Office of Indigent Defense Services
Matthew Barraza - Executive Director
Cell: 801-707-4440
Email: [email protected]
Zoraya Gappmaier - Managing and Training Attorney
Email: [email protected]
Katriina Adair - Grant Program Manager
Email: [email protected]
Adam Trupp - Deputy Director
Email: [email protected]
Leslie Howitt - Research & Data Analyst
Email: [email protected]
Josh Buhay - Financial Analyst
Email: [email protected]
Indigent Appellate Defense Division
General Information/
Criminal Appeals
[email protected]
Family Defense
Appeals Section
[email protected]
Postconviction Section
[email protected]
Debra M. Nelson
Chief Officer
Wendy M. Brown
Appellate Section Head
Dylan Carlson
Appellate Attorney
Angle McGuire
Postconviction Attorney
Ramon Ortiz
Appellate Attorney
Ashlee Olson
Dir. of Support Staff
Maricel Freestone
Family Defense Paralegal
Ben Miller
Deputy
Alexa Mareschal
Family Defense Appeals Section Head
Lyla Mahmoud
Appellate Attorney
Kirstin Norman
Family Defense Appellate Attorney
Jason Richards
Family Defense Appellate Attorney
Natalie Hernandez
Criminal Appeals Paralegal