Attorneys

THOMAS W. SONE
PUBLIC DEFENDER

Division: Administration
Undergraduate College: Washington State
Law School: University of San Diego
Bar Number: 203958
Admission Date: December 8, 1999
Mr. Sone was appointed the Public Defender for San Bernardino County on April 20, 2021.

RASHEED ALEXANDER
ASSISTANT PUBLIC DEFENDER

Division: Administration
Undergraduate College: Cal State Fullerton
Law School: Western State – Fullerton
Bar Number: 208642
Admission Date: November 21, 2000

JENNIE CANNADY
CHIEF DEPUTY PUBLIC DEFENDER

Division: Human Services
Undergraduate College: University of Arizona
Law School: Wake Forest
Bar Number: 193235
Admission Date: December 14, 1997
Ms. Cannady currently leads the Human Services Division, located in San Bernardino, California. The division includes the Juvenile Unit, the Post-Conviction Relief Unit, and the Social Worker Unit.

RICHARD M. STERLING
CHIEF DEPUTY PUBLIC DEFENDER

Division: Central
Undergraduate College: California State University, Long Beach
Law School: California Western School of Law, San Diego
Bar Number: 195221
Admission Date: June 30, 1998
Mr. Sterling leads the Central Division, located in San Bernardino, California.

GEOFFREY CANTY
CHIEF DEPUTY PUBLIC DEFENDER

Division: West Valley
Undergraduate College: University of California, San Diego, graduated 1994
Law School: University of San Francisco, graduated 1997
Bar Number: 192628
Admission Date: December 1, 1997
Mr. Canty currently leads the West Valley Division, located in Rancho Cucamonga, California.

KELLIE BYWARD
CHIEF DEPUTY PUBLIC DEFENDER

Division: Specialty Litigation
Undergraduate College: Loyola Marymount University
Law School: Hastings College of the Law
Bar Number: 245765
Admission Date: November 1, 2006
Ms. Byward leads the Specialty Litigation Division, located in San Bernardino and Rancho Cucamonga, California. The division includes the Civil Commitment Unit, the Capital Defense Unit, the Mental Health Diversion and Veterans Court Unit, and the Immigration Unit.

LANCE THOMPSON
CHIEF DEPUTY PUBLIC DEFENDER

Division: Desert
Undergraduate College: Brigham Young University
Law School: Valparaiso University
Bar Number: 192407
Admission Date: December 5, 1997
Mr. Thompson leads the Desert Division, located in Victorville, California, as well as our office located in Joshua Tree, CA.

DIANA LOVELACE
CHIEF OF ADMINISTRATION

Division: Administration

SUPERVISING ATTORNEYS

STEVE BREMSER

DESERT

	Law School: Western State University – San Diego Bar Number: 108239 Admission Date: June 3, 1983

DANIEL EDBER

HUMAN SERVICES

	Undergraduate College: UCLA Law School: University of San Diego Bar Number: 211085 Admission Date: December 7, 2000

MAGGIE EISENBERG

CENTRAL

	Undergraduate College: University of California, Berkeley Law School: Santa Clara University, School of Law Bar Number: 233217 Admission Date: December 1, 2004

JULIE ETTARI

WEST VALLEY

	Undergraduate College: University of Redlands Law School: University of La Verne Bar Number: 263018 Admission Date: May 20, 2009

ALBERT HSUEH

DESERT

	Undergraduate College: UC Davis Law School: Golden Gate University Bar Number: 274086 Admission Date: December 3, 2010

SARA JEWETT

WEST VALLEY

	Undergraduate College: UC Santa Barbara Law School: UC Hastings – SF Bar Number: 174850 Admission Date: December 1, 1995

RICHARD LAFIANZA

SPECIALTY LITIGATION

	Undergraduate College: California State University, Northridge Law School: University of California, Davis, King Hall School of Law Bar Number: 174675 Admission Date: December 12, 1994

ANN MANOS

HUMAN SERVICES

	Undergraduate College: UCLA Law School: Southwestern Law School Bar Number: 237908 Admission Date: October 31, 2005

DAVID MCCLAVE

CENTRAL

	Undergraduate College: Concordia – Irvine Law School: California Western Bar Number: 237929 Admission Date: October 27, 2005

YARROW NEUBERT

SPECIALTY LITIGATION

	Undergraduate College: Univ. of Colorado Law School: Univ. of Indiana Bar Number: 261348 Admission Date: December 2, 2008

ED O’BRIEN

SPECIALTY LITIGATION

	Undergraduate College: UCLA Law School: UCLA School of Law Bar Number: 190326 Admission Date: July 31, 1997

MARK SHOUP

DESERT

	Undergraduate College: Grinnell (Iowa) Law School: University of San Diego Bar Number: 126320 Admission Date: December 15, 1986

DERRICK SMITH

WEST VALLEY

	Undergraduate College: University of Redlands Law School: JF Kennedy SOL Bar Number: 244036 Admission Date: September 13, 2006

CHRISTINA VILLALOBOS

CENTRAL

	Undergraduate College: Cal State Long Beach Law School: Chapman SOL Bar Number: 213676 Admission Date: June 5, 2001

DEPUTY PUBLIC DEFENDERS

STEFANEE AGAI

	Law School: University of La Verne Bar Number: 328387 Admission Date: December 3, 2019

LAURA ALVAREZ

	Undergraduate College: University of California, Riverside Law School: Syracuse University Bar Number: 192631 Admission Date: December 9, 1997

JONATHON ARELLANO-JACKSON

	Undergraduate College: University of Redlands Law School: Gonzaga University School of Law Bar Number: 306252 Admission Date: December 2, 2015

ZAHARA ARREDONDO

	Undergraduate College: UC Riverside Law School: Trinity – Santa Ana, CA Bar Number: 257001 Admission Date: June 20, 2008

ROSA AYALA

	Undergraduate College: UC Riverside Law School: Loyola Law School Bar Number: 257768 Admission Date: December 1, 2008

HASAN BAJWA

	Undergraduate College: UC Irvine Law School: Chapman University Bar Number: 289020 Admission Date: February 22, 2013

COLLEEN BAZDARICH

	Undergraduate College: Stanford University Law School: UC Berkeley School of Law Bar Number: 297880 Admission Date: June 30, 2014

CHRISTINA BLAZEK

	Law School: Southwestern Law School Bar Number: 320832 Admission Date: June 1, 2018

LYLY BRANTLEY

	Undergraduate College: Cal State Los Angeles Law School: Southwestern Law School Bar Number: 183100 Admission Date: June 11, 1996

LUKE BYWARD

	Undergraduate College: UC Berkeley Law School: U of Miami (FLA) Law School Bar Number: 242179 Admission Date: May 22, 2006

CAMARAY CALLIER-HENDERSON

	Undergraduate College: California State University, Long Beach Law School: Southwestern Law School Bar Number: 316187 Admission Date: September 25, 2017

CAIA CAMERON

	Undergraduate College: UC San Diego Law School: U of Minnesota LS Bar Number: 230233 Admission Date: March 16, 2004

MATTHEW CANTY

	Law School: UCLA Bar Number: 330162 Admission Date: January 27, 2020

JAMES CARSON

	Law School: Univ of the Pacific — McGeorge SOL Bar Number: 196010 Admission Date: June 10, 1998

JASON CARTER

	Undergraduate College: Morehouse College Law School: Ohio Northern Univ Bar Number: 297780 Admission Date: June 12, 2014

JOSHUA CASTRO

	Undergraduate College: San Diego State Law School: Western Sierra – San Diego Bar Number: 254341 Admission Date: December 7, 2007

PAIGE CLARK

	Undergraduate College: Spelman College Law School: John Marshall Law School Bar Number: 315560 Admission Date: June 6, 2017

DAVID COSDEN-SPIKER

	Undergraduate College: UC San Diego Law School: Loyola Law School Bar Number: 282472 Admission Date: May 22, 2012

TONY COSTANZO

	Undergraduate College: UCLA Law School: University of La Verne Bar Number: 235674 Admission Date: February 10, 2005

SASHA DAVIS

	Undergraduate College: Cal State Long Beach Law School: Southwestern Law School Bar Number: 253178 Admission Date: December 3, 2007

ROBIN DORST

	Undergraduate College: University of California, San Diego Law School: Indiana University — Maurer SOL Bar Number: 293201 Admission Date: December 5, 2013

BILL DRAKE

	Undergraduate College: Chico State Law School: Pepperdine Bar Number: 103187 Admission Date: June 10, 1982

JUSTIN EWANISZYK

	Undergraduate College: Cal State Fullerton Law School: Catholic University of America — Columbus SOL Bar Number: 322926 Admission Date: December 4, 2018

BRIAN FOLTZ

	Undergraduate College: UC Riverside Law School: California Western Bar Number: 256833 Admission Date: June 30, 2008

NICHOLE FOLTZ

	Undergraduate College: University of California, San Diego Law School: Loyola Law School Bar Number: 267674 Admission Date: December 10, 2009

ALEXANDER FRIEDMAN

	Undergraduate College: Santa Clara Law School: Santa Clara Law School Bar Number: 290417 Admission Date: June 6, 2013

MICHAEL FUNK

	Undergraduate College: California State University, Long Beach Law School: Chapman University — Dale E. Fowler SOL Bar Number: 322474 Admission Date: December 3, 2018

JESSICA GANDARA

	Law School: Univ of the Pacific — McGeorge SOL Bar Number: 327309 Admission Date: November 22, 2019

JEREMY GARRETT

	Undergraduate College: Nicholls State University Law School: Thomas Jefferson SOL Bar Number: 314911 Admission Date: May 31, 2017

HARRY GOBRECHT

	Undergraduate College: UC Berkeley Law School: Univ of Illinois Bar Number: 285414 Admission Date: December 3, 2012

TAMMY HIGGINS

	Undergraduate College: UC Davis Law School: University of San Francisco Bar Number: 241482 Admission Date: January 11, 2006

NEREYDA HIGUERA

	Undergraduate College: California State University, San Bernardino Law School: Whittier College of Law Bar Number: 227444 Admission Date: November 30, 2003

JOY HLAVENKA

	Undergraduate College: University of Georgia Law School: Golden Gate University School of Law Bar Number: 254053 Admission Date: December 7, 2007

LINCOLN HO’O

	Undergraduate College: UCLA Law School: University of La Verne Bar Number: 293195 Admission Date: December 5, 2013

ANGELA HOWARD

	Undergraduate College: Claremont Mudd Scripps Law School: Santa Clara Law School Bar Number: 191383 Admission Date: December 9, 1997

TAWNYA HUGHES

	Undergraduate College: California State University, Fullerton Law School: Whittier College School of Law Bar Number: 208037 Admission Date: July 17, 2000

YVONNE HUI

	Undergraduate College: Claremont Mudd Scripps Law School: University of San Francisco Bar Number: 253248 Admission Date: December 3, 2007

RANDALL ISAEFF

	Undergraduate College: Loma Linda University – La Sierra Law School: Pepperdine Bar Number: 156772 Admission Date: December 16, 1991

SUGAREEV KAURA

	Undergraduate College: University of Redlands Law School: University of La Verne COL Bar Number: 277123 Admission Date: June 2, 2011

ANTHONY KIMBIRK

	Undergraduate College: CSU San Bernardino Law School: Western State University College of Law Bar Number: 213558 Admission Date: June 30, 2001

SAMUEL KNUDSEN

	Undergraduate College: San Diego State University Law School: National University Bar Number: 177190 Admission Date: June 4, 1995

AMBER FOUNTAIN LAKOBRIJA

	Law School: Loyola Law School Bar Number: 322615 Admission Date: December 4, 2018

LANDON LARKIN

	Undergraduate College: Brigham Young University Law School: Western State COL, Fullerton Bar Number: 312499 Admission Date: December 1, 2016

KEVIN LEE

	Undergraduate College: UCR Law School: George Washington Univ LS (DC) Bar Number: 284689 Admission Date: December 1, 2012

MARIA LEE

	Undergraduate College: Santa Clara University Law School: Southwestern University School of Law Bar Number: 234154 Admission Date: December 31, 2004

STEPHANIE LINTON

	Undergraduate College: Cal Poly Pomona Law School: Santa Clara Univ Bar Number: 312775 Admission Date: December 2, 2016

JAMES LIU

	Undergraduate College: Cal State Fullerton Law School: Western State – Fullerton Bar Number: 210359 Admission Date: December 4, 2000

ERIC LOFTMAN

	Undergraduate College: Univ. of Colorado Law School: Univ. of Indiana Bar Number: 261349 Admission Date: December 2, 2008

FRANK LOO

	Undergraduate College: Hawaii Law School: Georgetown Bar Number: 147386 Admission Date: June 29, 1990

JEFF LOWRY

	Undergraduate College: California State University, Long Beach Law School: Southwestern Bar Number: 122326 Admission Date: December 31, 1986

BRANDON LU

	Undergraduate College: University of California, Los Angeles Law School: University of California, Davis Bar Number: 228700 Admission Date: December 6, 2003

JEROME MACHT

	Undergraduate College: Southern California Law School: Whittier Bar Number: 164792 Admission Date: June 15, 1993

MATTHEW MAGORIEN

	Undergraduate College: California Western SOL Law School: Univ of Arizona Bar Number: 282247 Admission Date: March 19, 2012

JOHN MAJOR

	Undergraduate College: Michigan State Law School: Wayne State (Michigan) Bar Number: 123970 Admission Date: July 3, 1986

CREGAN MARMONT

	Undergraduate College: University of California, Riverside Law School: Southwestern Law School Bar Number: 186895 Admission Date: December 16, 1996

MARIO MARTINEZ

	Undergraduate College: Cal Poly Pomona Law School: Hastings College of the Law Bar Number: 159913 Admission Date: February 29, 1992

SHANE MATHIAS

	Undergraduate College: San Diego State Law School: California Western Bar Number: 285961 Admission Date: December 4, 2012

AMY MCKELVEY

	Undergraduate College: Chapman University Law School: University of California, Hastings Bar Number: 325903 Admission Date: June 3, 2019

CHARLENE MCKINLEY-POWELL

	Undergraduate College: George Washington University Law School: Santa Clara University School of Law Bar Number: 252128 Admission Date: November 30, 2009

KENNETH MCKNIGHT

	Undergraduate College: California State University, Dominguez Hills Law School: Western State COL, Fullerton Bar Number: 314399 Admission Date: March 29, 2017

BRUCE MCMAHON

	Undergraduate College: San Diego State University Law School: Thomas Jefferson School of Law Bar Number: 206509 Admission Date: November 19, 1999

MICHAEL MENDOZA

	Undergraduate College: Cal State Los Angeles Law School: UC Hastings – SF Bar Number: 243839 Admission Date: July 28, 2006

ALAN MESSARRA

	Undergraduate College: Cal State L.A. Law School: UWLA Bar Number: 118045 Admission Date: June 30, 1985

DAN MESSNER

	Undergraduate College: San Jose State Law School: University of La Verne Bar Number: 254487 Admission Date: December 4, 2007

MICHAEL MILLIGAN

	Undergraduate College: UC Santa Barbara Law School: McGeorge (Univ of Pacific) Bar Number: 144481 Admission Date: December 26, 1989

ERIK MILLS

	Undergraduate College: University of California, Riverside Law School: University of La Verne Bar Number: 322032 Admission Date: November 20, 2018

ANDREW MOLL

	Undergraduate College: Western Michigan University Law School: University of Michigan Law Bar Number: 268567 Admission Date: December 31, 2009

MESHIA MOSS

	Undergraduate College: California State Univ, Fullerton Law School: Thomas Jefferson SOL Bar Number: 297372 Admission Date: June 3, 2014

NICHOLE MOUNSEY

	Undergraduate College: Howard Univ (DC) Law School: Howard Univ SOL (DC) Bar Number: 263000 Admission Date: May 20, 2009

JULIE NEAL

	Law School: Univ of La Verne Bar Number: 253235 Admission Date: December 3, 2007

JOCELYN NEUDAUER

	Law School: Thomas Jefferson SOL Bar Number: 304293 Admission Date: February 28, 2015

ISSA NINO

	Undergraduate College: UCR Law School: Chapman Univ SOL Bar Number: 306837 Admission Date: December 7, 2015

KOLE OSWALD

	Law School: Univ of Wisconsin Bar Number: 328748 Admission Date: December 2, 2019

ARTURO PENA

	Law School: Univ of La Verne Bar Number: 257536 Admission Date: October 20, 2008

KATHRYN PEREZ

	Undergraduate College: University of California, Santa Barbara Law School: University of Southern California, Gould School of Law Bar Number: 248509 Admission Date: March 5, 2007

ALLEN PHOU

	Undergraduate College: Univ. of Washington Law School: UC Hastings – SF Bar Number: 234106 Admission Date: December 6, 2004

JORDAN PRINGLE

	Undergraduate College: University of California, Los Angeles Law School: Loyola Law School Bar Number: 325946 Admission Date: June 4, 2019

CATHERINE QUILL

	Undergraduate College: William & Mary Law School: University of San Diego Bar Number: 258823 Admission Date: December 2, 2008

SARAH RABIN

	Undergraduate College: College of William and Mary Law School: College of William & Mary — Marshall–Wythe SOL Bar Number: 326493 Admission Date: June 24, 2019

ISAAC REES

	Undergraduate College: Brigham Young Law School: Southwestern Law School Bar Number: 241685 Admission Date: February 7, 2006

VALARIE ROCHESTER-YOUNG

	Undergraduate College: Vassar Law School: Rutgers (NJ) Camden Bar Number: 154024 Admission Date: March 13, 2000

VANESSA RODRIGUEZ

	Undergraduate College: University of California, Los Angeles Law School: Southwestern Law School Bar Number: 290400 Admission Date: June 1, 2013

JEFFREY ROSANSWANK

	Undergraduate College: Washington University in St. Louis Law School: University of Missouri-Columbia Bar Number: 294595 Admission Date: December 31, 2013

BRIANNA RUIZ

	Undergraduate College: University of California, Riverside Law School: Chapman University, Dale E. Fowler School of Law Bar Number: 322846 Admission Date: December 3, 2018

BENJAMIN RUSSI

	Law School: University of California, Hastings Bar Number: 327170 Admission Date: November 20, 2019

SERGIO SALCEDO

	Undergraduate College: UCLA Law School: USC Bar Number: 252214 Admission Date: December 7, 2007

STEVEN SANCHEZ

	Law School: Texas Southern – Thurgood Marshall SOL Bar Number: 208932 Admission Date: December 1, 2000

DAVID SANDERS

	Undergraduate College: Brigham Young Law School: Brigham Young — Reuben Clark Bar Number: 78021 Admission Date: February 18, 1997

NAZIM SIAL

	Undergraduate College: University of Washington Law School: UCLA School of Law Bar Number: 254055 Admission Date: November 1, 2007

JONI SINCLAIR

	Undergraduate College: Howard Univ (DC) Law School: Howard Univ SOL (DC) Bar Number: 157577 Admission Date: December 20, 1991

LISA SLADE

	Undergraduate College: Northern Georgia Law School: Ohio Northern Bar Number: 237457 Admission Date: July 7, 2005

PRISCA SO

	Undergraduate College: UC Riverside Law School: Southwestern Law School Bar Number: 282824 Admission Date: June 1, 2012

LEE SONNENBERG

	Undergraduate College: Cal Poly Pomona Law School: Thomas Jefferson SOL Bar Number: 211134 Admission Date: December 7, 2000

ANGELA STANGLE

	Undergraduate College: University of California, Berkeley Law School: Concord Bar Number: 310956 Admission Date: November 4, 2016

DAVION STEPHENS

	Undergraduate College: California State University, Fullerton Law School: University of La Verne Bar Number: 311343 Admission Date: December 1, 2016

KELTON TOBLER

	Undergraduate College: Brigham Young University Law School: Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School Bar Number: 152262 Admission Date: June 5, 1991

JASON TUCKER

	Undergraduate College: Cal State Sonoma Law School: Empire College SOL Bar Number: 245537 Admission Date: December 1, 2006

ELIZABETH ULSH

	Undergraduate College: University of California, Santa Cruz Law School: Univ of the Pacific — McGeorge SOL Bar Number: 291506 Admission Date: December 2, 2013

ANDREW WALLIN

	Undergraduate College: Cal Poly Pomona Law School: Chapman University School of Law Bar Number: 304446 Admission Date: November 1, 2014

STEVEN WEAVER

	Undergraduate College: University of Missouri Law School: Florida Coastal SOL Bar Number: 243000 Admission Date: June 1, 2006

DENNIS WILKINS

	Undergraduate College: UC Riverside Law School: McGeorge (Univ of Pacific) Bar Number: 188984 Admission Date: June 10, 1997

DOMINIQUE WILLIAMS

	Undergraduate College: University of San Diego Law School: Thomas Jefferson SOL Bar Number: 312854 Admission Date: December 4, 2016

EDWARD WILSON

	Undergraduate College: Cal Poly Pomona Law School: Loyola Law School Bar Number: 133364 Admission Date: April 1, 1988

NICOLE WIRICK

	Law School: Loyola Law School Bar Number: 233522 Admission Date: December 1, 2004

IRIS WON

	Undergraduate College: University of Michigan Law School: Harvard Law School Bar Number: 323560 Admission Date: December 3, 2018

THOMAS W. SONEPUBLIC DEFENDER

RASHEED ALEXANDERASSISTANT PUBLIC DEFENDER

JENNIE CANNADYCHIEF DEPUTY PUBLIC DEFENDER

RICHARD M. STERLINGCHIEF DEPUTY PUBLIC DEFENDER

GEOFFREY CANTYCHIEF DEPUTY PUBLIC DEFENDER

KELLIE BYWARDCHIEF DEPUTY PUBLIC DEFENDER

LANCE THOMPSONCHIEF DEPUTY PUBLIC DEFENDER

DIANA LOVELACECHIEF OF ADMINISTRATION

SUPERVISING ATTORNEYS

DEPUTY PUBLIC DEFENDERS

THOMAS W. SONE
PUBLIC DEFENDER

RASHEED ALEXANDER
ASSISTANT PUBLIC DEFENDER

JENNIE CANNADY
CHIEF DEPUTY PUBLIC DEFENDER

RICHARD M. STERLING
CHIEF DEPUTY PUBLIC DEFENDER

GEOFFREY CANTY
CHIEF DEPUTY PUBLIC DEFENDER

KELLIE BYWARD
CHIEF DEPUTY PUBLIC DEFENDER

LANCE THOMPSON
CHIEF DEPUTY PUBLIC DEFENDER

DIANA LOVELACE
CHIEF OF ADMINISTRATION