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Equal Justice Works Directory
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Veterans Legal Corps Fellow Directory 2013-2014
A listing of the attorneys serving in the Veterans Legal Corps, their
projects, and the geographic areas in which they serve.
Prepared for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
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About Equal Justice Works Veteran Legal Corps
Equal Justice Works Veterans Legal Corps is a cadre of 43 talented and committed lawyers
helping veterans in ten states and 25 cities; some of the lawyers are veterans themselves.
They are supported by AmeriCorps and by private law firm and corporate sponsors. All
Equal Justice Works Veterans Legal Corps members are available for consultation for
eligible clients on general legal issues including income maintenance, VA benefits, housing,
family matters, tickets and warrants.
This directory includes:
Whether the Veterans Legal Corps member is a veteran himself or herself and if so,
from which branch of service;
Host organization, service address, phone number and email;
Project Focus, if any;
Veterans Integrated Service Network Number (VISN) of service location;
Whether the host organization has an active partnership with the U.S. Department of
Veterans Affairs;
The Veterans Legal Corps members source of financial support.
This directory is valid until July 31, 2014.
For more information about the Veterans Legal Corps and partnering with Equal Justice Works, the nations leader in helping lawyers help community, please contact Jamie Odle, Senior Manager for Strategic Initiatives at [email protected] or 202-466-3686 x 203, or Kerry OBrien, Director of Federal Programs and Strategic Initiatives at [email protected] or 202-466-3686 x132.
Equal Justice Works is the national leader in creating public interest opportunities for law students
and lawyers. Collaborating with the nations leading law schools, law firms, corporate legal
departments and nonprofit organizations, Equal Justice Works offers a continuum of opportunities
that provide the training and skills that enable attorneys to provide effective representation to
underserved communities and causes. Equal Justice Works is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. For
additional information about Equal Justice Works, please visit www.equaljusticeworks.org.
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Table of Contents
CALIFORNIA ............................................................................................................... 1 Los Angeles ......................................................................................................................................................... 1
San Francisco....................................................................................................................................................... 5
Santa Ana (Orange County) ................................................................................................................................ 6
DELAWARE ................................................................................................................ 7 Wilmington ......................................................................................................................................................... 7
FLORIDA..................................................................................................................... 8 Miami .................................................................................................................................................................. 8
ILLINOIS ..................................................................................................................... 9 Champaign .......................................................................................................................................................... 9
Chicago ................................................................................................................................................................ 9
KENTUCKY ............................................................................................................... 10 Louisville ............................................................................................................................................................ 10
NEW YORK ............................................................................................................... 11 Bath ................................................................................................................................................................... 11
Geneva .............................................................................................................................................................. 11
Jamestown ........................................................................................................................................................ 12
Rochester .......................................................................................................................................................... 12
OHIO ........................................................................................................................ 13 Akron ................................................................................................................................................................. 13
Canton ............................................................................................................................................................... 13
Cincinnati .......................................................................................................................................................... 14
Marion ............................................................................................................................................................... 14
Cleveland ........................................................................................................................................................... 15
Newark (Southeastern Ohio) ............................................................................................................................ 15
Toledo ............................................................................................................................................................... 16
VIRGINIA .................................................................................................................. 17 Williamsburg ..................................................................................................................................................... 17
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WASHINGTON .......................................................................................................... 18 Olympia ............................................................................................................................................................. 18
Seattle ............................................................................................................................................................... 18
Everett ............................................................................................................................................................... 19
Spokane ............................................................................................................................................................. 19
WEST VIRGINIA ........................................................................................................ 20 Morgantown & Clarksburg ................................................................................................................................ 20
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CALIFORNIA
Los Angeles
Cheryl Banares
Host Organization: OneJustice
3701 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 208, Los Angeles, CA 90010
Phone: 213-261-8931 Email: [email protected] Project Focus: Mobile Legal Services to Rural Veterans/Justice Bus Project VISN Number: 22 Supported by: AmeriCorps
Anequa Campbell
Host Organization: Inner City Law Center 1309 E. 7
th Street,
Los Angeles, CA 90021 Phone: 213-891-3204 Email: [email protected] Project Focus: Female Veterans VISN Number: 22
Active partnership with VA
Supported by: AmeriCorps
Christy Ferioli
Host Organization: Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles
1550 W. 8th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90017 Phone: 213-640-3855 Email: [email protected] Project Focus: Disability Benefits from VA & SSA VISN Number: 22 Active partnership with VA
Supported by: AmeriCorps
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CALIFORNIA
Los Angeles
Annie Hudson-Price
Host Organization: Public Counsel
601 S. Ardmore Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90005
Phone: 213-385-2977 Email: [email protected] Project Focus: Veterans Treatment Courts VISN Number: 22 Active partnership with VA Supported by: Latham & Watkins LLP
Jonathan Killoran
Host Organization: Inner City Law Center
1309 East Seventh Street Los Angeles, CA 90021
Phone: 213-891-2880 Email: [email protected]
Project Focus: Homeless Veterans VISN Number: 22 Supported by: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Anna Levine-Gronningsater
Host Organization: Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles 1550 W. 8
th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90017 Phone: 213-640-3835 Email: [email protected] Project Focus: General Legal Services for Veterans VISN Number: 22 Active partnership with VA
Supported by: AmeriCorps
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CALIFORNIA
Los Angeles
Kara Mahoney
Host Organization: Inner City Law Center 1309 East Seventh Street
Los Angeles, CA 90021 Phone: 213-891-3218 Email: [email protected] Project Focus: Chronically Homeless Veterans VISN Number: 22 Active partnership with VA Supported by: AmeriCorps
Rebecca Miller
Host Organization: Levitt & Quinn Family Law Center 1557 Beverly Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90026
Phone: 213-482-1800 ext. 312 Email: [email protected]
Project Focus: Family Law, Including Child Support VISN Number: 22
Supported by: AmeriCorps
Tyler Press
Host Organization: Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles
1550 W. 8th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Phone: 213-640-3822
Email: [email protected]
Project Focus: Removing Barriers to Employment VISN Number: 22
Active partnership with VA
Supported by: AmeriCorps
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CALIFORNIA
Los Angeles
Jillian Sadler
Host Organization: Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles
1550 W. 8th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Phone: 213-640-3813 Email: [email protected]
Project Focus: VA Benefits VISN Number: 22 Active partnership with VA Supported by: AmeriCorps
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Waldo Tapia
U.S. Army Veteran
Host Organization: Inner City Law Center
1309 East 7th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90021 Phone: 213-891-3240 Email: [email protected] Project Focus: OIF/OEF Veterans VISN Number: 22 Active partnership with VA Supported by: AmeriCorps
Michelle Yashar Rodriguez
Host Organization: Los Angeles Superior Court Self-Help Resource Center 111 N. Hill Street, Room 426 Los Angeles, CA 90012
Phone: 562-807-7302 Email: [email protected] Project Focus: Veterans with Cases in L.A. Superior Court/Family Law VISN Number: 22
Supported by: AmeriCorps
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CALIFORNIA
San Francisco
Renee Schomp
Host Organization: OneJustice 433 California Street, Suite 815 San Francisco, CA 94104
Phone: 415-834-0100 ext. 310 Email: [email protected] Project Focus: Mobile Legal Services for Rural Areas/Justice Bus Project VISN Number: 21 Supported by: AmeriCorps
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CALIFORNIA
Santa Ana (Orange County)
Megan Hopkins
Host Organization: Public Law Center 601 Civic Center Drive West Santa Ana, CA 92701
Phone: 714-541-1010 ext. 254 Email: [email protected] Project Focus: General Legal Services for Veterans VISN Number: 22
Supported by: AmeriCorps
Daniel Triplett, Jr.
Texas Army National Guard and Air Force Reserve Veteran
Host Organization: Public Law Center
601 Civic Center Drive West Santa Ana, CA 92701
Phone: 714-541-1010 ext. 268 Email: [email protected] Project Focus: General Legal Services for Veterans VISN Number: 22 Supported by: AmeriCorps
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DELAWARE
Wilmington
Kerry Porter
Host Organization: Widener School of Law, Veterans Law Clinic 4601 Concord Pike Wilmington, DE 19803
Phone: 302-477-2082 Email: [email protected] Project Focus: General Legal Services for Veterans VISN Number: 4
Supported by: AmeriCorps
Elizabeth Tarloski
Host Organization: Widener School of Law, Veterans Law Clinic 4601 Concord Pike Wilmington, DE 19803
Phone: 302-477-2090 Email: [email protected]
Project Focus: General Legal Services for Veterans
VISN Number: 4
Supported by: AmeriCorps
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FLORIDA
Miami
Ryan Foley
Host Organization: University of Miami School of Law, Health Rights Clinic 1311 Miller Drive, F303 Miami, FL 33146
Phone: 609-216-0818 Email: [email protected] Project Focus: Medical Legal Partnership VISN Number: 8 Active partnership with VA
Supported by: AmeriCorps
Alissa Gold
Host Organization: University of Miami School of Law, Health Rights Clinic
1311 Miller Drive, F303 Miami, FL 33146
Phone: 305-284-3951 Email: [email protected] Project Focus: Medical Legal Partnership VISN Number: 8 Active partnership with VA Supported by: AmeriCorps
Fort Lauderdale
Amanda Sejba
U.S. Army Veteran
Host Organization: Coast to Coast Legal Aid of South Florida, Inc. 491 N. State Road 7, 2
nd Floor
Plantation, FL 33317 Phone: 954-736-2456 Email: [email protected] Project Focus: Medical Legal Partnership and Veterans Benefits VISN Number: 8
Supported by: Florida Bar Foundation and Greenberg Traurig, LLP
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ILLINOIS
Champaign
Eric Bulman
Host Organization: Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation, Inc. 302 N. First Street Champaign, IL 61820
Phone: 217-356-1351 ext. 122 Email: [email protected] Project Focus: General Legal Services for Veterans VISN Number: 11 Active Partnership with VA Supported by: AmeriCorps
Emily Vock
Host Organization: Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation, Inc. 302 N. First Street Champaign, IL 61820
Phone: 217-356-1351 Email: [email protected] Project Focus: General Legal Services for Veterans VISN Number: 11 Active Partnership with VA Supported by: AmeriCorps
Chicago
Beth Karpiak
Host Organization: Equip for Equality 20 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 300 Chicago, IL 60602
Phone: 312-341-7345 Email: [email protected] Project Focus: Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injuries VISN Number: 12 Supported by: Walgreens Company and Greenberg Traurig, LLP
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KENTUCKY
Louisville
Roy Denny
Host Organization: The Legal Aid Society of Louisville 416 W. Muhammad Ali Boulevard, Suite 300 Louisville, KY 40202
Phone: 502-614-3132 Email: [email protected] Project Focus: Veterans Treatment Courts VISN Number: 9
Supported by: AmeriCorps
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NEW YORK
Bath
Amelia Kohli
Host Organization: Legal Assistance of Western New York 104 East Steuben Street Bath, NY 14810
Phone: 607-776-4126 Email: [email protected]
Project Focus: General Legal Services for Veterans VISN Number: 2
Supported by: AmeriCorps
Geneva
Jennifer Aronson
Host Organization: Legal Assistance of Western New York, Inc. 361 South Main Street Geneva, NY 14456
Phone: 315-781-1465 Email: [email protected]
Project Focus: Medical Legal Partnership VISN Number: 2
Supported by: AmeriCorps
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NEW YORK
Jamestown
Nathaniel Koppel Host Organization: Legal Assistance of Western New York
106 West Third Street, Suite One Jamestown, NY 14701
Phone: 716-664-4535 ext. 304 Email: [email protected] Project Focus: General Legal Services for Veterans VISN Number: 2
Supported by: AmeriCorps
Rochester
Vicki Belstadt
Host Organization: Legal Assistance of Western New York One W. Main Street, Suite 400 Rochester, NY 14614
Phone: 585-295-5607 Email: [email protected] Project Focus: General Legal Services for Veterans VISN Number: 2
Supported by: AmeriCorps
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OHIO
Akron
Kimberly Adams
U.S. Air Force Veteran
Host Organization: Community Legal Aid Services. 50 South Main Street, Suite 800 Akron, OH 44308
Phone: 330-983-2646 Email: [email protected] Project Focus: General Legal Services for Veterans VISN Number: 10
Supported by: Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation
Canton
Kenneth Mirkin
Host Organization: Community Legal Aid Services The Renkert Building, Suite 730 306 Market Avenue North Canton, OH 44702
Phone: 330-983-2513 Email: [email protected] Project Focus: General Legal Services for Veterans VISN Number: 10
Supported by: AmeriCorps
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OHIO
Cincinnati
Caitlin Milo
Host Organization: Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati 215 E. Ninth Street, Suite 200 Cincinnati, OH 45202
Phone: 513-362-2833 Email: [email protected] Project Focus: VA Benefits and Housing VISN Number: 10
Supported by: AmeriCorps
Elizabeth Zak
Host Organization: Pro Seniors 7162 Reading Road, Suite 1150 Cincinnati, OH 45237
Phone: 513-458-5526 Email: [email protected] Project Focus: Veterans Aged 60 and Over VISN Number: 10
Supported by: AmeriCorps
Marion
Michael McGuire Host Organization: Legal Aid Society of Columbus, Marion Branch
150 Oak Street Marion, OH 43302
Phone: 740-383-2161 ext. 274 Email: [email protected] Project Focus: General Legal Services for Veterans VISN Number: 10
Supported by: AmeriCorps
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OHIO
Cleveland
Jami Altum-McNair
U.S. Army and Ohio National Guard Veteran
Host Organization: Legal Aid Society of Cleveland 1223 West Sixth Street Cleveland, OH 44113
Phone: 216-861-5835 Email: [email protected] Project Focus: General Legal Services for Veterans VISN Number: 10
Supported by: AmeriCorps
Newark (Southeastern Ohio)
Robert Abdalla U.S. Army Veteran Host Organization: Southeastern Ohio Legal Services
15 W. Locust Street, Suite A Newark, OH 43055
Phone: 740-345-0850 Email: [email protected] Project Focus: General Legal Services for Veterans VISN Number: 10 Supported by: AmeriCorps
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OHIO
Toledo
Holly Hillyer
Host Organization: Advocates for Basic Legal Equality (ABLE) 525 Jefferson Avenue, Suite 300 Toledo, OH 43604
Phone: 419-255-0814 Email: [email protected] Project Focus: General Legal Services for Veterans VISN Number: 10
Supported by: AmeriCorps
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VIRGINIA
Williamsburg
John Paul Cimino
U.S. Army Veteran
Host Organization: William & Mary School of Law, Veterans Benefits Clinic P.O. Box 8795 Williamsburg, VA 23187
Phone: 757-221-3758 Email: [email protected] Project Focus: Medical and Disability Issues, Reemployment and Reintegration VISN Number: 6
Supported by: Northrop Grumman Corporation and Covington & Burling LLP
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WASHINGTON
Olympia
Samantha Adams
Host Organization: Northwest Justice Project 711 Capitol Way S., Suite 704 Olympia, WA 98501
Phone: 360-753-3610 ext. 210 Email: [email protected]
Project Focus: General Legal Services for Veterans VISN Number: 20
Supported by: AmeriCorps
Seattle
Adam Chromy
Host Organization: Northwest Justice Project 401 Second Avenue South, Suite 407 Seattle, WA 98104
Phone: 206-464-1519 ext. 863 Email: [email protected] Project Focus: General Legal Services for Veterans VISN Number: 20
Supported by: AmeriCorps
Leo Flor
U.S. Army Veteran
Host Organization: Northwest Justice Project 401 Second Avenue South, Suite 407 Seattle, WA 98104
Phone: 206-464-1519 ext. 861 Email: [email protected] Project Focus: Civil Representation of Criminal Justice-Involved Veterans VISN Number: 20
Supported by: Fenwick & West LLP and Microsoft Corporation
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WASHINGTON
Everett
Michelle Miller
U.S. Air Force Veteran
Host Organization: Northwest Justice Project 2731 Wetmore Avenue Everett, WA 40202
Phone: 425-252-8515 ext. 25 Email: [email protected] Project Focus: Female Veterans; Veterans Treatment Courts VISN Number: 20
Supported by: AmeriCorps
Spokane
Nadel Barrett
U.S. Navy Veteran
Host Organization: Northwest Justice Project 1702 W. Broadway Spokane, WA 99201
Phone: 509-324-9128 ext. 224 Email: [email protected] Project Focus: General Legal Services for Veterans VISN Number: 20
Supported by: AmeriCorps
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WEST VIRGINIA
Morgantown & Clarksburg
L.G. Corder
U.S. Army Veteran
Host Organization: Legal Aid of West Virginia
165 Scott Avenue, Suite 209
Morgantown, WV 26508
Secondary location: Legal Aid of West Virginia
110 S. Third Street
Clarksburg, WV 26301
Phone: 304-296-0001 ext. 2311 Email: [email protected]
Project Focus: General Legal Services for Veterans VISN Number: 4 Active partnership with VA
Supported by: AmeriCorps