EmployerLos Angeles · California

Federal Public Defender

62 California attorneys list Federal Public Defender in Los Angeles on the official State Bar roll. Also on record in Riverside County and Orange County.

An employer is a matter of record, not a measure of quality. This registry does not rank, rate, or endorse attorneys or firms, and the order below is neutral. Legal information, not legal advice.

On the official roll

Attorneys on record

62.

55 hold an active California license

On the California roll since at least 1987 — the earliest admission year among these attorneys, not a founding date.

Where they practise

Los Angeles · Las Vegas · Riverside.

Los Angeles County (29) · Riverside County (4) · Orange County (3)

Practice areas on the roster: Criminal Defense · Business Litigation · Civil Rights · Immigration.

Attorneys on the registry

Holt O. Alden

Business Litigation · Los Angeles

Bar #338290 · Admitted 2021

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Melissa L. Austen

Criminal Defense · Los Angeles

Bar #321897 · Admitted 2018

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Celeste Bacchi

Criminal Defense · Las Vegas

Bar #307119 · Admitted 2015

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Hope Bentley

Criminal Defense · Los Angeles

Bar #347625 · Admitted 2022

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Hannah A. Bogen

Criminal Defense · Los Angeles

Bar #324294 · Admitted 2018

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Heejae Chang

Criminal Defense · Sacramento

Bar #355496 · Admitted 2024

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Neha A. Christerna

Criminal Defense · Los Angeles

Bar #245191 · Admitted 2006

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Samuel O. Cross

Criminal Defense · Los Angeles

Bar #304718 · Admitted 2015

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Elizabeth M. Falk

Criminal Defense · San Francisco

Bar #215236 · Admitted 2001

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Joyce Leavitt Fine

Criminal Defense · Oakland

Bar #141935 · Admitted 1989

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Kaitlyn R. Fryzek

Criminal Defense · Oakland

Bar #340229 · Admitted 2021

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Meredith A. Gallen

Criminal Defense · Harrisburg

Bar #291606 · Admitted 2013

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Taylor W. Gee

Criminal Defense · Los Angeles

Bar #358203 · Admitted 2024

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Gregory S. Geist

Criminal Defense · Seattle

Bar #247902 · Admitted 2006

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Deborah E. Gonzalez

Criminal Defense · Los Angeles

Bar #310153 · Admitted 2016

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Reed B. Grantham

Criminal Defense · Portland

Bar #294171 · Admitted 2013

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Emily J. Groendyke

Criminal Defense · Los Angeles

Bar #264102 · Admitted 2009

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Jaya C. Gupta

· Los Angeles

Bar #312138 · Admitted 2016

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Hunter Haney

· Los Angeles

Bar #340445 · Admitted 2021

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Jason M. Hannan

Criminal Defense · Santa Ana

Bar #290841 · Admitted 2013

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Andrea L. Jacobs

Criminal Defense · Santa Ana

Bar #236892 · Admitted 2005

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Young J. Kim

Criminal Defense · Riverside

Bar #264195 · Admitted 2009

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Steven J. Koeninger

Criminal Defense · San Francisco

Bar #211757 · Admitted 2000

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Ajay V. Kusnoor

· Los Angeles

Bar #273929 · Admitted 2010

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Daniel T. Lee

Criminal Defense · los angeles

Bar #343306 · Admitted 2022

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Kate L. Morris

Criminal Defense · Los Angeles

Bar #332159 · Admitted 2020

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Chelsea C. Muir

Criminal Defense · El Paso

Bar #351005 · Admitted 2023

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Erin M. Murphy

· Los Angeles

Bar #285087 · Admitted 2012

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Noa E. Oren

Criminal Defense · Sacramento

Bar #297100 · Admitted 2014

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Shelly Richter

Criminal Defense · Las Vegas

Bar #343104 · Admitted 2022

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Jonah Rosenbaum

Criminal Defense · Los Angeles

Bar #344667 · Admitted 2022

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Elena R. Sadowsky

Criminal Defense · Los Angeles

Bar #302053 · Admitted 2014

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Diana Sanchez

Civil Rights · Los Angeles

Bar #338871 · Admitted 2021

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Ayah A. Sarsour

Criminal Defense · Riverside

Bar #340280 · Admitted 2021

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Laura I. Schaefer

Criminal Defense · Los Angeles

Bar #344389 · Admitted 2022

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Amy W. Senia

Business Litigation · Denver

Bar #329134 · Admitted 2019

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Ryan F. Shelley

Criminal Defense · Los Angeles

Bar #337528 · Admitted 2021

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Rose E. Statman

· Los Angeles

Bar #340888 · Admitted 2021

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Andrew B. Talai

· Los Angeles

Bar #300053 · Admitted 2014

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Sarah G. Thompson

Criminal Defense · Riverside

Bar #360779 · Admitted 2025

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Sophia M. Whiting

Criminal Defense · San Jose

Bar #324880 · Admitted 2019

Official record

Source of record

State Bar of California.

Each attorney’s employer is the value published on their official licensee record. Inclusion here is not a statement that the attorney currently works there; an attorney who has claimed their profile can correct it themselves.

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