Our attorneys are assisted by dedicated paralegal specialists, investigators, administrators, legal secretaries, clerical assistants, computer specialists, Spanish interpreter, law clerks and interns who may work with your attorney on your case.

Sacramento

• Joseph Schlesinger, Acting Federal Defender
• Linda C. Harter, First Assistant
  
  Supervising Attorneys
• Joseph Schlesinger
  
  Assistant Federal Defenders
• Brian Abbington
• Douglas Beevers
• Matthew Bockmon
• Courtney Fein
• Joan Fisher
• Benjamin Galloway
• Lissa Gardner
• David Harshaw, III
• Monica Knox
• Jennifer Mann
• Ann McClintock
• Lexi Negin
• Michael Petrik
• David Porter
• Matthew Scoble
• Harry Simon
• Jeffrey Staniels
• Carolyn Wiggin
• Angeles Zaragoza
• Timothy Zindel
  
  Research and Writing Attorneys
• Rachelle Barbour
• Tivon Schardl
  
  Investigators
• Dorothy Ballew
• Melvin Buford
• Sandra Coke
• Juan Doig
• Carlos Escobedo
• Erika Feyereisen
• Charles Gillespie
• Henry Hawkins
• Linda Humble
• Paul Mann
• Waleska Mendoza
• Edgar Salazar

Fresno

• Francine Zepeda, Branch Chief
  
  Assistant Federal Defenders
• Victor Chavez
• Janet Bateman
• Marc Days
• Andras Farkas
• Jeremy Kroger
• Charles Lee
• Jerome Price
• Peggy Sasso
• Ann Voris
  
  Senior Litigator
• Eric Kersten
  
  Investigators
• Martha Espinosa
• Victor Gonzalez
• Vincent Lee