Our Team

Public Defender for Jefferson County

Adam Danneman
Adam Danneman

Deputy Public Defenders

Sammie ShawBlair Shores
Chief Deputy, Special Litigation UnitChief Deputy, Litigation
Sammie ShawBlair Shores

Trial Teams

Chad BlackSidney MitchellWilliam Porter
Senior Trial AttorneyTrial AttorneyTrial Attorney
Chad BlackSidney MitchellWilliam Porter
Jason ThurmanChris Todd
Trial AttorneyAdministrative Assistant
Jason ThurmanChristopher Todd

Brock BrettGustavo HeudebertJoey Page
Senior Trial AttorneyTrial AttorneyTrial Attorney
Brock BrettGustavo HeudebertJoseph Page
Chris WilsonTaylor WiseLaChanda Boyd
Trial AttorneyTrial AttorneyAdministrative Assistant
Chris WilsonTaylor WiseLaChanda Boyd

Hunter CarmichaelAlly BrinsonElizabeth Esser-Stuart
Senior Trial AttorneyTrial AttorneyTrial Attorney
Hunter CarmichaelAlly BrinsonElizabeth Esser-Stuart
Allen HeadRodney LacyJames Linholm
Trial AttorneyTrial AttorneyAdministrative Assistant
Allen HeadRodney LacyJames Linholm

Allyson SearlsPhil FikesKatie Hill
Senior Trial AttorneyTrial AttorneyTrial Attorney
Allyson SearlsPhil FikesKatie Hill
Tanesha MaitenBrittany MercerLatoya Stewart
Trial AttorneyTrial AttorneyAdministrative Assistant
Tanesha MaitenBrittany MercerLatoya Stewart

Caty SwindallAlan LangleyJayme Leadmon
Senior Trial AttorneyTrial AttorneyTrial Attorney
Catelyn SwindallAlan LangleyJayme Leadmon
Rachel SmithErica Holmes
Trial AttorneyAdministrative Assistant
Rachel SmithErica Holmes

Livingston WallsAdelaide BeckmanAshley Ogles
Senior Trial AttorneyTrial AttorneyTrial Attorney
Livingston WallsAdelaide BeckmanAshley Ogles
Hope ParkerMichelle SpikerKaiseree Morgan
Trial AttorneyTrial AttorneyAdministrative Assistant
Hope ParkerMichelle SpikerKaiseree Morgan

Senior District Court Team

Alex MasonDeidra MayesLatonia WilliamsTabitha Champion
Trial AttorneyTrial AttorneyTrial AttorneyAdministrative Assistant
Alex MasonDeidra MayesLatonia WilliamsTabitha Champion

Appeals

Joseph SimonettiHolly MillerMelissa Clark
Senior Appellate AttorneyAppellate AttorneyAdministrative Assistant
Joseph SimonettiHolly MillerMelissa Clark

Special Litigation Trial Team

Paul McDanielPaul RandMichael Rasmussen
Forensics Chief AttorneySpecial Projects / Mental Health Court AttorneyTraining Director
Paul McDanielPaul RandMichael Rasummsen
Arienna TohChrista WiningerTabitha Champion
Trial AttorneyTrial AttorneyAdministrative Assistant
Arienna GrodyChrista WiningerTabitha Champion

Pretrial Release Unit

Texys MorrisKayla McGradyMichael Shores
Supervising AttorneyTrial AttorneyAniah’s Law Attorney
Texys MorrisKayla McGradyMichael Shores
Jalen HunterShalonzia TubbsEryka Slaughter
Client AdvocateSocial WorkerSocial Worker
Jalen HunterShalonzia TubbsEryka Slaugher

Operations

Brian Patrick Brock, Esq., A+, Net+, Security+, CySA+Melissa ClarkRhonda Meredith
Information Technology SpecialistOffice AdministratorIntake Coordinator
Brian BrockMelissa ClarkRhonda Meredith

Investigators

Andrew HutchisonBrittany RodgersJustian Staton
Senior InvestigatorInvestigatorInvestigator
Andrew HutchisonBrittany RodgersJustian Staton