward | edaniels@bds.org |
| Davila,Eric | edavila@bds.org |
| Dean,Stephen | sdean@bds.org |
| DeAvila,Kelsey | kdeavila@bds.org |
| Dellatorre Adams,Michelle | mdellatorre@bds.org |
| Deutsch,Peer | pdeutsch@bds.org |
| Dewey,David | ddewey@bds.org |
| Dieckmann,Christina M | cdieckmann@bds.org |
| Diller,Peter | pdiller@bds.org |
| Donovan,Alexis | adonovan@bds.org |
| Doss,Mark | mdoss@bds.org |
| Dougherty,Alexandra | adougherty@bds.org |
| Downes,Meghan | mdownes@bds.org |
| Draper,Kelsey | kdraper@bds.org |
| Eacho,Allyson | aeacho@bds.org |
| Eckblad,Susanna | seckblad@bds.org |
| Ekwofia,Esiena | eekwofia@bds.org |
| Elzarka,Noran | nelzarka@bds.org |
| Estevez,Alexandra | aestevez@bds.org |
| Ewart,Michael | mewart@bds.org |
| Ferlise,Alexandra | aferlise@bds.org |
| Fernandez,Jheimy | jsoto@bds.org |
| Fine,Anthony | tfine@bds.org |
| Finkelstein,Lauren | lfinkelstein@bds.org |
| Fioravante,Dane | dfioravante@bds.org |
| Fisher,Alexandra | afisher@bds.org |
| Foley,Dinah | dfoley@bds.org |
| Forester,Elizabeth | eforester@bds.org |
| Forrester,Claudia | cforrester@bds.org |
| Frankel,Deborah | dfrankel@bds.org |
| Franklin,Ashley | afranklin@bds.org |
| Freiman,Gabriel | gfreiman@bds.org |
| Friedman,Andrew | afriedman@bds.org |
| Friedman,Jenny | jfriedman@bds.org |
| Full Name | Work Contact: Work Email |
| Gadson,Candis | cgadson@bds.org |
| Gallivan,Molly | mgallivan@bds.org |
| Garcia,Caitlyn | cgarcia@bds.org |
| Garcia,Izabel | igarcia@bds.org |
| Gentile,Miriam | mgentile@bds.org |
| Giacoma,Lilian | lgiacoma@bds.org |
| Gibbons,Mary | mgibbons@bds.org |
| Giovanniello,Paul | pgiovanniello@bds.org |
| Gittens,Jasmine | jgittens@bds.org |
| Gladston,Lewis | lgladston@bds.org |
| Goldstein,Sarah | sgoldstein@bds.org |
| Gomez,Laura | lgomez@bds.org |
| Gonzalez,Catherine | cgonzalez@bds.org |
| Goodman,Rachel | rgoodman@bds.org |
| Gottlieb,Caroline | cgottlieb@bds.org |
| Greenspan,Jonathan | jgreenspan@bds.org |
| Grigore,Anca | agrigore@bds.org |
| Guerrero,Nicole | nguerrero@bds.org |
| Gunther,Kevin | kgunther@bds.org |
| Hall,Jordan | jhall@bds.org |
| Hamann,Amanda | ahamann@bds.org |
| Hamilton,Samuel | shamilton@bds.org |
| Han,Sarah | shan@bds.org |
| Hancock,Matthew | mhancock@bds.org |
| Hankins,Thomas | thankins@bds.org |
| Hastings,Theodore | thastings@bds.org |
| Heilbrun,Matteo | mheilbrun@bds.org |
| Herman,Kristine | kherman@bds.org |
| Herr,Christopher | cherr@bds.org |
| Hession,Natalie | nhession@bds.org |
| Hickey,Nyasa L | nhickey@bds.org |
| Hoff,Linda | lhoff@bds.org |
| Holbrook,Brian | bholbrook@bds.org |
| Holliday,Tamara | tholliday@bds.org |
| Howell,Joan | jhowell@bds.org |
| Hughes,Clinton | chughes@bds.org |
| Hughes,Dorothy | dhughes@bds.org |
| Husain,Murtaza | mhusain@bds.org |
| Irizarry,Liana | lirizarry@bds.org |
| Jaquez,Stephanie | sjaquez@bds.org |
| Jean,Rebecca | rjean@bds.org |
| Joly,Zoe | zjoly@bds.org |
| Jones,Brian | bjones@bds.org |
| Joseph,Medge | mjoseph@bds.org |
| Juarbe Santaliz,Angelica | ajuarbe@bds.org |
| Julme,Thalia | tjulme@bds.org |
| Kagan,Gittel | gkagan@bds.org |
| Kaishian,MaryAnne | mkaishian@bds.org |
| Katz,Samantha | skatz@bds.org |
| Kaushal,Henna | hkaushal@bds.org |
| Kendrick,Joyce D | jdkendrick@bds.org |
| Kerrigan,Amy | akerrigan@bds.org |
| Kessler,Bridget | bkessler@bds.org |
| Kevill-Ahmad,Deirdre | dkevill-ahmad@bds.org |
| Kidani,Kimberly | kkidani@bds.org |
| Kieselstein,Daniel | dkieselstein@bds.org |
| Kilkuskie,Bailey | bkilkuskie@bds.org |
| Kim,Jiyoon | jkim@bds.org |
| King,Colleen | cking@bds.org |
| King,Tricia | tking@bds.org |
| Kinsella,Rebecca | rkinsella@bds.org |
| Kline,David | dkline@bds.org |
| Kokenes,Rachel | rkokenes@bds.org |
| Koorji,Alaizah | akoorji@bds.org |
| Koppenhofer,Mackenzie | mkoppenhofer@bds.org |
| Kral,Joseph | jkral@bds.org |
| Krumwiede,Julie | jkrumwiede@bds.org |
| LaFontaine,Richard | rlafontaine@bds.org |
| Laino,John | jlaino@bds.org |
| Lamb,Margaret | mlamb@bds.org |
| Lampert,Alexandra | alampert@bds.org |
| Lane,Cassidy | clane@bds.org |
| Lauterback,Molly | mlauterback@bds.org |
| Lavoie,Ashley E | akloepfer@bds.org |
| Lawson,Tracy | tlawson@bds.org |
| Lee,Kelsey | klee@bds.org |
| Lee,Yung-Mi | ylee@bds.org |
| Leib,Dana | dleib@bds.org |
| Levine,Rachel | rlevine@bds.org |
| Levinson,Haley | hlevinson@bds.org |
| Levitskaya,Alexandra | slevitskaya@bds.org |
| Lipp,Carolyn | clipp@bds.org |
| Lipsky,Jacob M | jlipsky@bds.org |
| Lissy,Kathryn | klissy@bds.org |
| Long-Waldor,Lindsay | llongwaldor@bds.org |
| Louissaint,Sheila | slouissaint@bds.org |
| Luskin,Charles | cluskin@bds.org |
| Lyubarsky,Andrew | alyubarsky@bds.org |
| Maeder,Sara | smaeder@bds.org |
| Maes,Robert | rmaes@bds.org |
| Magarinos,Jennifer | jmagarinos@bds.org |
| Magel,Paul | pmagel@bds.org |
| Mancini,Daniela | dmancini@bds.org |
| Mandery,Edward | emandery@bds.org |
| Marcus,Jessica | jmarcus@bds.org |
| Marquez,Sonia | smarquez@bds.org |
| Marritz,Amelia | amarritz@bds.org |
| Marton,Danielle | dmarton@bds.org |
| Mata,Natalia | nmata@bds.org |
| Matar,Hady | hmatar@bds.org |
| Mawhinney,Sarah | smawhinney@bds.org |
| Mayol,Anthony | amayol@bds.org |
| McCarthy,Edward | emccarthy@bds.org |
| McCarthy,Margaret | mxMcCarthy@bds.org |
| McCarthy,Meghan | mmccarthy@bds.org |
| McCrea,Hannah | hmccrea@bds.org |
| McErlean,Timothy | tmcerlean@bds.org |
| McHugh,Alexander | amchugh@bds.org |
| McIntee,Kelli | kmcintee@bds.org |
| McKenna,Kathleen | kmckenna@bds.org |
| McNamara,Eileen | emcnamara@bds.org |
| Mease,Cameron K | cmease@bds.org |
| Meltzer,Molly | mmeltzer@bds.org |
| Mendelsohn,Sarah | sshebby@bds.org |
| Mercurio,James | jmercurio@bds.org |
| Mercuris,Hannah | hmercuris@bds.org |
| Miller,Rebecca M | bmiller@bds.org |
| Millette,Asia-Sierra | asmillette@bds.org |
| Mills,Melissa | mmills@bds.org |
| Miranda-Gaffar,Lara | lgaffar@bds.org |
| Mitchell,Ashley | amitchell@bds.org |
| Mitchell,Susan | smitchell@bds.org |
| Modzeleski,Jillian | jmodzeleski@bds.org |
| Moletteri,Andrea | amoletteri@bds.org |
| Molinaro,Sara | smolinaro@bds.org |
| Montaigne,Eugenie | emontaigne@bds.org |
| Montemayor,Victor | vmontemayor@bds.org |
| Morejon,Alicia | amorejon@bds.org |
| Muentes,Maria | mmuentes@bds.org |
| Mukarji-Connolly,Anya | amukarjiconnolly@bds.org |
| Mulzer,Amy | amulzer@bds.org |
| Myren,Adam | amyren@bds.org |
| Nakashima,Kelly | knakashima@bds.org |
| Nasatir,Kimberly | knasatir@bds.org |
| Natarajan,Nila | nnatarajan@bds.org |
| Neufeld,Johanna | jneufeld@bds.org |
| Nicodemus,Samantha | snicodemus@bds.org |
| Nimmala,Keerthana | knimmala@bds.org |
| Nitsche,Jessica | jnitsche@bds.org |
| Noboa,Tiffany | tnoboa@bds.org |
| Nolasco,Samantha | snolasco@bds.org |
| O’Connor,Alfred | aoconnor@bds.org |
| O’Donovan,Douglas | dodonovan@bds.org |
| O’Toole,Emily | eotoole@bds.org |
| Offen,Nora | noffen@bds.org |
| Orgill,Janissia | jorgill@bds.org |
| Ortiz,Luis | lortiz@bds.org |
| Pachnanda,Ellen | epachnanda@bds.org |
| Padolina,Kristal | kpadolina@bds.org |
| Pai,Hemangi S | hpai@bds.org |
| Palmer,Marquis | mpalmer@bds.org |
| Panday,Ambika | apanday@bds.org |
| Parcero,Juan | jparcero@bds.org |
| Passa,Guillermina | gpassa@bds.org |
| Patterson,Russell | rpatterson@bds.org |
| Paulraj,Samantha | spaulraj@bds.org |
| Peck,Sydney T | speck@bds.org |
| Pedro,Christopher | cpedro@bds.org |
| Perbix,Brian | bperbix@bds.org |
| Perks,Christopher P | cperks@bds.org |
| Perlin,Alexander | aperlin@bds.org |
| Perry,Hanna | hperry@bds.org |
| Poirot,Collin | cpoirot@bds.org |
| Price,Lauren | lprice@bds.org |
| Qamar,Sana | sqamar@bds.org |
| Quintero-Millan,Michelle | mquintero@bds.org |
| Raimondi,Guy | graimondi@bds.org |
| Ramovic,Senad | sramovic@bds.org |
| Ravinsky,Jeremy | jravinsky@bds.org |
| Regis,Danielle | dregis@bds.org |
| Ribaudo,Danielle | dribaudo@bds.org |
| Riedel,Michelle | mriedel@bds.org |
| Riether,Robert | rriether@bds.org |
| Rivera Ramirez,Elsa Paulina | privera@bds.org |
| Robison,Matthew | mrobison@bds.org |
| Rochon,Alexander | arochon@bds.org |
| Rockoff,Jesse | jrockoff@bds.org |
| Rodriguez,Laurita | lrodriguez@bds.org |
| Roffman,Elana | eroffman@bds.org |
| Rose,Aubrey | arose@bds.org |
| Rosenberg,Alan | arosenberg@bds.org |
| Ross,Hayley | hross@bds.org |
| Ross,William | wross@bds.org |
| Rothchild,Joanna | jrothchild@bds.org |
| Roughton III,Bert | broughton@bds.org |
| Royall,James | jroyall@bds.org |
| Saenz,Andrea | asaenz@bds.org |
| Salvatore,Lisa | lsalvatore@bds.org |
| Santiago,Ciara | csantiago@bds.org |
| Schindler,Emma | eschindler@bds.org |
| Schmelkin,Adam | aschmelkin@bds.org |
| Schmidt,Daniella | dschmidt@bds.org |
| Schneider,Ronald | rschneider@bds.org |
| Schwartz,Rebecca | rschwartz@bds.org |
| Secular,David G | dsecular@bds.org |
| Segal,Emma | esegal@bds.org |
| Seroussi,Alysha | aseroussi@bds.org |
| Shaffer,Emily | eshaffer@bds.org |
| Shapiro,Lauren | lshapiro@bds.org |
| Shelton,Jacquelyn | jshelton@bds.org |
| Sherman,Marissa K | msherman@bds.org |
| Shimizu,Shelle | sshimizu@bds.org |
| Siegel,Kevin | ksiegel@bds.org |
| Sieger,Joseph | jsieger@bds.org |
| Silberman,Debora | dsilberman@bds.org |
| Simmonds,Jonathan | msimmonds@bds.org |
| Simon,Arielle V | asimon@bds.org |
| Skosnik,Eliza | eskosnik@bds.org |
| Smithson,Margaret | msmithson@bds.org |
| Smyth,Melissa | msmyth@bds.org |
| Soto-Paniagua,Nairy | nsotopaniagua@bds.org |
| Soto,Natali | nsoto@bds.org |
| Spiegel,Sophie | sspiegel@bds.org |
| Spirig,Simone | sspirig@bds.org |
| Stein,Shari | sstein@bds.org |
| Sternlieb,Erin | esternlieb@bds.org |
| Still,Alliyah | astill@bds.org |
| Stocking,Alison | astocking@bds.org |
| Stoloff,Heather | hstoloff@bds.org |
| Suelflow,Natasha | nsuelflow@bds.org |
| Swain,Michael | mswain@bds.org |
| Taj,Nabila | ntaj@bds.org |
| Tate-Cousins,Sonia | statecousins@bds.org |
| Tawfik,Alexandra | atawfik@bds.org |
| Telfair-Garcia,Alexis | atelfairgarcia@bds.org |
| Thomas,Wilton | wthomas@bds.org |
| Trent,Melissa | mtrent@bds.org |
| Unger,Abigail | aunger@bds.org |
| Uwakwe,Rebecca | rgregory@bds.org |
| Valencia,Saskia | svalencia@bds.org |
| Vasta-Kuby,Emma | evastakuby@bds.org |
| Velasquez,Andrea | avelasquez@bds.org |
| Vest,Laura | lvest@bds.org |
| Vogelstein,Lynn | lvogelstein@bds.org |
| Wadia,Darius | dwadia@bds.org |
| Walker,Chauncey R | crwalker@bds.org |
| Waxman,Michael | mwaxman@bds.org |
| Way,Michael | mway@bds.org |
| Whalen,Emily | ewhalen@bds.org |
| White,Alicia | awhite@bds.org |
| Wishne,Juliana | jwishne@bds.org |
| Wittwer,Benjamin | bwittwer@bds.org |
| Wooley,Laura | lwooley@bds.org |
| Woolworth,Aminie L | awoolworth@bds.org |
| Yee,Mackenzie | myee@bds.org |
| Ying,Iris | iying@bds.org |
| Young,Danielle | dyoung@bds.org |
| Zarabi,Shirin | szarabi@bds.org |
| Zilberman,Masha | mzilberman@bds.org |
| Zubay,Brenda | bzubay@bds.org |