Our People
All Staff
Abe Rinck
Staff Attorney
Adan Rodriguez
Staff Attorney
Adar Carver
Staff Attorney
Aimee Benitez Aguirre
TAY Coordinator
Aimee Meraz
Senior Program Assistant
Alero Egbe
Staff Attorney
Alisa Randell
Managing Attorney
Alma Bonifacio
Small Business Program Manager
Amanda Mangaser Savage
Sullivan & Cromwell Strategic Litigation Counsel
Amanda Pertusati
Interim Directing Attorney of Center for Veterans’ Advancement
Amanda Vest
Administrative Assistant
Amelia Piazza
Staff Attorney
Amy Tannenbaum
Supervising Attorney
Ana Torres
Director of Human Resources
Anna Stone
Legal Assistant
Annie Marquit
Senior Staff Attorney
Benjamin Juarez
Intake Coordinator
Bianka Ramos
Staff Attorney
Brian Capra
Senior Staff Attorney
Carie Martin
Fellow
Carlo Castro
Legal Data Manager
Carlos Ayala
Paralegal
Carol Torres
Associate HR 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 M. Gonzalez
Senior Staff Attorney
Christine Alvisurez
Senior Staff Attorney
Christine Bradshaw
Staff Attorney
Cindy Franco
Social Worker
Cynthia Ramirez-Gomez
Database Gift Processor
Danielle V. Garcia
Supervising Attorney
Daphne Paige
Controller
David Daniels
Director of Pro Bono
David Goldberg
Staff Attorney
David Mojarro
Administrative Assistant
David Zhao
EJW Fellow
Daysi Miranda
Shriver Program Manager
Doris Yun
Finance Associate
Drew Wilds
EJW Fellow
Edna Galaviz
Paralegal
Efrain Zuniga
Administrative Assistant
Eleany Busta Flores
Administrative Assistant
Elizabeth “Liz” Hércules-Páez
Staff Attorney
Elizabeth “Rosie” Brown
Staff Attorney
Elizabeth Gonzalez
Senior Supervising Attorney
Elizabeth Meyerhoff
Senior Staff Attorney
Emma Arce
Paralegal
Erika Luna
Receptionist & Administrative Assistant
Erin Farrell
Senior Special Events Coordinator
Evan Zepeda
Temporary UCLA Fellow
Faizah Malik
Managing Attorney
Francisco Gomez
Paralegal
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
Hesley Gonzalez
IJC Fellow
Isabel Medrano
Case Coordinator
Jackie Chidiac
Senior Paralegal
Jacob Maddox
Sullivan & Cromwell Fellow
Jana Whalley
Supervising Attorney
Javi Jimenez
Paralegal
Javier Hernandez
Program Manager
Jazmin Diaz
Project Coordinator
Jennifer Calderon
Staff Attorney
Joanna Adler
Supervising Attorney
Joanne Newman
Paralegal
Jocelyn Andrade
Paralegal
Jocelyn Lopez
HR Specialist
Joe Sapien
Benefits Specialist
Joel Frost-Tift
Senior Supervising Attorney
Jonathan Jager
Staff Attorney
Joseph Mitjavila
IT Manager
Joshua Busch
Director of Communications
Joshua Hirsch
Director of Grants
Judy Verduzco
Director of Social Work
Juli Newhouse
Senior Paralegal
Juliette Ford
Paralegal
Jumana Bambot
Staff Attorney
Karen Martinez-Chung
Staff Attorney
Karen Ullman
Senior Supervising Attorney
Karla Chalif
Vice President , Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel
Karla Infante
Staff Accountant
Katelyn Johnson
Paralegal
Kathleen Rivas
Supervising Attorney
Kathryn Eidmann
President & CEO‚ Helen & Morgan Chu Chief Executive Officer Distinguished Chair
Katka Werth
Senior Staff Attorney
Kavita Tekchandani
Supervising Attorney
Kaytlen Cruz
Administrative Assistant
Kelly Evans
Interim Directing Attorney – Homelessness Prevention Law Project
Kelsey White
Staff Attorney
Kristen Jackson
Interim Vice President , Chief of Litigation & Legal Programs
Laura Bloom
Staff Attorney
Leticia Rodriguez
Staff Attorney
Lilian Teran Mendoza
Pro Bono Placement Assistant
Lindsay Verity
Supervising Attorney
Lisa “Lili” Tamaki
Staff Attorney
Lucas Oppenheim
Senior Staff Attorney
Mabel Pacheco
Project Coordinator
Mara Ziegler
Senior Social Worker
Maria Cabadas
Senior Paralegal
Maribel Morales
Paralegal
Maritza Torres-Escobedo
Paralegal
Mark Rosenbaum
Senior Special Counsel for Strategic Litigation
Martha Becerra
Receptionist
Mary Ambriz
Project Coordinator
Mary Jane Hunter
Interim Manager of Center For Veteran’s Advancement
Mayra Lira
Senior Supervising Attorney
Meg Rumsey-Lasersohn
Grants Coordinator
Melina Almanza
Project Coordinator
Michelle Saucedo
Staff Attorney
Molly Mauck
Supervising Attorney
Natalie Garnica
Staff Attorney
Patricio Benavides
Paralegal
Paul “Roug” Rouggie
Facilities, IT Support Technician
Peggie Bennett
Senior Paralegal
Rachel Odio
Senior Supervising Attorney
Rachel Stein
Directing Attorney – Audrey Irmas Gender Justice Project
Raymond Fang
Skadden Fellow
Rebecca Brown
Staff Attorney
Ritu Mahajan Estes
Directing Attorney – Community Development Project
Rocio Garcia
Intake Coordinator
Rocio Garcia
Program Manager
Roswald Morales
Staff Attorney
Ruth Sandoval
Office Manager
Sandra Madera
Manager of Volunteer Programs and Operations
Sarah Rogozen
Supervising Attorney
Sarah Siraj
CARES Program Manager
Scot Moore
Director of Information Technology
Scott Gizicki
Director of Philanthropy
Selene Hernandez
Temporary Social Worker
Serena Skinner
Project Coordinator
Sharon Balmer Cartagena
Directing Attorney – Children’s Rights Project
Sibongile Enchill
Staff Attorney
Sierra Swan
Temporary CREJ Fellow
Sonia Shakoori
Senior Staff Attorney
Sophia Wrench
EJW Fellow
Steph Carroll
Directing Attorney – Consumer Rights and Economic Justice
Stephanie Tillman
Staff Attorney
Steven Godoy
Vice President , Chief Financial Officer
Suzanne Castillo
Organizer, Paralegal
Suzanne Dombkowski
Staff Attorney
Sydney Beada
Staff Attorney
Tara Ford
Interim Directing Attorney – Opportunity Under Law
Teresa Cruz
Program Manager
Thalia Acosta
Fellow
Tracy Rice
Vice President , Chief Development Officer
Vanessa Guzman
Staff Attorney
Vicky Nguyen
Database Coordinator
Victor Velasco
Paralegal
Vikki Padilla
Senior Paralegal
Yesenia Acosta
Assistant Controller
Ylianna Perez-Guerrero
Senior Supervising Attorney
Yonny Aguilar
Senior Paralegal
Yvette Solano
Social Worker
