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Direct Services

Public Counsel provides free direct legal services and support or matches clients with pro bono advocates, ensuring they have a partner standing with them, their families, and our communities as they pursue justice.

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Policy Advocacy

Public Counsel addresses the root causes of inequities in our society by advocating for inclusive policy solutions in collaboration with grassroots coalitions and the communities most impacted by systemic oppression.

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Impact Litigation

Public Counsel files strategic impact litigation so entire communities get the justice they deserve. By setting legal precedents and challenging unjust laws, our cases spark large-scale change in our society.

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Pro Bono Partnerships

Since its inception, Public Counsel has relied upon pro bono attorneys, law students, paralegals, and other legal professionals to partner with us to support clients, take on high-impact cases, and strengthen our advocacy efforts.

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Social Work Integration

Public Counsel values an interdisciplinary approach to law and social work that strengthens trauma-informed legal advocacy and advances effective outcomes across its work. 

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Resource Library

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Toolkit

04/03/26

Newcomer Student Education Rights

This toolkit is designed to inform advocates (attorneys and non-attorneys) about the education-related rights of newcomer and undocumented immigrant children, how to assert those rights, and what to do if...

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Guide

02/17/26

What is the Meeting of Creditors?

Once you file your bankruptcy, a Bankruptcy Trustee will be assigned to your case and a Meeting of Creditors will be scheduled. This guide will provide general information to help...

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FAQsGuide

02/10/26

Know Your Rights as a Child Care Business

This Know Your Rights guide explains California child care providers’ legal authority to control access to their facilities, including who may enter, when recording is prohibited, and how to respond...

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How We Work

See All

Direct Services

Public Counsel provides free direct legal services and support or matches clients with pro bono advocates, ensuring they have a partner standing with them, their families, and our communities as they pursue justice.

Learn More

Policy Advocacy

Public Counsel addresses the root causes of inequities in our society by advocating for inclusive policy solutions in collaboration with grassroots coalitions and the communities most impacted by systemic oppression.

Learn More

Impact Litigation

Public Counsel files strategic impact litigation so entire communities get the justice they deserve. By setting legal precedents and challenging unjust laws, our cases spark large-scale change in our society.

Learn More

Pro Bono Partnerships

Since its inception, Public Counsel has relied upon pro bono attorneys, law students, paralegals, and other legal professionals to partner with us to support clients, take on high-impact cases, and strengthen our advocacy efforts.

Learn More

Social Work Integration

Public Counsel values an interdisciplinary approach to law and social work that strengthens trauma-informed legal advocacy and advances effective outcomes across its work. 

Learn More

Popular Resources

See All

Toolkit

04/03/26

Newcomer Student Education Rights

This toolkit is designed to inform advocates (attorneys and non-attorneys) about the education-related rights of newcomer and undocumented immigrant children, how to assert those rights, and what to do if...

Learn More

Guide

02/17/26

What is the Meeting of Creditors?

Once you file your bankruptcy, a Bankruptcy Trustee will be assigned to your case and a Meeting of Creditors will be scheduled. This guide will provide general information to help...

Learn More

FAQsGuide

02/10/26

Know Your Rights as a Child Care Business

This Know Your Rights guide explains California child care providers’ legal authority to control access to their facilities, including who may enter, when recording is prohibited, and how to respond...

Learn More

Board of Directors

Meet our team

Providing strategic oversight and governance.

Angela C. Agrusa

Chair, DLA Piper LLP (US)

Bruce Cormicle

Vice Chair, Law Office of Bruce Cormicle

Stuart N. Senator

Treasurer, Munger, Tolles & Olsen LLP

Kathryn L. McCann

Secretary, Annaguey McCann LLP 

Tanya Acker

Past Chair, Co-Host, Tribunal Justice, and Host, The Tanya Acker Show Podcast

Daniel Allender

Robins Kaplan LLP

Rand S. April

Past Chair, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Jennifer S. Baldocchi

Paul Hastings LLP

Thomas Baxter

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Lee S. Brenner

Venable LLP

Jamie Broder

Past Chair, Paul Hastings LLP (Ret.)

Manuel F. Cachán

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Chen Yoshimura LLP

Vincent H. Chieffo

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Morgan Chu

Irell & Manella LLP

Alfred M. Clark

Pepper Center for Public Service

Daniel Clivner

Past Chair, Sidley Austin LLP

Philip E. Cook

Past Chair, JAMS

Miles M. Cooley

Liner Freedman Taitelman + Cooley LLP 

Cory Copeland

LexisNexis (Ret.)

Kevin C. Cops

City National Bank

Michael J. Finnegan

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

William Flumenbaum

The Capital Group Companies, Inc. (Ret.)

Karen N. Fredriksen

Past Chair, The Walt Disney Company

Benjamin J. Fox

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Ariana E. Fuller

King & Spalding LLP

Laurence R. Goldman

Law Office of Laurence R. Goldman

Christina N. Goodrich

K&L Gates LLP

Richard Grad

MGA Entertainment, Inc.

Daniel Grunfeld

Past Chair, Judicate West

Mark E. Haddad

Sidley Austin LLP (Ret.)

Jennifer R. Hasbrouck

Southern California Edison

Yakub Hazzard

Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP

Matthew T. Heartney

Past Chair, Arnold & Porter (Ret.)

David I. Horowitz

Kirland & Ellis LLP

Kathy J. Huang

Alston & Bird LLP

David G. Johnson

Past Chair, ACT 4 Entertainment

Moe Keshavarzi

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Nary Kim

Kendall Brill & Kelly LLP

Liz Klebaner

Nossaman LLP

Barbara E. Mathews

Southern California Edison (Ret.)

Sharon Mayer

Bird, Marella, Rhow, Lincenberg, Drooks & Nessim, LLP

Daryl McCullough

McGriffin Media, LLC

Marcellus A. Mcrae

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Alissa Miller

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Brad Miller

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Steven A. Nissen

Hollywood Chamber of Commerce

Nassem Nixon

Capital Group

Elizabeth Y.J. Oh

Latham & Watkins

Neil R. O’Hanlon

Law Office of Neil R. O’Hanlon

Ajay A. Patel

Amazon Studios

Laura R. Petroff

Winston & Strawn LLP (Ret.)

Kate Phelan

U.S. Bank

Stacy D. Phillips

Immediate Past Chair, Blank Rome LLP

Stephen E. Pickett

Past Chair, Southern California Edison (Ret.)

Barry Porter

Clarity Partners

Shana E. Ramirez

DLA Piper LLP (US)

Rahul Ravipudi

Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP

Kevin D. Rising

Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Alexandra A. Roje

Reed Smith LLP

Rick R. Rothman

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Jason D. Russell

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Natalie Samarjian

Coro Southern California

Jonathan P. Schneller

O’Melveny & Myers LLP

Robert F. Scoular

Past Chair, Dentons US LLP

Roman M. Silberfeld

Past Chair, Robins Kaplan LLP

Kate T. Spelman

Jenner & Block LLP

Michael S. Spindler

GlassRatner Advisory & Capital Group, LLC

Deborah L. Stein

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Michael H. Steinberg

Past Chair,  Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Brian R. Strange

Past Chair, Strange LLP

G. Thomas Stromberg

GTS Consulting LLC

Randall J. Sunshine

Liner LLP (Ret.)

Paul W. Sweeney, Jr.

Past Chair, Arnold & Porter

Gail Migdal Title

Past Chair, ADR Services, Inc.

Joel R. Weiner

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Donna L. Wilson

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Robert S. Wolfe