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 |