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About Us

Main Office Address

633 Court Street, Services Center - 5th floor
Reading, PA 19601
Phone: 610-478-6000; Fax: 610-478-6002

da@berkspa.gov 

Staffing Information

ADMINISTRATION

  • Claudia Ferko - Deputy Director
    • handles everything from accounts payable/receivable; budgets; grants; and fiscal administration and much more
    • overall supervisor of the Support Staff & Victim/Witness Unit
  • Wendy Bundens - Court Liaison
    • handles everything from extraditions; jail list; Grand Jury liaison; and much more
    • supervisor of the Support Staff
  • Amy Sundstrom - Director- Children Alliance Center; Victim/Witness Unit Supervisor
    • supervisor of the Victim/Witness Unit & much more
    • Director of the Children's Alliance Center
  • Janell Lis - Administrative Assistant
    • Administrative Assistant to the District Attorney & First Assistant District Attorney & much more

SUPERVISING ATTORNEYS

  • Dennis J. Skayhan, First Assistant District Attorney
  • Kevin Howard, Supervising Chief of Trials
  • Alisa Hobart, Supervising Chief of Trials
  • Colleen Dugan, Supervising Chief of Trials
  • Jason Glessner, Supervising Chief of Trials
  • Meg McCallum, Supervising Attorney
  • Kathryn Lehman, Supervising Attorney
  • Daniel Troy, Supervising Attorney

SPECIAL ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY

  • Jordan Fegley, Assistant District Attorney

ADULT DIVISION - Trial Teams

JUDGE BARRETT TRIAL TEAM:

  • -supervised by Jason Glessner
    • Adam McNaughton, Assistant DA
    • Rachel Louviaux, Assistant DA
    • Wayne Bridgham, Assistant DA
    • Secretary - Alexis Steiner
    • Arraignment Secretary - Mallory Kooker

JUDGE BODOR TRIAL TEAM:

  • -supervised by Alisa Hobart
    • Joseph Speece, III, Assistant DA
    • Aaron Bell, Assistant DA
    • Nicole Riccio, Assistant DA
    • Colin McGee, Assistant DA
    • Secretary - Hope Strouse
    • Arraignment Secretary - Keren Mejia

JUDGE JOHNSON TRIAL TEAM:

  • -supervised by Kevin Howard
    • Jackie Hamer, Assistant DA
    • Claire Kauffman, Assistant DA
    • Katie Lehman, Assistant DA
    • Dan Troy, Assistant DA
    • Secretary - Melissa Miller
    • Arraignment Secretary - Morgan Kerr

JUDGE PARISI TRIAL TEAM:

  • -supervised by Dennis J. Skayhan
    • Charles Prutzman, Assistant DA
    • Nathaniel Griesbaum, Assistant DA
    • Ray Baker, Assistant DA
    • Jordan Fegley, Assistant DA
    • Secretary - Wendy Stamm
    • Arraignment Secretary - Eren Tighe

JUDGE GEISHAUSER TRIAL TEAM:

  • -supervised by Colleen Dugan
    • Colin Boyer, Assistant DA
    • K. Kenneth Brown, Assistant DA
    • Steve Gorman, Assistant DA
    • Secretary - Amanda Clark
    • Arraignment Secretary - Morgan Kerr

SENTENCING GUIDELINE COORDINATORS


-supervised by Claudia Ferko & Jason Glessner

  • Molly Dunlap
  • Jennifer Sensenig

PARALEGAL


  • Mallory Kooker

JUVENILE DIVISION

  • -supervised by Kevin Howard
    • Bryan Boughter, Assistant DA
    • James Goldsmith, Assistant DA
    • Secretary - Andrea Ditizio

APPEALS UNIT

  • -supervised by Alisa Hobart
    • Kenneth Kelecic, Assistant DA
    • Secretary - Venus Ward

FORFEITURE UNIT

  • -supervised by Kathryn Lehman & Dan Troy
    • Jackie Hamer, Assistant DA
    • Kenneth Kelecic, Assistant DA
    • Adam McNaughton, Assistant DA
    • Daniel Troy, Assistant DA
    • Wayne Bridgham, Assistant DA
    • Secretary - Jessica Ebling, Intelligence Analyst for DA Detectives

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE / CHILD ABUSE UNIT

  • -supervised by Meg McCallum
    • Kaitlin Daley, Assistant DA
    • Sarah Gordon, Assistant DA
    • Secretary - Sophia Stroumbakis

Victim/Witness Unit


  • -supervised by Amy Sundstrom
  • Charlene Hertzog
    • Lead V/W Coordinator
  • Angelina Casalena
    • V/W Unit Secretary
  • Nicole Kauffman-Jacoby
    • Judge Geishauser's Courtroom
    • Also handles child abuse cases assigned to ADA McCallum and ADA Daley
  • Elizabeth Mohn
    • Judge Johnson's Courtroom
    • Also handles domestic violence cases assigned to ADA Gordon
  • Liz Ramos
    • Judge Barrett's Courtroom
  • Denecha Alvarez
    • Judge Lillis' Courtroom
  • Ophel Joseph
    • Judge Parisi's Courtroom
  • Francesca Tavaeras
    • Juvenile Courtroom
  • Tori Schnovel
    • Outreach & Education Coordinator