State Public Defender
Data received June 2026 • Data comes from MOSERS. Positions and FT/PT status not provided. Data excludes state employees who don't hold benefit-eligible positions.
Full-time employees
720
Median pay
$61,058
Average pay
$65,024
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 2025, except where noted otherwise.
| Position | Gross pay | Date hired | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laramore, Danielle | Not provided | $59,068 | March 18, 2024 |
| Larsen, Heidi | Not provided | $43,621 | July 22, 2004 |
| Larson, Sarah | Not provided | $51,248 | Aug. 15, 2022 |
| Laruffa, Dominic | Not provided | $71,341 | June 1, 2022 |
| Law, Alice | Not provided | $37,844 | Nov. 1, 2022 |
| Lawrence, Samuel | Not provided | $92,898 | July 23, 2012 |
| Laws, Edna | Not provided | $50,687 | Dec. 3, 2007 |
| Leasure, Roy | Not provided | $56,776 | Oct. 14, 1997 |
| Lee, Christopher | Not provided | $73,961 | March 19, 2018 |
| Leftwich, Valerie | Not provided | $113,153 | July 26, 1993 |
| Leggette, Tricia | Not provided | $43,621 | Nov. 17, 2004 |
| Legomsky, Anne | Not provided | $131,237 | Oct. 24, 2016 |
| Lehmberg, Christian | Not provided | $91,996 | July 5, 2016 |
| Lenyo, Mitchell | Not provided | $56,070 | April 20, 2015 |
| Leuty Winningham, Tiffany | Not provided | $126,492 | Feb. 21, 2006 |
| Lewis, Rachel | Not provided | $54,342 | Oct. 3, 2022 |
| Lewis, Steven | Not provided | $107,153 | Feb. 22, 1994 |
| Li, Zuqi | Not provided | $75,508 | Nov. 15, 2021 |
| Lima, Brooke | Not provided | $86,930 | Feb. 6, 2023 |
| Lindsay, Kayla | Not provided | $37,656 | Nov. 22, 2024 |
| Livingston, Neal | Not provided | $56,776 | June 26, 2000 |
| Lohn, Joshua | Not provided | $93,094 | Dec. 5, 2016 |
| Lomax-Vogt, Hannah | Not provided | $84,248 | July 28, 2021 |
| Lombard, Joy | Not provided | $56,235 | Feb. 22, 1999 |
| Long, Kimberly | Not provided | $54,613 | Aug. 30, 2021 |
| Lopez, Stephanie | Not provided | $93,800 | June 23, 2009 |
| Lorenz, Kevin | Not provided | $93,349 | March 12, 2012 |
| Lowe, Craig | Not provided | $92,898 | Jan. 13, 2014 |
| Lubbe, Alexandra | Not provided | $43,311 | May 9, 2023 |
| Lucas, Tamara | Not provided | $110,405 | April 17, 2017 |
| Ludwig, Tyler | Not provided | $70,688 | Aug. 5, 2021 |
| Lufcy, Jeana | Not provided | $38,335 | Aug. 18, 2022 |
| Lynch, Claudia | Not provided | $42,375 | May 10, 2018 |
| Mace, Tessa | Not provided | $36,518 | April 24, 2023 |
| Mahaffey, Matthew | Not provided | $119,482 | Nov. 26, 2007 |
| Malugen, Ginia | Not provided | $55,424 | Nov. 3, 2014 |
| Manion, Elton | Not provided | $91,996 | Jan. 9, 2017 |
| Manjunath, Yashwanth | Not provided | $60,571 | March 1, 2017 |
| Manthey, Melanie | Not provided | $37,844 | Aug. 2, 2022 |
| Marais, Iain | Not provided | $56,760 | Feb. 3, 2025 |
| Marbough, Joy | Not provided | $56,776 | July 7, 1997 |
| Marsh, Callie | Not provided | $54,511 | Aug. 19, 2024 |
| Marshall, John | Not provided | $75,508 | Aug. 2, 2021 |
| Martin, David | Not provided | $55,153 | Jan. 2, 2018 |
| Martin, Jeffrey | Not provided | $113,828 | Jan. 16, 1996 |
| Martin, Travis | Not provided | $74,455 | Dec. 17, 2015 |
| Matheson, Janeal | Not provided | $73,215 | Aug. 13, 2001 |
| Mattison, Chad | Not provided | $65,265 | May 21, 2024 |
| Maurer-Levi, Kimberly | Not provided | $91,996 | April 3, 2017 |
| Mauritzson, Scott | Not provided | $50,668 | Nov. 7, 2022 |
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.