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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thompson, Amy | $107,640 | Sept. 10, 1997 | |
| Thompson, Edward | $92,041 | May 30, 1995 | |
| Thompson, Elizabeth | $20,880 | Jan. 25, 2021 | |
| Tilman, Heather | $85,266 | Oct. 25, 1995 | |
| Torres, Olga | $36,853 | March 8, 2022 | |
| Touchstone, Madison | $57,288 | Aug. 25, 2020 | |
| Tremain, Erin | $21,313 | March 9, 2022 | |
| Troutner, Charlton | $52,835 | Aug. 25, 2021 | |
| Trull, Harold | $66,044 | Jan. 2, 2018 | |
| Turner, Bethany | $95,640 | June 28, 2012 | |
| Turner, Victoria | $39,806 | Aug. 26, 2013 | |
| Turpin, Alexander | $66,044 | Aug. 6, 2018 | |
| Udipi, Kaustubh | $47,224 | Aug. 15, 2021 | |
| Umstattd-Cope, Penny | $63,281 | Dec. 2, 2019 | |
| Vanholt, Susan | $36,698 | Sept. 23, 2010 | |
| Vasquez, Cheryl | $32,245 | Aug. 3, 2020 | |
| Vibbard, Anthony | $70,822 | June 12, 2017 | |
| Villalobos, Darlene | $53,072 | Dec. 3, 2012 | |
| Vineyard, Matthew | $59,172 | June 1, 2009 | |
| Vitale, Sarah | $41,044 | Oct. 11, 2000 | |
| Vize, Nathan | $53,072 | Aug. 2, 2021 | |
| Vodnansky, Heather | $91,702 | March 16, 2005 | |
| Wagner, Jeff | $45,036 | Aug. 10, 2004 | |
| Walden-Chastain, Desiree | $47,065 | March 8, 2022 | |
| Walden-Chastain, Robert | $57,288 | July 1, 2020 | |
| Walker, Tamara | $48,809 | Nov. 28, 1988 | |
| Walker, Tiffany | $36,896 | Aug. 20, 2001 | |
| Wallace, Darren | $95,640 | Nov. 14, 1994 | |
| Wallis, Marilin | $41,101 | Sept. 1, 2009 | |
| Waltz, Matthew | $79,702 | May 28, 2004 | |
| Ware, Katherine | $26,860 | Jan. 23, 2020 | |
| Watson, Fallon | $42,806 | Oct. 4, 2021 | |
| Watson, Sara | $79,702 | May 1, 2007 | |
| Welborn, Lauren | $95,640 | April 3, 2006 | |
| Wellock, Sean | $57,288 | Sept. 8, 2020 | |
| Wentzel, Kirstyn | $47,758 | Sept. 29, 2016 | |
| West, Kyle | $42,854 | Oct. 24, 2016 | |
| West, Robert | $66,044 | Sept. 5, 2017 | |
| Westfall, Sarah | $60,968 | July 22, 2019 | |
| Whipple, Keegan | $70,087 | May 15, 2017 | |
| Wiegert, David | $79,702 | Jan. 26, 2012 | |
| Wilcox, Lori | $36,698 | April 2, 2007 | |
| Wilhite, Pamela | $44,406 | July 26, 1999 | |
| Wilks, Julian | $31,660 | May 23, 2022 | |
| Williams, Ashley | $44,406 | Jan. 2, 2020 | |
| Williams, Ryan | $95,640 | Aug. 14, 2017 | |
| Willibey, Jeannie | $97,126 | Jan. 9, 1991 | |
| Willis, Alexis | $33,272 | July 8, 2019 | |
| Willis, James | $85,126 | April 20, 2015 | |
| Wilson, Joseph | $61,212 | Jan. 7, 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.