Attorneys, Assistants & Areas of Service

Listed below are the attorneys, assistants and the areas of law that they service within the Fifth District of the Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel. For a list of the attorneys in alphabetical order, please see our attorney list.

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MAIN OFFICE
Criminal and Dependency - Deland, Orange County, Seminole County and Titusville. Death Penalty Cases and Appeals for the Fifth District of Florida.
JEFFREY DEEN – REGIONAL COUNSEL, FIFTH DISTRICT - cpowell@rc5state.com Candi Powell - Administrative Director - cpowell@rc5state.com Michael Nappi – Chief Assistant Regional Counsel – mnappi@rc5state.com Junior Barrett – Chief Assistant Regional Counsel – jbarrett@rc5state.com Holly Honiker – Administrative Assistant - hborden@rc5state.com Kat Best – Administrative Assistant – kbest@rc5state.com

MAIN OFFICE

Criminal and Dependency - Deland, Orange County, Seminole County and Titusville.
Death Penalty Cases and Appeals for the Fifth District of Florida.

JEFFREY DEEN – REGIONAL COUNSEL, FIFTH DISTRICT - cpowell@rc5state.com
Candi Powell - Administrative Director - cpowell@rc5state.com
Michael Nappi – Chief Assistant Regional Counsel – mnappi@rc5state.com
Junior Barrett – Chief Assistant Regional Counsel – jbarrett@rc5state.com
Holly Honiker – Administrative Assistant - hborden@rc5state.com
Kat Best – Administrative Assistant – kbest@rc5state.com

DELAND
Attorney	Assistant	Area
Brett Kocijan - kocijanlaw@yahoo.com		felony / misdemeanor / juvenile
Katie Welch - kwelch@rc5state.com	Desiree Castro - dcastro@rc5state.com	dependency

ORANGE COUNTY
Attorney	Assistant	Area
Nequosha Anderson - nanderson@rc5state.com	Elyse Montes- emontes@rc5state.com	dependency
Marc Antoine - mantoine@rc5state.com	Lisa Ferrer - lgadson@rc5state.com	dependency
Robin Bara – rbara@rc5state.com	Toni Thomson - tthomson@rc5state.com	felony
Junior Barrett - jbarrett@rc5state.com	Tracey Collins - tcollins@rc5state.com	felony
Rebecca Gayoso - rgayoso@rc5state.com	Elyse Montes- emontes@rc5state.com	dependency
Mark Van Haasteren- mvanhaasteren@rc5state.com	Toni Thomson - tthomson@rc5state.com	felony / misdemeanor
Patrick Halnon - phalnon@rc5state.com	Lisa Ferrer - lgadson@rc5state.com	dependency
Heather Juster - hjuster@rc5state.com	Elyse Montes- emontes@rc5state.com	dependency
Lori Loftis - lloftis@rc5state.com	Kat Best- kbest@rc5state.com	probate / mental health
Diana Miers - dmiers@rc5state.com	Toni Thomson - tthomson@rc5state.com	felony
Mike Nappi- mnappi@rc5state.com	Tammy Lenox - tlenox@rc5state.com	felony
Valerie Nuesa - vnuesa@rc5state.com	Maressa Ortiz - mortiz@rc5state.com	juvenile
Zach Phipps- zphipps@rc5state.com	Lisa Ferrer - lgadson@rc5state.com	felony
Jeff Stone- jstone@rc5state.com	Jennifer Kenahan - jkenahan@rc5state.com	felony
Davi Toole - dtoole@rc5state.com	Maressa Ortiz - mortiz@rc5state.com	juvenile
David Varet - dvaret@rc5state.com	Tammy Lenox - tlenox@rc5state.com	felony
Everett Williams – gwilliams@rc5state.com	Lisa Ferrer - lgadson@rc5state.com	misdemeanor / felony

SEMINOLE COUNTY
Attorney	Assistant	Area
Leon Cheek - leon@leoncheeklaw.com	Tracey Collins - tcollins@rc5state.com	felony / misdemeanor
Kenneth Hamburg - khamburg@rc5state.com	Jennifer Kenahan - jkenahan@rc5state.com	felony / misdemeanor
Nicole Jordan - njordan@rc5state.com	Toni Thomson - tthomson@rc5state.com	juvenile / misdemeanor
Lori Loftis - lloftis@rc5state.com	Jennifer Kenahan - jkenahan@rc5state.com	appeals
Karen Mazzola - kmazzola@rc5state.com	Charles Shankle - cshankle@rc5state.com	dependency / juvenile / probate
Polly McIntyre - pmcintyre@rc5state.com	Charles Shankle - cshankle@rc5state.com	dependency / probate
Mike Nappi- mnappi@rc5state.com	Tammy Lenox - tlenox@rc5state.com	felony
Christine Young - cyoung@rc5state.com	Charles Shankle - cshankle@rc5state.com	dependency / juvenile / mental health

TITUSVILLE
Attorney	Assistant	Area
Jay Yenor – jyenor@rc5state.com	Toni Thomson - tthomson@rc5state.com	felony

DEATH PENALTY
Attorney	Assistant
Junior Barrett - jbarrett@rc5state.com	Tracey Collins - tcollins@rc5state.com
Steve Laurence - steven@stevenlaurenceattorney.com	Stacey Shuler - steven@stevenlaurenceattorney.com
Michael Nielsen - nielsenlaw@cfl.rr.com	Sharon Fetterman - nielsenlaw@cfl.rr.com

APPEALS
Paula Coffman - pcoffman@crimlawappeals.com Mark Skipper - mark@markskipperlaw.com Ryan Truskoski - rtrusk1@aol.com

INTAKE UNIT
Elyse Montes - emontes@rc5state.com - Brevard, Hernando and Sumter Counties Maressa Ortiz - mortiz@rc5state.com - Flagler, Putnam, St. Johns and Volusia Counties Stacy Phillips - sphillips@rc5state.com - Orange, Osceola and Seminole Counties Maria Humphreys – mhumphreys@rc5state.com - Citrus, Lake and Marion Counties

INTAKE UNIT

Elyse Montes - emontes@rc5state.com - Brevard, Hernando and Sumter Counties
Maressa Ortiz - mortiz@rc5state.com - Flagler, Putnam, St. Johns and Volusia Counties
Stacy Phillips - sphillips@rc5state.com - Orange, Osceola and Seminole Counties

Maria Humphreys – mhumphreys@rc5state.com - Citrus, Lake and Marion Counties

BREVARD COUNTY OFFICE
Attorney	Assistant	Area
Chris Bove - cbove@rc5state.com	Mary Jo Hill - mhill@rc5state.com	dependency
Michele Campbell - mcampbell@rc5state.com	Mary Jo Hill - mhill@rc5state.com	misdemeanor / felony
Bethanne Cutshall -bcutshall@rc5state.com	Mary Jo Hill - mhill@rc5state.com	dependency
John Gray- jgray@rc5state.com	Mary Jo Hill - mhill@rc5state.com	felony
Oscar Hotusing - oscarhotusing@yahoo.com	Mary Jo Hill - mhill@rc5state.com	felony / misdemeanor
Charles Nervine - cnervine@rc5state.com	Mary Jo Hill - mhill@rc5state.com	juvenile / misdemeanor
Dan Wehking – dwehking@rc5state.com	Mary Jo Hill - mhill@rc5state.com	felony
Julie Angulo – Vega - jangulo@rc5state.com	Receptionist

CITRUS COUNTY
Attorney	Assistant	Area
Rick Dozier – sreynolds@grantdozierlaw.com	April Mallard - workstation3@grantdozierlaw.com	felony / misdemeanor
Bill Grant – sreynolds@grantdozierlaw.com	April Mallard - workstation3@grantdozierlaw.com	felony / misdemeanor / juvenile
Stephen Teaster – steaster@rc5state.com	Amber Martin - amartin@rc5state.com	dependency

SUMTER COUNTY
Attorney	Assistant	Area
Sarah Epifanio - sepifanio@rc5state.com	Amber Martin - amartin@rc5state.com	dependency
Alicia Warner- awarner@rc5state.com	Amber Martin - amartin@rc5state.com	felony / misdemeanor / juvenile

HERNANDO COUNTY
Attorney	Assistant	Area
John Kruse – john@wmlegal.com		felony / misdemeanor
Jennifer Frericks - jfrericks@rc5state.com	Amber Martin - amartin@rc5state.com	dependency
Derek Saltsman - dsaltsman@rc5state.com	Amber Martin - amartin@rc5state.com	felony / dependency

LAKE COUNTY
Attorney	Assistant	Area
Bradley Bonifacino - bbonifacino@rc5state.com	Sharron Beauford - sbeauford@rc5state.com	felony / juvenile / misdemeanor
Jennifer Brown - jbrown@rc5state.com	Sharron Beauford - sbeauford@rc5state.com	dependency
Sarah Epifanio - sepifanio@rc5state.com	Sharron Beauford - sbeauford@rc5state.com	dependency

MARION COUNTY
Attorney	Assistant	Area
William Ezzell - wezzell@rc5state.com	Esther Plaster - eplaster@rc5state.com	felony
Wendi Johnson - wjohnson@rc5state.com	Esther Plaster - eplaster@rc5state.com	dependency
Eden Martin - emartin@rc5state.com	Natalie Arreaga - narreaga@rc5state.com	juvenile / dependency
Mike Reiter – mreiter@rc5state.com		felony / misdemeanor
Diana Simpson - dsimpson@rc5state.com	Natalie Arreaga – narreaga@rc5state.com	dependency
Samantha Smithley - ssmithley@rc5state.com	Esther Plaster - eplaster@rc5state.com	dependency
Jacques Ward - jward@rc5state.com	Esther Plaster - eplaster@rc5state.com	felony / misdemeanor

OSCEOLA COUNTY
Attorney	Assistant	Area
Ben Davis- bdavis@rc5state.com	Arnely Rodriguez – arodriguez@rc5state.com	juvenile / misdemeanor / felony
Briana Emanuel - bemanuel@rc5state.com	Arnely Rodriguez – arodriguez@rc5state.com	dependency
Brock Shields – bshields@rc5state.com	Arnely Rodriguez – arodriguez@rc5state.com	felony
Cedric Tibon -ctibon@rc5state.com	Arnely Rodriguez – arodriguez@rc5state.com	dependency
John Zaleskie – jzaleskie@rc5state.com	Arnely Rodriguez – arodriguez@rc5state.com	felony / misdemeanor

VOLUSIA COUNTY
Attorney	Assistant	Area
Scott Bishop - sbishop@rc5state.com	Desiree Castro - dcastro@rc5state.com	dependency / felony
Annie Blanc - ablanc@rc5state.com	Heather Rayne - hrayne@rc5state.com	dependency
Whitney Hartless - whartless@rc5state.com	Heather Rayne - hrayne@rc5state.com	dependency
Joseph Fazio - jfazio@rc5state.com	Heather Rayne - hrayne@rc5state.com	dependency
Peter Kenny- pkenny@rc5state.com	Desiree Castro - dcastro@rc5state.com	felony / misdemeanor
Brett Kocijan -kocijanlaw@yahoo.com		felony / misdemeanor / juvenile
Katie Welch - kwelch@rc5state.com	Desiree Castro - dcastro@rc5state.com	dependency
Mitch Wrenn – mitch@mitchwrennlaw.com		felony

FLAGLER COUNTY
Attorney	Assistant	Area
Kim Lambros – klambros@rc5state.com	Glenda Schute - gschute@rc5state.com	dependency
Angelique Kelley - thekelleyfirm@gmail.com		misdemeanor / juvenile / felony

PUTNAM COUNTY
Attorney	Assistant	Area
Kevin Carlisle - kevincarlisle1@yahoo.com		felony
Cynthia Hanrahan - chanrahan@rc5state.com	Glenda Schute - gschute@rc5state.com	dependency
Anthony Leonard - aleonard@rc5state.com	Glenda Schute - gschute@rc5state.com	felony / misdemeanor / juvenile

ST. JOHNS COUNTY
Attorney	Assistant	Area
Jimmy Arnold – ljarnold4@gmail.com		felony / misdemeanor / juvenile
Jill Barger - esqbarger@comcast.net		felony
Courtney Fluegel - cfluegel@rc5state.com	Glenda Schute - gschute@rc5state.com	dependency
Cynthia Hanrahan - chanrahan@rc5state.com	Glenda Schute - gschute@rc5state.com	dependency

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