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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 on pro bono attorneys, law students, paralegals, and other legal professionals to partner with us in supporting clients, taking on high-impact cases, and strengthening 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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Community Education

Public Counsel promotes healthy and resilient communities through education and outreach, providing trainings, legal resources, and practical guidance that help people understand their rights, navigate complex systems, and take informed action.

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Resource Library

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Guide

08/18/26

Navigating COVID-19 EIDL Loan Repayment

This FAQ is designed for small business owners and nonprofit organizations nationwide that received an SBA COVID-19 EIDL and are now navigating repayment, delinquency, or default. It covers program basics,...

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Guide

08/10/26

California Nonjudicial Foreclosure Process – Primary Mortgage

This guide provides an overview of the California judicial foreclosure process for primary (first lien) mortgages, covering the full timeline from pre-foreclosure through the foreclosure sale — a minimum of approximately...

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Guide

06/12/26

Navigating the Title IX Process: A Guide for Student Survivors of Sexual Violence in College Settings

Navigating the Title IX complaint process can be both emotionally taxing and empowering. This guide aims to make that process more navigable and less daunting. You can use this guide...

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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 on pro bono attorneys, law students, paralegals, and other legal professionals to partner with us in supporting clients, taking on high-impact cases, and strengthening 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

Community Education

Public Counsel promotes healthy and resilient communities through education and outreach, providing trainings, legal resources, and practical guidance that help people understand their rights, navigate complex systems, and take informed action.

Learn More

Popular Resources

See All

Guide

08/18/26

Navigating COVID-19 EIDL Loan Repayment

This FAQ is designed for small business owners and nonprofit organizations nationwide that received an SBA COVID-19 EIDL and are now navigating repayment, delinquency, or default. It covers program basics,...

Learn More

Guide

08/10/26

California Nonjudicial Foreclosure Process – Primary Mortgage

This guide provides an overview of the California judicial foreclosure process for primary (first lien) mortgages, covering the full timeline from pre-foreclosure through the foreclosure sale — a minimum of approximately...

Learn More

Guide

06/12/26

Navigating the Title IX Process: A Guide for Student Survivors of Sexual Violence in College Settings

Navigating the Title IX complaint process can be both emotionally taxing and empowering. This guide aims to make that process more navigable and less daunting. You can use this guide...

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

Jennifer Benjamin

GlassRatner

Jamie Broder

Past Chair, Paul Hastings LLP (Ret.)

Manuel F. Cachán

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Winston & Strawn 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

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

Barbara E. Mathews

Southern California Edison (Ret.)

Sharon Mayer

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

Daryl McCullough

McGriffin Media, LLC

Michael S. McDonough

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Marcellus A. McRae

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Alissa Miller

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Brad Miller

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Steven A. Nissen

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

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

Rick R. Rothman

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Jason D. Russell

Davis Polk & Wardwell 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

Deborah L. Stein

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Michael H. Steinberg

Past Chair,  Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Anthony D. Storm

Signature Resolution

Brian R. Strange

Past Chair, Strange LLP

G. Thomas Stromberg

GTS Consulting LLC

Paul W. Sweeney, Jr.

Past Chair, Arnold & Porter

Gail Migdal Title

Past Chair, ADR Services, Inc.

Joel R. Weiner

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Dennis L. Wilson

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

Donna L. Wilson

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Robert S. Wolfe