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
cblack@jeffcodefender.orgsmitchell@jeffcodefender.orgwporter@jeffcodefender.org
Chad BlackSidney MitchellWilliam Porter
Jason ThurmanChris Todd
Trial AttorneyAdministrative Assistant
jthurman@jeffcodefender.org
Jason ThurmanChristopher Todd

Hunter CarmichaelAlly BrinsonElizabeth Esser-Stuart
Senior Trial AttorneyTrial AttorneyTrial Attorney
hcarmichael@jeffcodefender.orgabrinson@jeffcodefender.orgeesser-stuart@jeffcodefender.org
Hunter CarmichaelAlly BrinsonElizabeth Esser-Stuart
Rodney LacyRachel SmithJames Linholm
Trial AttorneyTrial AttorneyAdministrative Assistant
rlacy@jeffcodefender.orgrsmith@jeffcodefender.org
Rodney LacyRachel SmithJames Linholm

Michael RasmussenJayme LeadmonMichelle Spiker
Senior Trial AttorneyTrial AttorneyTrial Attorney
mrasmussen@jeffcodefender.orgjleadmon@jeffcodefender.orgmspiker@jeffcodefender.org
Michael RasummsenJayme LeadmonMichelle Spiker
Kaiseree Morgan
Administrative Assistant
Kaiseree Morgan

Allyson SearlsGustavo HeudebertJoey Page
Senior Trial AttorneyTrial AttorneyTrial Attorney
asearls@jeffcodefender.orggheudebert@jeffcodefender.orgjpage@jeffcodefender.org
Allyson SearlsGustavo HeudebertJoseph Page
Chris WilsonTaylor WiseLaChanda Boyd
Trial AttorneyTrial AttorneyAdministrative Assistant
cwilson@jeffcodefender.orgtwise@jeffcodefender.org
Chris WilsonTaylor WiseLaChanda Boyd

Caty SwindallAlan Langley
Senior Trial AttorneyTrial Attorney
cswindall@jeffcodefender.orgalangley@jeffcodefender.org
Caty SwindallAlan Langley
Rachel SmithErica Holmes
Trial AttorneyAdministrative Assistant
rsmith@jeffcodefender.org
Rachel SmithErica Holmes

Christa WiningerAdelaide BeckmanHunter Horton
Senior Trial AttorneyTrial AttorneyTrial Attorney
cwininger@jeffcodefender.orgabeckman@jeffcodefender.orghhorton@jeffcodefender.org
Christa WiningerAdelaide BeckmanHunter Horton
Ashley OglesHope ParkerKaiseree Morgan
Trial AttorneyTrial AttorneyAdministrative Assistant
aogles@jeffcodefender.orghparker@jeffcodefender.org
Ashley OglesHope ParkerKaiseree Morgan

Livingston WallsKatie HillBrittany Mercer
Senior Trial AttorneyTrial AttorneyTrial Attorney
lwalls@jeffcodefender.orgkhill@jeffcodefender.orgbmercer@jeffcodefender.org
Livingston WallsKatie HillBrittany Mercer
LaToya Stewart
Administrative Assistant
Latoya Stewart

Senior District Court Team

Alex MasonDeidra MayesLatonia WilliamsTabitha Champion
Trial AttorneyTrial AttorneyTrial AttorneyAdministrative Assistant
amason@jeffcodefender.org dmayes@jeffcodefender.orglwilliams@jeffcodefender.org
Alex MasonDeidra MayesLatonia WilliamsTabitha Champion

Appeals

Joseph SimonettiHolly MillerMelissa Clark
Senior Appellate AttorneyAppellate AttorneyAdministrative Assistant
jsimonetti@jeffcodefender.orghmiller@jeffcodefender.org
Joseph SimonettiHolly MillerMelissa Clark

Special Litigation Trial Team

Paul McDanielPaul RandBrittany Mercer
Forensics Chief AttorneySpecial Projects / Mental Health Court AttorneyTrial Attorney
pmcdaniel@jeffcodefender.orgprand@jeffcodefender.orgbmercer@jeffcodefender.org
Paul McDanielPaul RandBrittany Mercer
Tabitha Champion
Administrative Assistant
Tabitha Champion

Pretrial Release Unit

Texys MorrisMichael Shores
Supervising AttorneyAniah’s Law Attorney
tmorris@jeffcodefender.orgmshores@jeffcodefender.org
Texys MorrisMichael 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