Alison Terrell

Staff Attorney
Alison T.
Education

J.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Law

B.S., University of Cincinnati

Alison Terrell is a Staff Attorney in Legal Aid DC's Housing Law Unit. She represents low-income tenants in eviction and housing condition cases before the D.C. Superior Court. She also litigates housing law claims before administrative bodies, such as the D.C. Housing Authority and the Office of Administrative Hearings.

Prior to joining Legal Aid, Alison was an attorney at Rising for Justice in their Tenants Justice Program. She also previously worked as an attorney at Neighborhood Legal Services Association in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Alison received her J.D., from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, where she was a student attorney in the Immigration Clinic. Before going to law school, Alison studied economics at the University of Cincinnati.

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