Our People
All Staff

Abe Rinck
Eviction Defense Fellow

Adan Rodriguez
Staff Attorney

Adé Jackson
Staff Attorney

Adriana Martinez
Senior Paralegal

Aidee Campa
Law Clerk

Aimee Meraz
Senior Program Assistant

Alero Egbe
Sullivan & Cromwell Fellow

Alisa Randell
Managing Attorney

Alma Bonifacio
Small Business Program Manager

Amanda Mangaser Savage
Supervising Senior Staff Attorney

Amanda Pertusati
Interim Directing Attorney of Center for Veterans’ Advancement

Amanda Vest
Administrative Assistant

Amelia Piazza
Staff Attorney

Amy Tannenbaum
Supervising Staff Attorney

Ana Torres
Director of Human Resources

Annie Marquit
Senior Staff Attorney

Aru Gonzalez
EJW Fellow

Ash Rojo
Organizer, Paralegal

Ashley Longo
Temporary Law Clerk

Bernadette Gholami
Senior Social Worker

Bianka Ramos
Staff Attorney

Brian Capra
Senior Staff Attorney

Carlo Castro
Legal Data Manager

Carlos Ayala
Program Assistant

Carol Torres
Associate HR Manager

Carrie Vereide
Social Worker

Cecilia Mercado
Senior Program Coordinator

Cheyanne Picone-Ishizuka
Associate Director

Christina Boyar
UCLA Community Economic Development Fellow

Christina M. Gonzalez
Senior Staff Attorney

Christine Alvisurez
Senior Staff Attorney

Christine Bradshaw
Staff Attorney

Cindy Franco
Social Worker

Cynthia Ramirez-Gomez
Database Gift Processor

Daniel Sanchez
Senior Paralegal

Danielle V. Garcia
Staff Attorney

Daphne Paige
Controller

David Daniels
Director of Pro Bono

David Mojarro
Administrative Assistant

Daysi Miranda
Shriver Program Manager

Edna Galaviz
Program Assistant

Eduardo Solis
Communications Specialist

Efrain Zuniga
Administrative Assistant

Elizabeth “Liz” Hércules-Páez
Interim Supervising Staff Attorney

Elizabeth “Rosie” Brown
Staff Attorney

Elizabeth Gonzalez
Supervising Senior Staff Attorney

Elizabeth Meyerhoff
Temporary Staff Attorney

Elizabeth Williams
Case Coordinator

Emma Arce
Program Assistant

Erika Luna
Receptionist & Administrative Assistant

Erin Farrell
Senior Special Events Coordinator

Faizah Malik
Managing Attorney

Ghirlandi Guidetti
Staff Attorney

Gina Amato Lough
Directing Attorney – Immigrants’ Rights Project

Grace Han
Staff Attorney

Greg Bonett
Senior Staff Attorney

Harriet Steele
Staff Attorney

Helen Boyer
Staff Attorney

HyunJoo Lee
Senior Staff Attorney

Isaac Filat
Justice Catalyst Fellow

Jackie Chidiac
Senior Paralegal

Jana Whalley
Supervising Staff Attorney

Javier Hernandez
Program Manager

Jazmin Diaz
Project Coordinator

Jennifer Calderon
Temporary Law Clerk

Jessica Monterey
Senior Project Assistant

Joanna Adler
Supervising Staff Attorney

Joanne Newman
Paralegal

Jocelyn Lopez
HR Specialist

Joe Sapien
Benefits Specialist

Joel Frost-Tift
Supervising Staff Attorney

Jonathan Jager
Staff Attorney

Joshua Busch
Director of Communications

Joshua Hirsch
Director of Grants

Juan Espinoza
Staff Attorney

Judy Verduzco
Director of Social Work

Juli Newhouse
Senior Paralegal

Jumana Bambot
Staff Attorney

Karen Martinez-Chung
Staff Attorney

Karen Ullman
Supervising Senior Staff Attorney

Karla Chalif
Vice President , Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel

Karla Infante
Finance Associate

Kathleen Rivas
Staff Attorney

Kathryn Eidmann
Chief of Litigation & Legal Programs, Vice President

Katka Werth
Senior Staff Attorney

Kavita Tekchandani
Supervising Staff Attorney

Kaytlen Cruz
Administrative Assistant

Kelly Evans
Supervising Senior Staff Attorney

Kelsey White
Staff Attorney

Kennedy Willis
Staff Attorney

Kristen Jackson
Interim President & CEO

Laura Bloom
Staff Attorney

Lilian Teran Mendoza
Project Assistant

Lindsay Verity
Supervising Staff Attorney

Lisa “Lili” Tamaki
Staff Attorney

Lucas Oppenheim
Senior Staff Attorney

Mabel Pacheco
Project Coordinator

Mallory Sepler-King
Senior Staff Attorney

Mara Ziegler
Senior Social Worker

Maria Cabadas
Senior Paralegal

Maria Lopez
Intake Coordinator

Maribel Morales
Paralegal

Maritza Torres-Escobedo
Paralegal

Mark Rosenbaum
Senior Special Counsel for Strategic Litigation

Martha Becerra
Receptionist

Mary Jane Hunter
Paralegal

Mayra Lira
Supervising Senior Staff Attorney

Meg Rumsey-Lasersohn
Grants Coordinator

Melina Almanza
Project Coordinator

Melissa Diaz
Law Clerk

Michelle Saucedo
Staff Attorney

Molly Mauck
Staff Attorney

Natalie Garnica
Staff Attorney

Nazir Abuyounes
Staff Attorney

Paul “Roug” Rouggie
Facilities, IT Support Technician

Peggie Bennett
Senior Paralegal

Rachel Odio
Supervising Senior Staff Attorney

Rachel Stein
Directing Attorney – Audrey Irmas Project for Women and Girls’ Rights

Rebecca Brown
Interim Supervising Staff Attorney

Ritu Mahajan Estes
Directing Attorney – Community Development Project

Rocio Garcia
Intake Coordinator

Rocio Garcia
Senior Organizer/Paralegal

Ruth Sandoval
Office Manager

Ryan Younger
Administrative Assistant

Sandra Madera
Manager of Volunteer Programs and Operations

Sarah Rogozen
Staff Attorney

Scot Moore
Director of Information Technology

Scott Gizicki
Director of Philanthropy

Sean Chandra
Staff Attorney

Serena Garcia
Project Coordinator

Sharon Balmer Cartagena
Directing Attorney – Children’s Rights Project

Sibongile Enchill
Staff Attorney

Silvana Naguib
Directing Attorney – Homelessness Prevention Law Project

Sophia Wrench
EJW Fellow

Steph Carroll
Directing Attorney – Consumer Rights and Economic Justice

Stephano Medina
Staff Attorney

Steven Godoy
Chief Financial Officer, Vice President

Suzanne Castillo
Organizer, Paralegal

Suzanne Dombkowski
Staff Attorney

Tara Ford
Interim Directing Attorney – Opportunity Under Law

Tatiana Owens
Eviction Defense Fellow

Teresa Cruz
Program Manager

Thomas Epstein
Public Interest Fellow

Tracy Rice
Vice President , Chief Development Officer

Uzoamaka Ogbodo
Senior Executive Assistant

Vanessa Guzman
Staff Attorney

Vicky Nguyen
Database Coordinator

Victor Velasco
Intake Coordinator

Vikki Padilla
Senior Paralegal

William Streb II
Finance Associate

Yesenia Acosta
Assistant Controller

Yi Li
Stanford Fellow

Ylianna Perez-Guerrero
Supervising Senior Staff Attorney

Yonny Aguilar
Paralegal

Yvette Solano
Social Worker

Zoë Dolan
Supervising Staff Attorney