Who We Are
Public Counsel is a nonprofit public interest law firm dedicated to advancing civil rights and racial and economic justice, as well as to amplifying the power of our clients through comprehensive legal advocacy.
Founded on and strengthened by a pro bono legal service model, our staff and volunteers seek justice through direct legal services, promote healthy and resilient communities through education and outreach, and support community-led efforts to transform unjust systems through litigation and policy advocacy in and beyond Los Angeles.
Executive Team
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Leading Public Counsel’s mission and strategy.
Directing Attorneys
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Guiding our legal programs and advocacy.
Directors
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Overseeing key initiatives and operations.
All Staff
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The people who make Public Counsel’s work possible.
Adan Rodriguez
Senior Staff Attorney
Adar Carver
Staff Attorney
Aimee Meraz
Senior Program Assistant
AJ Moultrie
Digital Media Strategist
Alero Egbe
Staff Attorney
Alisa Randell
Managing Attorney
Alma Bonifacio
Small Business Program Manager
Amanda Mangaser Savage
Strategic Litigation Counsel
Amelia Piazza
Staff Attorney
Amy Tannenbaum
Supervising Attorney
Ana Torres
Director of Human Resources
Anna Stone
Legal Assistant
Annie Marquit
Senior Staff Attorney
Bianka Ramos
Staff Attorney
Brian Capra
Senior Staff Attorney
Carie Martin
Staff Attorney
Carlo Castro
Legal Data Manager
Carlos Ayala
Paralegal
Carol Jaime
Associate Human Resources Manager
Carrie Vereide
Social Worker
Cassidy Bennett
Staff Attorney
Cecilia Mercado
Senior Program Coordinator
Cheyanne Picone-Ishizuka
Senior Associate Director
Christina Boyar
Staff Attorney
Christina Flores
Grant Accounting Manager
Christine Alvisurez
Senior Staff Attorney
Christine Bradshaw
Staff Attorney
Cindy Franco
Senior Social Worker
Cynthia Ramirez-Gomez
Database Gift Processor
Dafne Goldberg
Staff Attorney
Danielle V. Garcia
Supervising Attorney
Daphne Paige
Controller
David Daniels
Director of Pro Bono
David Mojarro
Administrative Assistant
David Zhao
Equal Justice Works Fellow Sponsored by Amgen Inc.‚ Munger‚ Tolles & Olson LLP
Daysi Miranda
Shriver Program Manager
Doris Yun
Finance Associate
Drew Wilds
Equal Justice Works Fellow Sponsored by Lavan-Harris Charitable Fund
Edna Galaviz
Paralegal
Efrain Zuniga
Administrative Assistant
Eleany Busta Flores
Administrative Assistant
Elizabeth “Liz” Hércules-Páez
Senior Staff Attorney
Elizabeth “Rosie” Brown
Staff Attorney
Elizabeth Gonzalez
Managing Attorney
Elizabeth Meyerhoff
Senior Staff Attorney
Emma Sackheim
Fellow
Erica Garcia
Executive Assistant
Erika Luna
Receptionist & Administrative Assistant
Erin Farrell
Senior Special Events & Major Gifts Coordinator
Faizah Malik
Managing Attorney
Felisha Miles
Staff Attorney
Francisco Gomez
Paralegal
Ghirlandi Guidetti
Senior Staff Attorney
Gianna Emma
Fellow
Gigi Lam
Directing Attorney‚ Homelessness Prevention
Gina Amato Lough
Directing Attorney‚ Immigrants’ Rights
Grace Han
Staff Attorney
Greg Bonett
Senior Policy Counsel
Harriet Steele
Staff Attorney
Helen Boyer
Staff Attorney
Hesley Gonzalez
Justice Fellow
Isabel Medrano
Paralegal
Jackie Chidiac
Senior Paralegal
Jacob Maddox
Fellow
Jana Whalley
Senior Supervising Attorney
Javi Jimenez
Paralegal
Javier Hernandez
Program Manager
Jazmin Diaz
Project Coordinator
Jennifer Calderon
Staff Attorney
Jenny Li
Staff Attorney
Joanne Newman
Paralegal
Jocelyn Andrade
Paralegal
Jocelyn Lopez
Human Resources Specialist
Joe Sapien
Senior Benefits Specialist
Joel Frost-Tift
Senior Supervising Attorney
Jon Contreras
Staff Attorney
Jonathan Jager
Interim Senior Supervising Attorney
Joseph Mitjavila
Information Technology Manager
Joshua Busch
Director of Communications
Judy Verduzco
Director of Social Work
Juli Newhouse
Senior Paralegal
Julia Scalise
Director of Grants
Juliette Ford
Paralegal
Kaho Maeda
UCLA Public Service Law Fellow
Karen Martinez-Chung
Staff Attorney
Karen Ullman
Senior Supervising Attorney
Karla Chalif
Vice President‚ Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel
Karla Infante
Accounting Analyst
Kathleen Rivas
Supervising Attorney
Kathryn Eidmann
President & CEO‚ Helen & Morgan Chu Chief Executive Officer Distinguished Chair
Katka Werth
Senior Staff Attorney
Katrina Landeta
Staff Attorney
Kavita Tekchandani
Supervising Attorney
Kaytlen Cruz
Administrative Assistant
Kelly Evans
Senior Supervising Attorney
Kelsey White
Staff Attorney
Kourtney Kinchen
Keller Fellow
Kristen Jackson
Interim Vice President‚ Chief Advocacy Officer
Laura Bloom
Senior Supervising Attorney
Leticia Rodriguez
Staff Attorney
Lilian Teran Mendoza
Pro Bono Placement Assistant
Lindsay Verity
Senior Supervising Attorney
Lisa “Lili” Tamaki
Supervising Attorney
Lucas Oppenheim
Senior Staff Attorney
Mabel Pacheco
Project Coordinator
Mara Ziegler
Senior Social Worker
Maria Cabadas
Senior Paralegal
Maribel Morales
Senior Paralegal
Mark Rosenbaum
Senior Special Counsel for Strategic Litigation
Martha Becerra
Receptionist
Mary Ambriz
Project Coordinator
Mary Jane Hunter
Disaster Recovery Program Manager
Mayra Lira
Senior Supervising Attorney
Meegan Lee Ochs
Strategic Partnerships Manager
Meg Rumsey-Lasersohn
Grants Coordinator
Melina Almanza
Project Coordinator
Michelle Saucedo
Staff Attorney
Molly Mauck
Supervising Attorney
Natalie Garnica
Senior Staff Attorney
Natalie Rankin
Paralegal
Nisha Vyas
Vice President, Chief Legal Officer
Paul “Roug” Rouggie
Information Technology & Facilities Support Technician
Rachel Odio
Senior Supervising Attorney
Rachel Stein
Directing Attorney‚ Audrey Irmas Gender Justice Project
Rebecca Brown
Supervising Attorney
Ritu Mahajan Estes
Directing Attorney‚ Community Development
Robert Jimenez
Administrative Assistant
Rocio Garcia
Program Manager
Rose Lewis
Fellow
Ruth Sandoval
Office Manager
Saddia Khan
Supervising Attorney
Sandra Madera
Manager of Volunteer Programs & Operations
Sarah Rogozen
Supervising Attorney
Sarah Siraj
CARES Program Manager
Scot Moore
Director of Information Technology & Facilities
Scott Gizicki
Director of Philanthropy
Selene Hernandez
Social Worker
Serena Skinner
Project Coordinator
Sharon Balmer Cartagena
Directing Attorney‚ Child‚ Youth & Family Advocacy
Sonia Shakoori
Senior Staff Attorney
Sophia Wrench
Staff Attorney
Steph Carroll
Directing Attorney‚ Consumer Rights & Economic Justice
Stephanie Tillman
Staff Attorney
Steven Godoy
Vice President‚ Chief Financial Officer
Suzanne Dombkowski
Staff Attorney
Sylvia Torres-Guillen
Senior Special Counsel
Tara Ford
Interim Directing Attorney‚ Opportunity Under Law
Teresa Cruz
Program Manager
Tracy Rice
Vice President, Chief Development Officer
Vanessa Guzman
Staff Attorney
Vanessa Young Viniegra
Fellow
Vicky Nguyen
Database Coordinator
Victor Velasco
Paralegal
Victoria Petty
Staff Attorney
Vikki Padilla
Senior Paralegal
Yesenia Acosta
Assistant Controller
Yi Li
Fellow
Ylianna Perez-Guerrero
Senior Supervising Attorney
Yonny Aguilar
Senior Paralegal
Yvette Solano
Social Worker
Board of Directors
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Providing strategic oversight and governance.
Bruce Cormicle
Treasurer, Law Office of Bruce Cormicle
Stuart N. Senator
Secretary, Munger, Tolles & Olsen LLP
Tanya Acker
Immediate 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
Rosemarie Chiusano Aubert
Judicate West
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
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
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
Shawn S. Ledingham Jr.
Proskauer
Barbara E. Mathews
Southern California Edison (Ret.)
Sharon Mayer
Bird, Marella, Rhow, Lincenberg, Drooks & Nessim, LLP
Kathryn L. McCann
Annaguey McCann 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
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 Capital & Advisory 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.
Bryan Vitner
BRG
Joel R. Weiner
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Donna L. Wilson
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
Robert S. Wolfe
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