This list is provided as a service to the public. If you have any questions regarding spoken language interpreter services in the U.S. Court for the Eastern District of Texas, please contact Official Court Interpreter Letty Medina, at leticia_medina@txed.uscourts.gov
List of Spanish contract Federal Certified Court Interpreters (FCCI’s), including base city and locations where they will travel (as of 12/04/2023):
Letty Medina FCCI- DFW (Anna) - 405-821-5296 (District-wide)
Monica Munera FCCI- DFW (Denton) 940-367-8043 (Sherman, Plano only)
Lyda Baro FCCI- DFW (Plano)- 214-476-9093 (Sherman, Plano only)
Reginald Killingley FCCI- TYLER (Big Sandy) 903-372-3749 District-wide)
Margarita Birnbaum FCCI- DFW (Dallas)- 214-883-1736 (District-wide)
Alma Adriano FCCI- DFW (Addison) 214-354-9898 (Sherman, Plano only)
Myrna Ramirez-Mdahuar FCCI- DFW (Savannah) 469-500-6250 (District-wide)
Yovana Gonzalez FCCI- DFW (Arlington) 817-683-5033 (Sherman, Plano only)
David Hoover FCCI- Lafayette, LA – 404-216-9030 (District-wide)
Myrna Wallace FCCI- (Houston)- 281-744-9051 (Beaumont, Lufkin, and Tyler)
Steve Mines FCCI- (Austin) 512-627-3726 (District-wide)
Cristina Helmerichs FCCI- (Austin) 512-452-4698 (District-wide)
Ernest Nino-Murcia FCCI- Des Moines IA- 917-753-3906 (Remote by TIP, ZOOM or CISCO)
Jason Daniel FCCI - Benton, AR- 501-282-9598 (Texarkana and Marshall)
Roslyn Lacey Wallace FCCI- (Houston)- 281-546-3364 (Beaumont only)
List of Language Skilled (LS) Spanish court interpreters
Gilbert Urbina, Texas Master LCI- TYLER & MARSHALL- 903-521-0294
Theresa Galindo-Jones; Arkansas Interpreter- TEXARKANA, SHERMAN & - 903-824-1100
Teresita Roark- Texas Master LCI- - MARSHALL & LONGVIEW- 903-235-0498
Melida Ailshire- Texas Master LCI- SHERMAN- 903-814-8347
Cynthia Hernandez- Texas Master LCI- TYLER- 903-521-4232
Norma Meeks- TYLER & MARSHALL – 903-566-7731
Other-than-Spanish (OTS) PQ and LS interpreters:
Vivan Josh (PLANO)- MANDARIN CHINESE- 214-215-5228- District-wide (in-person and TIP remote)
Rafiq Rahman (HOU)- HINDI, URDU – 281-460-7016- District-wide
Antonella Georgescu (HOU)- ROMANIAN- 713-542-6373- District-wide
Peter Gebre (Washington DC)- AMHARIC- 202-441-7504- District-wide
Aslan Aslanian (LA, Calif.)- FARSI- 818-726-5367- District-wide
Lily Miner (PLANO)- VIETNAMESE- 972-746-0321- Sherman & Plano
Steve Mines, Spanish FCCI (Austin)- PORTUGUESE & FRENCH, PQ- 512-627-3726- (District-wide)
Kathi Stock (DFW)- GERMAN – 214-995-1164 (Sherman, Plano, Tyler)
Basy Thach (DFW) KHMER (CAMBODIAN)- 469-328-9431 Sherman, Plano, Tyler)