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.

E-mail inquiries can be sent to: info@rc5state.com

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The Fifth District covers the 5th, 7th, 9th and 18th circuits. There are seven office locations. View our location map.

Casselberry – Main Office:
101 Sunnytown Road, Suite 310
Casselberry, FL 32707
407-389-5140
407-389-5139 - Fax
info@rc5state.com
Serving Orange County, Seminole County and Deland

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 Candi Powell - Administrative Director Michael Nappi – Chief Assistant Regional Counsel Lori Loftis - Chief Assistant Regional Counsel Junior Barrett – Chief Assistant Regional Counsel Katherine Best – Administrative Assistant Maria Humphreys – Administrative Assistant

ORANGE COUNTY
Attorney	Assistant	Area
Sydny Arneaud	Lisa Ferrer	Felony / Misdemeanor / Marchman
Robin Bara	Tajah Neal	Juvenile
Leon Cheek	Tracey Collins	Felony / Misdemeanor
Kortney Daly	Tammy Lenox	Felony
James Dickey	Tammy Lenox	Felony / Misdemeanor
Briana Emanuel	Toni Thomson	Felony / Misdemeanor
Rebecca Gayoso	Tajah Neal	Dependency
Heather Juster	Tajah Neal	Dependency
Michael Krug	Lisa Ferrer	Felony
Lori Loftis	Maria Humphreys	Guardianship
Diana Miers	Toni Thomson	Felony
Sarah Moore	Jennifer Sheehan	Felony
Gary Schwartz	Toni Thomson	Felony
Jeff Stone	Jennifer Sheehan	Felony / Misdemeanor
Cedric Tibon	Charles Shankle	Dependency
David Varet	Tammy Lenox	Felony / Misdemeanor

OSCEOLA COUNTY
Attorney	Assistant	Area
Nicole Eldemire	Charles Shankle	Dependency / Guardianship / Marchman
Brock Shields	Charles Shankle	Felony / Misdemeanor / Juvenile

Dana Kojic - Forensic Family Advocate Merline Noel - social worker

SEMINOLE COUNTY
Attorney	Assistant	Area
Nicole Jordan	Katie Rousseau	Felony
Marissa Maxwell	Katrina Currier	Dependency
Karen Mazzola	Charles Shankle	Dependency
Mike Nielsen	Katie Rousseau	Felony
Michael Stratton	Katrina Currier	Guardianship

INTAKE UNIT
Elyse Montes - Hernando, Sumter, Marion, Lake and Citrus Counties Maressa Ortiz - Brevard, Flagler, Volusia, St. Johns and Putnam Counties Stacy Phillips - Orange, Osceola and Seminole Counties Jeff Finn - Chief Investigator

INTAKE UNIT

Elyse Montes - Hernando, Sumter, Marion, Lake and Citrus Counties
Maressa Ortiz - Brevard, Flagler, Volusia, St. Johns and Putnam Counties
Stacy Phillips - Orange, Osceola and Seminole Counties

Jeff Finn - Chief Investigator

DEATH PENALTY
Attorney	Assistant
Junior Barrett	Tracey Collins
Kenneth Hamburg	Katie Rousseau
Sarah Moore	Jennifer Sheehan
Michael Nappi	Toni Thomson
Michael Nielsen	Sharon Fetterman

JIMMY RICE
Attorney	Assistant
Kenneth Hamburg	Katie Rousseau

APPEALS
Attorney	Assistant
Richard Joyce
Lori Loftis	Jennifer Sheehan

Brevard:
7165 Murrell Road, Suite 101
Melbourne, FL 32940
321-752-3115
321-752-3180 - Fax
info@rc5state.com

BREVARD COUNTY OFFICE
Attorney	Assistant	Area
Scott Bishop	Mary Jo Hill	Felony /Juvenile
Michele Campbell	Mary Jo Hill	Felony / Misdemeanor
Bethanne Cutshall	Julie Angulo–Vega	Dependency Guardianship
Leila Ghandour	Julie Angulo–Vega	Dependency Guardianship
Jessica Gomez	Mary Jo Hill	Felony / Juvenile
Jaime Gonzales	Mary Jo Hill	Felony
Paul Perrin	Julie Angulo–Vega	Dependency Guardianship
Annette Pitts	Julie Angulo-Vega	Dependency Guardianship
Darrell Sedgwick	Julie Angulo-Vega	Felony / Misdemeanor

Monique Pommell - Social Worker

TITUSVILLE
Attorney	Assistant	Area
Jamie E. Gonzales		Felony

VIERA
Attorney	Assistant	Area
Jay Yenor	Toni Thomson	Felony

Hernando:
273 N. Broad Street
Brooksville, FL 34601
352-583-4128
352-583-4361 - Fax
info@rc5state.com
Serving Citrus County, Sumter County and Hernando County

CITRUS COUNTY
Attorney	Assistant	Area
Stephen Teaster	Amber Martin	Misdemeanor

SUMTER COUNTY
Attorney	Assistant	Area
Hannah Lockwood	Amber Martin	Felony
Marissa Maxwell	Katrina Currier	Dependency
Lora Scott	Amber Martin	Felony / Misdemeanor

HERNANDO COUNTY
Attorney	Assistant	Area
Jennifer Frericks	Amber Martin	Dependency
Hannah Lockwood	Amber Martin	Felony
Derek Saltsman	Amber Martin	Felony

Lake:
533 W. Main Street
Tavares, FL 32778
352-742-6020– Office number
352-742-6023 - Fax
info@rc5state.com

LAKE COUNTY
Attorney	Assistant	Area
Jennifer Brown	Lisa Ferrer	Dependency
Kenneth Hamburg	Katie Rousseau	Felony
Gary Schwartz	Toni Thomson	Felony
Mike Stratton	Katrina Currier	Guardianship
Jayce Thompson	Katrina Currier	Juvenile / Misdemeanor / Felony
Katie Welch	Lisa Ferrer	Dependency

Orange County Attorneys		Guardianship

Marion:
307 NW 3rd Street
Ocala, FL 34475
352-732-1230
352-732-1228 - Fax
info@rc5state.com

MARION COUNTY
Attorney	Assistant	Area
Kyle Erickson	Esther Plaster	Felony
Maria Gallo	Esther Plaster	Dependency
Leonard Klatt	Natalie Arreaga Esther Plaster	Felony
Dervette Metellus	Esther Plaster	Dependency / Guardianship
Yaveth Parodi	Natalie Arreaga	Dependency
Rachel Rochlin	Esther Plaster Natalie Arreaga	Juvenile / Misdemeanor Misdemeanor
Bernadette Russell	Natalie Arreaga	Felony
Diana Simpson	Natalie Arreaga	Dependency / Guardianship
Peter Sziklai	Esther Plaster Natalie Arreaga	Juvenile / Misdemeanor Misdemeanor
Jacques Ward	Esther Plaster	Felony / Marchman
Everett Williams	Natalie Arreaga	Felony

Lindsey Carter - Office Assistant Patricia Hicks - Social Worker

Volusia:
149 South Ridgewood Ave., Suite #600
Daytona Beach, FL 32114
386-238-4959
386-238-4961 - Fax
info@rc5state.com

VOLUSIA COUNTY
Attorney	Assistant	Area
Angela Burke	Desiree Castro	Felony
William Gerson	Heather Rayne	Dependency / Guardianship / Marchman
Rachel Goetzelman	Heather Rayne	Dependency / Guardianship
Ashley Hooper	Desiree Castro	Juvenile
Jameson Karnes Fabian Goffe	Desiree Castro	Misdemeanor / Felony
Brett Kocijan	Kendra Hovsepian	Felony
Michelle Perez	Katie Rousseau	Guardianship

Leidy Ghazi-Moghaddam - Social Worker

DELAND
Attorney	Assistant	Area
Brett Kocijan	Kendra Hovsepian	Felony
Michelle Perez	Katie Rousseau	Dependency

St. Augustine:
2450 Old Moultrie Road, Ste 201
St. Augustine, FL 32086
904-797-8111
904-797-8118 - Fax
info@rc5state.com
Serving Flagler County, Putnam County and St. Johns County

ST. JOHNS COUNTY
Attorney	Assistant	Area
Cynthia Hanrahan	Sandra Lepore	Dependency / Guardianship / Marchman
W. Scott Westbrook	Sandra Lepore	Felony / Juvenile / Misdemeanor

FLAGLER COUNTY
Attorney	Assistant	Area
Rachel Goetzelman	Heather Rayne	Dependency / Guardianship / Marchman
W. Scott Westbrook	Sandra Lepore	Felony / Juvenile / Misdemeanor

PUTNAM COUNTY
Attorney	Assistant	Area
Kevin Carlisle	Sandra Lepore	Felony / Misdemeanor
Cynthia Hanrahan	Sandra Lepore	Dependency / Guardianship / Marchman
Anthony Leonard	Sandra Lepore	Felony / Misdemeanor / Juvenile / Marchman

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