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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.

 

 

Main office in CasselberryCasselberry – 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

 

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 OfficeBrevard:
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 County OfficeHernando:
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 County OfficeLake:
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 County OfficeMarion:
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

 

Daytona Volusia OfficeVolusia:
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 St. Johns County OfficeSt. 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