State Public Defender
Data received March 2023 • Positions, full-time/part-time status not provided. Data covers fiscal year (July-June), not calendar year.
Full-time employees
619
Median pay
$55,205
Average pay
$58,857
State Public Defender
Employees by pay range
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Employees
Click on one of the headers below to sort a column. Data shown reflects actual gross pay for 2022, except where noted otherwise.
| Position | Gross pay | Date hired | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maxwell, Janae' | $57,288 | July 27, 2020 | |
| May, Chris | $51,388 | July 19, 1993 | |
| Maynard, David | $42,296 | Dec. 1, 2014 | |
| McCalla, Susan | $45,780 | Feb. 14, 2022 | |
| McComb, Andrew | $50,721 | Dec. 23, 2019 | |
| McCourt, Alison | $66,044 | Oct. 15, 2018 | |
| McCoy, Kevin | $66,779 | Nov. 20, 2017 | |
| McDonnell, Nina | $66,044 | Jan. 8, 2014 | |
| McDowell, Steven | $57,656 | Sept. 18, 2012 | |
| McFadin, Tracy | $79,702 | Feb. 1, 2017 | |
| McFarland, Debra | $22,203 | Oct. 7, 2003 | |
| McGee, Lisa | $53,364 | Aug. 7, 1989 | |
| McGowan, Andrew | $47,862 | Aug. 21, 2008 | |
| McGrady, Lauren | $53,309 | Aug. 4, 2021 | |
| McGuinness, Michael | $53,072 | July 6, 2021 | |
| McKellips, Josie | $33,272 | Oct. 26, 2020 | |
| McKenzie, Kayla | $66,044 | Oct. 10, 2017 | |
| McLaughlin, Anthony | $57,655 | Aug. 13, 2018 | |
| McMahon, Colleen | $54,731 | June 14, 2021 | |
| McMullen, Kaitlyn | $26,121 | March 7, 2022 | |
| McRell, Katherine | $79,114 | Nov. 1, 2010 | |
| Medlin, Tara | $57,288 | Oct. 21, 2019 | |
| Megerman, Joseph | $58,306 | May 10, 2005 | |
| Meglio, Tasia | $53,783 | Aug. 2, 2021 | |
| Meier, Verlet | $33,272 | April 18, 2019 | |
| Mercer, Sarah Jackson | $95,640 | Oct. 19, 2010 | |
| Mericle, Eric | $36,782 | Jan. 27, 2014 | |
| Mermelstein, John | $140,849 | May 1, 1990 | |
| Merwald, Kathryn | $74,440 | Jan. 2, 2020 | |
| Mettler, Morris | $79,702 | Oct. 20, 2003 | |
| Michel, Ronald | $33,994 | Jan. 11, 2016 | |
| Miller, Georgia | $32,855 | Oct. 15, 2001 | |
| Miller, Kathleen | $38,865 | July 16, 2004 | |
| Miller, Kelly | $95,992 | June 13, 1994 | |
| Minka, Adofo | $66,044 | Sept. 28, 2020 | |
| Mitchell, Chelsea | $45,502 | Oct. 29, 2010 | |
| Mitchell, Sierra | $55,205 | Aug. 17, 2020 | |
| Montgomery, Samuel | $57,288 | Jan. 22, 2020 | |
| Moore, Alison | $49,209 | Oct. 24, 2018 | |
| Moore, Mary | $36,698 | April 26, 1999 | |
| Moreland, Charles | $97,126 | Nov. 25, 1985 | |
| Morgan, Lori | $42,037 | Nov. 30, 2015 | |
| Mossgraber, Jennifer | $44,406 | Oct. 1, 2019 | |
| Mossman, Andrew | $52,598 | Oct. 26, 2021 | |
| Mullen, John | $75,560 | April 1, 1996 | |
| Mullikin, Jason | $52,598 | Sept. 20, 2021 | |
| Murphy, Kami | $47,371 | Dec. 5, 2016 | |
| Murrell, Stephen | $74,788 | July 16, 2002 | |
| Musgrave, Pamela | $95,640 | April 17, 2006 | |
| Myers, Lucretia | $57,288 | June 26, 2019 |
Note: To learn how the Post-Dispatch calculates figures such as the number of full-time employees or median pay, as well as other important explanations and caveats, please see the About page.