OPDBR’S mission is to create a client-centered, community-oriented defender office founded on the pursuit
of equal justice and zealous representation for the indigent community of Baton Rouge.
To reach any of our staff members, please dial 225-389-3150
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
Kyla Romanach, Chief Public Defender, kromanach@opdbr.org ext. 3609
Tina Anny, Business Manager, tanny@opdbr.org, ext. 3645
Margaret Lagattuta, Chief of Trials, mlagattuta@opdbr.org, ext. 3628
Tim Wilkinson, Chief Investigator, twilkinson@opdbr.org, ext. 3647
Keith Thornton, Chief of Baton Rouge City Court, kthornton@opdbr.org, ext. 3652
Herman Holmes, Chief of Juvenile, hholmes@opdbr.org, ext. 1297
Secretary Staff
District Court
Receptionist, Stephanie Dangerfield, reception@opdbr.org, dial 0
Sections 1 and 4 (Judge Fred T. Crifasi and Judge Eboni Johnson Rose)- Monica Dickerson, mdickerson@opdbr.org, ext. 3627
Sections 3 – Tracy Nichelson, tnichelson@opdbr.org, ext. 3697
Sections 5 and 7(Judge Carson Marcantel and Louise Hines)- Sarah Dickerson, sdickerson@opdbr.org, ext. 3650
Section 6 (Judge William Jorden)- Erica Canova, Ecanova@opdbr.org, ext. 3608
Sections 2 (Judge Gail Ray – Jaliyah Ruffin, jruffin@opdbr.org, ext. 3619
Section 8 (judge Colette Gregs) Stephanie Hanley, smhanley@opdbr.org, ext. 3689
City/Juvenile/Baker/Zachary Courts
Baton Rouge City Court, Laura Henderson, lhenderson@opdbr.org, ext. 3642
Juvenile Court, Melanie Davis, mdavis@opdbr.org, ext. 3672
CINC/Baker/Zachary Courts, Haley Baronet, hbaronet@opdbr.org, ext. 3629
Mitigation Unit
Chief Mitigation Specialist – Rachel Dupre, rdupre@opdbr.org
Ricardo Carmouche, rcarmouche@opdbr.org
Jeremiah Gray, jgray@opdbr.org
Investigation Unit
District Court
Pamela Hart, phart@opdbr.org ext. 3623
Section 1 and Capital- Josh Webb, jwebb@opdbr.org, ext. 3646
Section 2- Logan Leblanc, lleblanc@opdbr.org
Section 3- Joseph Alexander, jalexander@opdbr.org ext. 3693
Section 4- Andrea Arteaga, aarteaga@opdbr.org ext. 3624
Section 5- Leslie Triche, lktriche@opdbr.org
Section 6- Josefina Gonzalez, jgonzalez@opdbr.org, ext. 3673
Section 7- Jazmine Brannon, jbrannon@opdbr.org ext. 3616
Section 8- Gabriel Tagle, gtagle@opdbr.org ext. 3692
City Court/Juvenile Court
Baton Rouge City Court, Eric Shaffer, eshaffer@opdbr.org, ext. 3632
Juvenile Court, Dawn Moore, dmoore@opdbr.org Juvenile Court, Rosa Sellers, rsellers@opdbr.org
Capital
Ana McDonald, amcdonald@opdbr.org
Stephanie King, sking@opdbr.org
Attorneys
District Court Call Out
Attorney, Gabby Abraham, gabraham@opdbr.org
City Court Call Out
Attorney, Hays Town, htown@opdbr.org
District Court
Dvision H (Judge Fred T. Crifasi)- Scott Collier, scollier@opdbr.org, Robin Capps, rcapps@opdbr.org, Natalie Lonergan, nlonergan@opdbr.org
Dvision G (Judge Gail Ray)- Rosalind Freeman, rfreeman@opdbr.org, Christina Bartzokis, cbartzokis@opdbr.org, Shelley Moore, smoore@opdbr.org
Division E (Judge Brad Myers)- Rachael Buckley, rbuckley@opdbr.org, Angela Karanja, akaranja@opdbr.org
Division B (Judge Don Johnson)- Melissa Walker, mwalker@opdbr.orgCharlisse Walters, cwalters@opdbr.org , Sammons Corbett, scorbett@opdbr.org
Dvision I (Judge Carson Marcanterl)- Ebonni Jackson, ejackson@opdbr.org, Tiffany Washington, twashington@opdbr.org, Marcus Roots, mroots@opdbr.org, Jessica Hawkins, jhawkins@opdbr.org
Division M (Judge Bonnie Jackson)- La’Deisha Woods, lwoods@opdbr.org, Elton Heron, eheron@opdbr.org, Dewanna Stewart-Daniels, dsdaniels@opdbr.org, Summer Knight, sknight@opdbr.org
Division F (Judge Louise Hines)- Alex Herstenstein, aherstenstein@opdbr.org, April White, awhite@opdbr.org, Dawn Collins, dcollins@opdbr.org
Division J (Judge Collette Greggs)- Joseph Scott, jscott@opdbr.org, Asia Hurst, ahurst@opdbr.org, Luke Thibodeaux, lthibodeaux@opdbr.org
Life without Parole Attorneys- Hafiz Folami, hfolami@opdbr.org, Stephen Sterling, ssterling@opdbr.org, Elizabeth Warner, ewarner@opdbr.org, Jeanna Wheat, jwheat@opdbr.org, Rob Ray, rray@opdbr.org, Bruce Unangst bunangst@opdbr.org, Caitlin Fowlkes, cfowlkes@opdbr.org, Shelby Wambsgans, swambsgans@opdbr.org, Eric Hayes, ehayes@opdbr.org
Baton Rouge City Court/ Recovery Court
Baton Rouge City Court, Jim Murray, jmurray@opdbr.org
Baton Rouge City Court, Michaela Weeks, mweeks@opdbr.org
Baton Rouge Recovery Court, Ersalee Unangst, eunangst@opdbr.org
Juvenile Court
Juvenile, Lakita Leonard, lleonard@opdbr.org
Juvenile, Shawn Bray, sbray@opdbr.org
Juvenile, Ali Militana, amilitana@opdbr.org