Our trial team, first established in 1993, houses eight attorneys, four mitigation specialists, and four paralegals. Our attorneys appear daily for court in the Southern District of Indiana, handling new criminal cases as they come in the door and undertaking representation of our clients all the way through appeal, Petitions for Certiorari to the United States Supreme Court, and post-conviction work. We are proud to house an excellent group of professionals, click to read their bios below.

Anica Barnes

Chief Paralegal & Assistant to the Defender

Gwendolyn M. Beitz

Assistant Federal Public Defender

Matt Caldwell

Administrative Officer

Joseph Cleary

Assistant Federal Public Defender

William Dazey

Senior Litigation Attorney

Isis Dillon

Paralegal
erickson 9

Megan Erickson

Paralegal
ifcd 298

Omar Ghani

Assistant Federal Public Defender
ifcd 328

Gabrielle Hale

Mitigation Specialist, Records Coordinator
ifcd 296

Christina Howard

Mitigation Specialist
ifcd 320(edited)

Hannah Jones

Assistant Federal Public Defender

Jacob Leon

Assistant Federal Defender

Dominic Martin

Assistant Federal Public Defender

Shirlena Northern

Investigative Paralegal
ifcd 310

Mitch Swedarsky

Assistant Federal Public Defender
ifcd 356

Sara Varner

First Assistant Federal Defender

Dani Waller

Chief Mitigation Specialist
ifcd 338

Alex Woods

Mitigation Specialist