Legal Aid DC’s attorneys, legal support staff, and operational staff work together to provide life-changing legal assistance for thousands of DC residents each year. This year we were excited to welcome our first cohort of early career attorneys who started in September as the inaugural group in our new recruitment model.

Lia Acosta
Senior Administrative Assistant

Rais Akbar
Senior Staff Attorney

Michael Arrington
Staff Attorney

Martha Arzu
Senior Legal Assistant/Paralegal

Laura Bailey
Director of IT

Jessica Berger
Supervising Attorney

Nketiah Berko
Staff Attorney

Deepa Bijpuria
Supervising Attorney

Elena Bowers
Managing Attorney

Daniela Bravo
Project Coordinator

Shreya Britton
Staff Attorney

Shula Bronner
Senior Legal Assistant/Paralegal

Andrea Brooks
Senior Intake Specialist

Megan Browder
Legal Director for Systemic Advocacy & Law Reform

Cecilia Bruni
Staff Attorney

Meridel Bulle-Vu
Managing Attorney

Chris Canjura
Senior Intake Specialist

Madison Cassell
Deputy Director of Development/Chief of Staff

Molly Catchen
Supervising Attorney

Wendy Cheng
Senior Staff Attorney

Eleni Christidis
Project Manager

Erica Clarke
Staff Attorney

Rachel Clifton
Public Benefits Specialist

Ashley Close
Staff Attorney

Stacy Cloyd
Staff Attorney

Mistee Colbert
Senior Staff Attorney

Claire Comey
Staff Attorney

Renée Cordio
Staff Attorney

Shakina Cotton
Tenant Support Specialist

Gary Cunningham
Senior Intake Coordinator

Rebecca Dayan
Senior Legal Assistant/Paralegal

David DePriest
Staff Attorney

Nicole Dooley
Supervising Attorney

Ketty Eberepou
Senior Intake Specialist

Caroline Fehr
Supervising Attorney

Sofia Ferber
Staff Attorney

Rebecca Gallahue
Director of Legal Support

Cali Gill
Staff Attorney

Madeline Gold
Legal Assistant/Paralegal

Javonta Graham
Senior Investigator

Emily Grau
Staff Attorney

Omar Hashem
Senior Investigator

Caitlin Hatakeyama
Staff Attorney

Kathy Hays
Director of Operations

Emma Hersom
Navigator, DC Resource Bridge

Phylicia Hill
Director of Impact Litigation

Dana Huffstutler
Senior Legal Assistant/Paralegal

Tiffany Jackson
Skadden Fellow

Adam Jacobs
Project Coordinator

Jen Jenkins
Policy Manager

Lauren Johnson
Executive Assistant

Nicole Johnson
Senior Legal Assistant/Paralegal

Christine Joseph
Supervising Attorney

Jennifer Joseph
Supervising Attorney

Zoe Kemmerling
Staff Attorney

Danielle Kimberlin
Senior Intake Specialist

Amanda Korber
Supervising Attorney & Reentry Justice Project Director

Samantha Koshgarian
Supervising Attorney

Chinh Le
Special Counsel for Systemic Advocacy & Law Reform

Sarah Lee
Senior Staff Attorney

Jonathan Levy
Director, Barbara McDowell Appellate Advocacy Program

Jamie Long
Senior Staff Attorney

Susannah Loumiet
Senior Staff Attorney

Hailey Markt
Staff Attorney

Catherine Masters
Development Manager

Melissa McClure
Senior Staff Attorney

Lisa Meehan
Staff Attorney

Meg Messier
Staff Attorney

Hannah Mezzacappa
Staff Attorney

Kathleen Milton
Volunteer Staff Attorney

Amy Mix
DC Resource Bridge Director

Mikayla Moore
Development Associate

Leunea Myers
Senior Legal Assistant/ Paralegal

Leyah Myles
Technology Associate

Adwoa Nkansah
Intake Specialist

Mariatu Okonofua
Staff Attorney

Elana Orbuch
Staff Attorney

Patrick Orciani
Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and Training

Breanne Palmer
Director of Policy Advocacy

Thomas C. Papson
Volunteer Staff Attorney

Andrew Patterson
Senior Counsel

Mariel Perez-Santiago
Staff Attorney

Robert Pergament
Director of Development

Sarah Plavcan
Senior Staff Attorney

Berny Ramirez
Senior Navigator, DC Resource Bridge

Yoliara Ramos Soto
Director, Intake Program

Sarah Reichenbach
Staff Attorney

Brian Rohal
Senior Staff Attorney

Patricia Roulhac
Legal Secretary

Danielle Rowan
Staff Attorney

Evelyn Rupert
Communications Director

Juantre Rush
Senior Intake Program Generalist

Ayaan Said
Navigator, DC Resource Bridge

Melanie Sandler
Senior Staff Attorney

Dorothy Scheeline
Director of People & Culture

Johanna Schmidt
Supervising Attorney

Ashlei Schulz
Supervising Attorney

Candis Scippio
Human Resources Manager

Rachael Seaward
Staff Attorney

Katherine Shea
Staff Attorney

Samone Smith
Staff Attorney

Matthew Sokol
Staff Attorney

Sylvia Soltis
Director, Pro Bono Program

Jacob Speidel
Staff Attorney

David Steib
DC Resource Bridge Deputy Director

Francis Swanson
Sidley Austin Appellate Advocacy Fellow in Honor of Mark Herzog

Vikram Swaruup
Executive Director

Eric Swenson
Senior Staff Attorney

Josemanuel Tello
Legal Assistant/Paralegal

Alison Terrell
Staff Attorney

Marisa Theodore
Senior Staff Attorney

Stephanie Troyer
Legal Director of the Direct Legal Services Program

Julia Ward
Senior Staff Attorney

Songo Wawa
Staff Attorney

Elizabeth Wei
Staff Attorney

Kaitlin Welborn
Senior Impact Litigation Attorney

Simon Wentzell
Staff Attorney

Charlene Whitman-Barr
Supervising Attorney

Shay Williams
Senior Intake Program Generalist

Anne Winfrey
Fellow

Jillean Workman
Staff Attorney

Mel Zahnd
Supervising Attorney

Ryan Zamzam
Senior Legal Assistant/Paralegal