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OUR TEAM

Attorneys & Advocates

With extensive and varied experience in legal services, our diverse staff is made up of more than 100 individuals committed to providing high quality legal assistance to those who need it most. Our volunteer leadership are emerging and seasoned professions across a variety of fields who share Bet Tzedek’s passion for social and economic justice.

Adriana Moreno Nevárez

Attorney, Foster Youth Immigration

Aimee Zeltzer

Attorney, Preventing and Ending Homelessness Project (PEHP)

Alan Zenoff

Community Outreach Advocate, Ezra Network

Alisa Anderson

Advocate, Elder Abuse Prevention

Alla Chasnik

Attorney, Preventing and Ending Homelessness Project (PEHP)

Ana Cuellar

Paralegal, Eviction Defense Project (EDP)

Angelica Rodriguez

Paralegal, Kinship Care & Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS)

Anna Darr

Attorney, Holocaust Services Program Elder Law

Caitlin Saggese

Attorney, Preventing and Ending Homelessness Project (PEHP)

Carla Jacobo

Paralegal, Small Business Development Program (SBD)

Catherine Tran

Attorney, Preventing and Ending Homelessness Project (PEHP) Project LEAD 9

Daniella (Dani) Kaiserman

Attorney, Elder Justice

Dennis Ryan

Paralegal, Eviction Defense Program (EDP)

Dominique Sanz-David

Attorney, Elder Justice

Edward J. Elsner

Attorney, Senior Outreach

Eliza Stein

Paralegal, Eviction Defense Project (EDP)

Emily Chong

Staff Attorney, Impact Advocacy

Eoin O’Farrell

Paralegal, Preventing and Ending Homelessness Project (PEHP)

Estefania Villarreal

Attorney, Children's Holistic Immigration Representation Project

Gayle Tamler

Attorney, IHSS & Medi-Cal

Greg Michalak

Attorney, Preventing and Ending Homelessness Project (PEHP)

Hana Kommel

Attorney, Preventing and Ending Homelessness Project (PEHP)

Hannah Feldman

LAUSD Kinship Care Attorney

Helene Hoffman

Attorney, Holocaust Services Program

Ingrid Arriaga

Senior Attorney, Preventing and Ending Homelessness Project (PEHP)

Isabela Garcia

Paralegal, Conservatorship Program

Jessica Guerrero

Paralegal, Employment Rights Project (ERP)
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Jessica Marsella

Attorney, Medical-Legal Partnership

Joanna Fluckey

Attorney, Foster Youth Immigration

Jonathan Alvarez

Paralegal, Preventing and Ending Homelessness Project (PEHP)

Joseph (Joe) Philipson

Equal Justice Works Fellow, Employment Rights Project (ERP)

Julia Entin

Paralegal, Holocaust Survivors Services

Julius Thompson

Director, Sydney Irmas Housing Preservation Project

Karla Estrada Sanchez

Paralegal, Small Business Development (SBD) Program
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Kelsey Chapple

Attorney, Employment Rights Project (ERP)

Kim Selfon

Policy Specialist, IHSS & Medi-Cal

Krystal I. Premachandra

Director, Low Income Taxpayer Initiative (LITI)

Layne Arguello

Law Fellow, Racial Equity in Trust & Estate Law

Lesly Mendoza

Attorney, Kinship Care

Lidia Vargas Moreira

Paralegal, Foster Youth Immigration

Lisa D. Hoffman

Director, Holocaust Services Program

Luz Granda

Paralegal, Homeowner Protection Team

Magda Madrigal

Attorney, Eviction Defense Project (EDP)

Marco Castaños

Attorney, Small Business Development (SBD) Program

Maria Camacho

Program Coordinator, Decedents’ Estate Self-Help Clinic (DEC)

Mariela Bravo

Small Business Development (SBD) Legal Secretary

Marin Castillo-Valle

Social Worker, Elder Justice

Marisol Macaraeg

Paralegal, Eviction Defense Project (EDP)

Matthew Calcanas

Attorney, Eviction Defense Project (EDP)

Matthew E. DeCarolis

Attorney, Employment Rights Project (ERP)

Michael Hagerty

Attorney, Kinship Care

Michelle Gonzalez

Attorney, Senior Outreach

Nicholas (Nik) Lampros

Attorney, Eviction Defense Project (EDP)

Nicole Herrarte

Social Worker and Case Manager, Children’s Holistic Immigration Representation Project (CHIRP)

Nora L. Ghamari

Senior Paralegal & Hearing Representative

Rachael Ettinger

Coordinator, Pro Bono Clinics & Community Outreach

Rebecca Popuch

Attorney, Kinship Care & Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS)

Richard Maher

Attorney, Homeowner Protection Team

Spencer Lord

Senior Paralegal & Hearing Representative

Steven A. Friday

Attorney, Transgender Rights

Tamara Harris

Attorney, Small Business Development (SBD) Program

Taylor Amstutz

Attorney, Homeowner Protection Team

Tracy Douglas

Registered Legal Services Attorney, Harbor-UCLA Medical Legal Partnership

Val Erze

UCLA Fellow, Transgender Rights Program

Yessenia Moreno

Paralegal, Self-Help Conservatorship Clinic

Yolande Erickson

Attorney, Conservatorship Program

Yvonne Medrano

Attorney, Employment Rights Project (ERP)