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 |
Alexander, Tess | talexander@bds.org |
Alexandre, Rachelle | ralexandre@bds.org |
Alleyne, Aisha | aalleyne@bds.org |
Alpert, Emma | ealpert@bds.org |
Amezcua, Isaura | iamezcua@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 |
Ball, Daniel | dball@bds.org |
Banayan, Jaclyn | jbanayan@bds.org |
Bandy, Dipona | dbandy@bds.org |
Barbagiannis, Efthimia | ebarbagiannis@bds.org |
Barrett, Antolina | lbarrett@bds.org |
Barron, Kyle | kbarron@bds.org |
Basak, Piyali | pbasak@bds.org |
Baum, Michael | mbaum@bds.org |
Beal, Tanner | tbeal@bds.org |
Bello, Danelly | dbello@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 |
Brierly-Snowden, Jessica | jbrierly@bds.org |
Briody, Alyssa | abriody@bds.org |
Briones, Melissa | mbriones@bds.org |
Bristol, Heather | hbristol@bds.org |
Brock, Jasmine | jbrock@bds.org |
Brosh, William | wbrosh@bds.org |
Brown, Megan | msbrown@bds.org |
Brown, Shantelle | sbrown@bds.org |
Bryan, William | bbryan@bds.org |
Budnick, Charles | cbudnick@bds.org |
Buller, Lindsey | lbuller@bds.org |
Burke, Jamie | Jburke@bds.org |
Burleson, Sarah | sburleson@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 |
Ceballos-Arias, Angelica | aceballos@bds.org |
Cedano, Irene | icedano@bds.org |
Chamberlin, Aubrey | achamberlin@bds.org |
Chang, Alison | achang@bds.org |
Charland, Stacy | scharland@bds.org |
Charles, Jael | jcharles@bds.org |
Chausow, Jared | jchausow@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 |
Cooke, George | gcooke@bds.org |
Coomes, Scott | scoomes@bds.org |
Coyle, Mary | mcoyle@bds.org |
Crawford, Maurice | mcrawford@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 |
Davis, Candice | cdavis@bds.org |
Dean, Stephen | sdean@bds.org |
DeAvila, Kelsey | kdeavila@bds.org |
DeBellis, John | jdebellis@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 |
Domenzain, Gabriela | gdomenzain@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 |
Dugan, Marjorie | mdugan@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 |
Fayemi, Olukemi | ofayemi@bds.org |
Fequiere, Natasha | nfequiere@bds.org |
Ferlise, Alexandra | aferlise@bds.org |
Fernandez, Ashlynn | afernandez@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 |
Freiman, Gabriel | gfreiman@bds.org |
Friedman, Andrew | afriedman@bds.org |
Friedman, Jenny | jfriedman@bds.org |
Fuentes, Cynthia | cfuentes@bds.org |
Gadson, Candis | cgadson@bds.org |
Garcia, Izabel | igarcia@bds.org |
Gardephe, Sophie | sgardephe@bds.org |
Gardner, Amy | agardner@bds.org |
Gardner, Marian | mgardner@bds.org |
Gentile, Miriam | mgentile@bds.org |
George, Chloe | cgeorge@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 |
Gonzalez, Elizabeth | egonzalez@bds.org |
Goodman, Rachel | rgoodman@bds.org |
Gottlieb, Caroline | cgottlieb@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 |
Hankins, Thomas | thankins@bds.org |
Hastings, Theodore | thastings@bds.org |
Hebert, Dara | dhebert@bds.org |
Hechinger, Scott | shechinger@bds.org |
Heilbrun, Matteo | mheilbrun@bds.org |
Herman, Kristine | kherman@bds.org |
Herr, Christopher | cherr@bds.org |
Herrera-Carino, Marco | mherrera@bds.org |
Hession, Natalie | nhession@bds.org |
Hickey, Nyasa L | nhickey@bds.org |
Hoff, Linda | lhoff@bds.org |
Holbrook, Brian | bholbrook@bds.org |
Holliday, Alonte | aholliday@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 |
Jean, Rebecca | rjean@bds.org |
Joly, Zoe | zjoly@bds.org |
Jones, Brian | bjones@bds.org |
Joseph, Carlie | cjoseph@bds.org |
Juarbe Santaliz, Angelica | ajuarbe@bds.org |
Julme, Thalia | tjulme@bds.org |
Julstrom-Agoyo, Julia | jjagoyo@bds.org |
Kagan, Gittel | gkagan@bds.org |
Kaishian, Maryanne | mkaishian@bds.org |
Kamalian, Jenny | jkamalian@bds.org |
Karlsson, Susannah | skarlsson@bds.org |
Katz, Samantha | skatz@bds.org |
Keeney, Elizabeth | ekeeney@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 |
Krumwiede, Julie | jkrumwiede@bds.org |
LaFontaine, Richard | rlafontaine@bds.org |
Laino, John | jlaino@bds.org |
Lampert, Alexandra | alampert@bds.org |
Lane, Cassidy | clane@bds.org |
Lauterback, Molly | mlauterback@bds.org |
Lavoie, Ashley E | akloepfer@bds.org |
Lawler, Emma | elawler@bds.org |
Lawson, Tracy | tlawson@bds.org |
Lee, Yung-Mi | ylee@bds.org |
Leib, Dana | dleib@bds.org |
Levi, Hela S | hlevi@bds.org |
Levine, Rachel | rlevine@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 |
Lopez, Melissa | mmills@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 |
Maloney, Crystal | cmaloney@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 |
Menschel, Brooke | bmenschel@bds.org |
Merchant, Sarah | smerchant@bds.org |
Mercurio, James | jmercurio@bds.org |
Mercuris, Hannah | hmercuris@bds.org |
Miedel, Eliza | emiedel@bds.org |
Miller, Rebecca M | bmiller@bds.org |
Millette, Asia-Sierra | asmillette@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 |
Montesquieu, Maria | mmontesquieu@bds.org |
Muentes, Maria | mmuentes@bds.org |
Mukarji-Connolly, Anya | amukarjiconnolly@bds.org |
Myren, Adam | amyren@bds.org |
Nakashima, Kelly | knakashima@bds.org |
Nasatir, Kimberly | knasatir@bds.org |
Natarajan, Nila | nnatarajan@bds.org |
Nimmala, Keerthana | knimmala@bds.org |
Nitsche, Jessica | jnitsche@bds.org |
Nolasco, Samantha | snolasco@bds.org |
Nunez, Topacio | tnunez@bds.org |
O’Connor, Alfred | aoconnor@bds.org |
O’Donovan, Douglas | dodonovan@bds.org |
Offen, Nora | noffen@bds.org |
Okun, Julia | jokun@bds.org |
Orduno Flores, Bladimir | borduno@bds.org |
Orgill, Janissia | jorgill@bds.org |
Ortiz, Luis | lortiz@bds.org |
Ortiz, Michelle | mortiz@bds.org |
O’Toole, Emily | eotoole@bds.org |
Pachnanda, Ellen | epachnanda@bds.org |
Padolina, Kristal | kpadolina@bds.org |
Pai, Hemangi S | hpai@bds.org |
Paige, Niambi | npaige@bds.org |
Palmer, Marquis | mpalmer@bds.org |
Panday, Ambika | apanday@bds.org |
Parker, Melissa | mparker@bds.org |
Passa, Guillermina | gpassa@bds.org |
Peck, Sydney T | speck@bds.org |
Pedro, Christopher | cpedro@bds.org |
Perbix, Brian | bperbix@bds.org |
Perez, Alfredo | aperez@bds.org |
Perks, Christopher P | cperks@bds.org |
Perlin, Alexander | aperlin@bds.org |
Perry, Hanna | hperry@bds.org |
Pichardo, Yocasta | ypichardo@bds.org |
Poirot, Collin | cpoirot@bds.org |
Price, Lauren | lprice@bds.org |
Prine, Henry | hprine@bds.org |
Quintero-Millan, Michelle | mquintero@bds.org |
Raimondi, Guy | graimondi@bds.org |
Ramirez, Lorena | loramirez@bds.org |
Ramovic, Senad | sramovic@bds.org |
Regis, Danielle | dregis@bds.org |
Rhodd, Moshammet | mrhodd@bds.org |
Riedel, Michelle | mriedel@bds.org |
Riether, Robert | rriether@bds.org |
Rivera Ramirez, Elsa Paulina | privera@bds.org |
Rivera, Nancy | nrivera@bds.org |
Robinson, Henry | hrobinson@bds.org |
Robison, Matthew | mrobison@bds.org |
Rochon, Alexander | arochon@bds.org |
Rockoff, Jesse | jrockoff@bds.org |
Rodriguez, Laurita | lrodriguez@bds.org |
Rose, Aubrey | arose@bds.org |
Rosenberg, Alan | arosenberg@bds.org |
Ross, William | wross@bds.org |
Roughton III, Bert | broughton@bds.org |
Royall, James | jroyall@bds.org |
Saenz, Andrea | asaenz@bds.org |
Saft, Laura | lsaft@bds.org |
Salazar, Xandra | esalazar@bds.org |
Salvatore, Lisa | lsalvatore@bds.org |
Schectman, Rebecca | rschectman@bds.org |
Schlansky, Lauren | lschlansky@bds.org |
Schmelkin, Adam | aschmelkin@bds.org |
Schmidt, Daniella | dschmidt@bds.org |
Schneider, Ronald | rschneider@bds.org |
Schnell, Samantha | sschnell@bds.org |
Schrading, Sarah | sschrading@bds.org |
Schwartz, Emily | eschwartz@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 |
Simon, Arielle V | asimon@bds.org |
Sinchi, Silvia | ssinchi@bds.org |
Skosnik, Eliza | eskosnik@bds.org |
Slizewski, Patricia | pslizewski@bds.org |
Smith, Lindsey | lsmith@bds.org |
Smith, Rachel | rssmith@bds.org |
Smithson, Margaret | msmithson@bds.org |
Smyth, Melissa | msmyth@bds.org |
Sosa, Tatianna | tsosa@bds.org |
Soto, Natali | nsoto@bds.org |
Soto-Paniagua, Nairy | nsotopaniagua@bds.org |
Spiegel, Sophie | sspiegel@bds.org |
Spirig, Simone | sspirig@bds.org |
Stein, Shari | sstein@bds.org |
Steiner, Emma | esteiner@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 |
Suslovic, Brianna | bsuslovic@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 |
Uwakwe, Rebecca | rgregory@bds.org |
Valencia, Saskia | svalencia@bds.org |
VanHouten, Mary | mharper@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 |
White, Chrishana | cwhite@bds.org |
Williams, Phillip | pwilliams@bds.org |
Winshall, Nathan | nwinshall@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 |