Legal Staff by Practice Area

Eric Angel, Executive Director
Chinh Q. Le, Legal Director
Heather Latino, Deputy Legal Director
Jennifer Mezey, Deputy Legal Director

Housing Law Unit

Amanda Korber, Supervising Attorney
Beth Mellen, Supervising Attorney
Rachel Rintelmann, Supervising Attorney
Rais Akbar, Staff Attorney
Matthew Boucher, Staff Attorney
Elena Bowers, Senior Staff Attorney *
Molly Catchen, Senior Staff Attorney
Mistee Colbert, Staff Attorney
Eleni Christidis, Staff Attorney *°ˆΣ
Blair L. Gilbert, Staff Attorney *☙
Keerat Johnson, Staff Attorney
Samantha Koshgarian, Senior Staff Attorney
Jamie Long, Steptoe Fellow
Faiza Majeed, Senior Staff Attorney ❀§
Keilah Roberts, Staff Attorney
Ashlei Schulz, Staff Attorney
Mel Zahnd, Staff Attorney
Emily Near, Case Manager
Adam Jacobs, Project Coordinator
Becca Gallahue, Legal Support Coordinator *
Dara Canchester, Legal Assistant/Paralegal *
José Vallejo-Jimenez, Legal Assistant/Paralegal *°

Public Benefits Law Unit

Drake Hagner, Supervising Attorney
Nina Wu, Supervising Attorney ˆ
Andrew Patterson, Senior Staff Attorney
Chelsea Creo Sharon, Senior Staff Attorney *
Nicole Dooley, Senior Staff Attorney
Aida Fitzgerald, Senior Staff Attorney
Haley Hoff, Staff Attorney
Marcia Hollingsworth, Senior Staff Attorney
Christine Kumar, Staff Attorney ‡
Satcha Robinson, Staff Attorney, Reentry Justice Project
Carolyn Rumer, Senior Staff Attorney *
Nana Yankah, Staff Attorney
Alexis Christensen, Skadden Fellow ‡
Lise Guerrier-Louis, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe Fellow
Hanna Endale, Legal Assistant/Paralegal∞
Karla Lora, Legal Assistant/Paralegal *

Domestic Violence/Family Law Unit

Meridel Bulle-Vu, Supervising Attorney
Trisha Monroe, Supervising Attorney 
Stephanie Troyer, Supervising Attorney
Ashley McDowell, Senior Staff Attorney
Melissa McClure, Staff Attorney
Julia Eve Preston, Senior Staff Attorney
Jamie Sparano, Senior Staff Attorney
Caroline Fehr, Staff Attorney *
Christine Thomas Joseph, Staff Attorney
June Lee, Staff Attorney °
Renee C. Mims, Staff Attorney
Yoliara “Yoli” Ramos, Staff Attorney *
Amee Vora, Senior Staff Attorney ❃❀
Julia Ward, Staff Attorney
Charlene “Charlie” Whitman-Barr, Staff Attorney
Emily Grose, Legal Assistant/Paralegal *
Gabriela Mendoza, Legal Assistant/Paralegal *
Eleni Reynolds, Legal Assistant/Paralegal *

Consumer Law Unit

Jennifer Klein Joseph, SupervisingAttorney *
Jennifer Ngai Lavallee, Supervising Attorney
Shirley Horng, Senior Staff Attorney
Zack Hill, Senior Staff Attorney
Zenia Laws, Staff Attorney
Ellen Peterson, Staff Attorney
Thomas C. Papson, Volunteer Staff Attorney
Phillip McCarthy, Legal Assistant/Paralegal
Eleni Reynolds, Legal Assistant/Paralegal *

Other Legal Projects and Programs

Jodi Feldman, Managing Attorney
Kareine Johnson, Senior Staff Attorney, Intake and Volunteer Programs °♦
Damon King, Director of Policy Advocacy
Jonathan Levy, Director, Barbara McDowell Appellate Advocacy Project
Sylvia Soltis, Staff Attorney, Pro Bono Program *
Mariah Hines, Sidley Austin Appellate Advocacy Fellow ⚜
Becca Steinberg, Yale Public Interest Fellow
Gary Cunningham, Intake Coordinator
Diana Cruz, Legal Assistant/Intake Coordinator *
Kata de Lima, Legal Assistant/Intake Specialist *
Jordan Stoner, Legal Assistant/Intake Specialist

Loaned Associates

Henry Morris, Arnold & Porter
Matt Gander, Crowell & Moring
James Perry, Skadden

* Proficient or fluent in Spanish.
◊ Fluent in Portuguese.
° Proficient or Fluent in French.
ˆ Proficient in Mandarin.
Σ Proficient in Greek
❀ Proficient or Fluent in Hindi.
§ Fluent in Urdu.
❃ Proficient in Gujarati.
♦ Fluent in Haitian Creole.
☙ Proficient in Tongan.

‡ Not yet admitted to the Bar of the District of Columbia, but admitted to practice law in another jurisdiction. Practicing law in the District of Columbia pursuant to D.C. Court of Appeals Rule 49(c)(9)(B) under the supervision of Legal Aid attorneys admitted to the D.C. Bar and in good standing.

⚜ Not authorized to practice law in any jurisdiction but is practicing law in the District of Columbia pursuant to D.C. Court of Appeals Rule 49(c)(9)(C) under the supervision of Legal Aid attorneys admitted to the D.C. Bar and in good standing.

✵ Not admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia and not engaged in the practice of law.