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
