Missouri State Public Defender
2020 Award Recipients
Defender of Distinction
Sarah Johnson
Director of Juvenile Defense and Policy
Children’s Defense Team
Excellence Award
Kelly Jackson
Investigator
Appellate/PCR East A – St. Louis
Office of the Year
Area 37
West Plains Trial Office
Bethany Turner, District Defender; Sarah Bernard, Assistant Public Defender; Ezra Cahn, Assistant Public Defender; Thomas Flack, Assistant Public Defender; David Spears, Administrative Assistant; Valerie Bailey, Investigator; and Carol Young, Legal Assistant.
Director’s Award
Michael Barrett
Past Director
Defender of the 6th Amendment
Stinson LLP
Kansas City
Outstanding Contract Defender Award
Wally Trosen
Attorney at Law
Kirksville
2020 Lon O. Hocker Award Winner
Erika Wurst
Deputy District Defender
St. Louis City Trial Office
NLADA New Leaders in Advocacy Award
Stacey Lannert
Assistant Public Defender
St. Louis City Trial Office