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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neighbors, Ruth | $113,700 | Jan. 29, 1998 | |
| Nelson, Sheri | $79,702 | July 26, 2001 | |
| Nesbitt, Shelbi | $31,872 | May 29, 2018 | |
| Neswick, Chad | $61,243 | Aug. 13, 2021 | |
| Newell, Daniel | $30,976 | April 7, 2022 | |
| Newlon, Stacy | $43,588 | Feb. 22, 2022 | |
| Nicholson, Michelle | $33,559 | Oct. 12, 2021 | |
| Nickerson, George | $63,908 | Aug. 6, 2001 | |
| Nordmann, Rebecca Winka | $79,702 | Sept. 5, 2006 | |
| O'Brien, Kevin | $95,640 | Aug. 17, 1998 | |
| O'Connor, Robert | $42,402 | Oct. 26, 2020 | |
| O'Neal, Danyell | $32,323 | Nov. 30, 2020 | |
| O'Sullivan, Laura | $87,166 | Jan. 24, 1994 | |
| Odorizzi, Diane | $39,599 | March 25, 2013 | |
| Oliver, Alaina | $45,680 | Jan. 4, 2010 | |
| Oliver, Megan | $59,496 | Sept. 23, 2019 | |
| Olson, Kristina | $95,640 | Aug. 7, 2000 | |
| Opolka, Chase | $52,361 | Nov. 8, 2021 | |
| Oppelt, Charles | $79,702 | April 4, 2005 | |
| Ortiz, Justin | $66,044 | Sept. 18, 2017 | |
| Palmer, Carol | $58,024 | April 29, 2019 | |
| Palmer, Matthew | $40,167 | Sept. 17, 2018 | |
| Parker, John | $40,213 | July 22, 2019 | |
| Parker, Taran | $37,083 | May 10, 2022 | |
| Parrish, Michelle | $57,288 | May 29, 2018 | |
| Pasley, Devon | $91,702 | June 30, 2009 | |
| Patel, Bhumi | $26,644 | June 28, 2022 | |
| Patterson, Stacy | $95,640 | Jan. 5, 2004 | |
| Pawlowicz, Daniel | $68,617 | July 31, 2017 | |
| Payne, Kimberly | $44,406 | March 28, 2002 | |
| Peddicord, Johnny | $53,072 | Sept. 17, 2021 | |
| Peete, Willie | $21,208 | Feb. 1, 2022 | |
| Pekarek, Sarah | $89,689 | Oct. 5, 2009 | |
| Percival, Rosemary | $107,640 | Oct. 1, 1994 | |
| Perry, Dwayne | $96,136 | Jan. 1, 1989 | |
| Phoenix, Lindsey | $77,679 | Feb. 21, 2012 | |
| Piatt, Christopher | $95,640 | June 5, 2013 | |
| Picker, Chad | $79,702 | Oct. 10, 2000 | |
| Pike, Christopher | $75,560 | May 21, 2007 | |
| Plank, Marsha | $82,438 | April 15, 1996 | |
| Platt, Alysha | $21,664 | April 27, 2022 | |
| Platt, David | $57,288 | Nov. 12, 2019 | |
| Poe, Patricia | $74,788 | Aug. 1, 2016 | |
| Pratt, Amy | $51,887 | Aug. 11, 2021 | |
| Prenger, Myrna | $47,774 | Aug. 12, 1992 | |
| Price, Tamara | $49,232 | July 1, 2001 | |
| Puhr, Stephanie | $79,114 | June 23, 2009 | |
| Puricelli, Michelle | $36,698 | Oct. 26, 2015 | |
| Randall, Sean | $69,188 | Dec. 2, 2013 | |
| Randtke, Lena | $52,598 | Oct. 25, 2021 |
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.