Meryl Carver-Allmond is the Training Director for the Kansas State Board of Indigents’ Defense Services. A 2005 University of Kansas School of Law graduate, she began her career as a research attorney for the Hon. Gary Rulon, former Chief Judge of the Kansas Court of Appeals. After four years with the Kansas Appellate Defender Office, she transitioned to capital appeals in 2012, where she had the honor of representing clients as part of defense teams in both the Kansas Supreme Court and the United States Supreme Court. In 2021, Meryl was chosen as the first ever statewide training director for the Kansas public defender and assigned counsel system.