About Us

Staff & Leadership

Our staff is comprised of individuals who are the best and brightest in their fields, committed to dismantling injustice and pursuing lasting change.

Our Staff

Kelechi Agbakwuru Housing Justice Counsel
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Ayesha Ahsan Equal Justice Works Fellow
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Kaitlin Banner Deputy Legal Director
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Renee Brandon Executive Office Administrator
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Ryan Downer Legal Director
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Ellie Driscoll Legal Fellow
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Tanya Edelin Chief Operating Officer
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Nadya Harrison Housing Justice Advocate/Investigator
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Rochelle Jones Chief Financial Officer
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Joanne Lin Executive Director
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Stacey M. Litner Parole Program and Advocacy Lead
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Megan Luckenbaugh Development Manager
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Kristin McGough Supervising Counsel
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Mirela Missova Senior Counsel
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Melissa Nussbaum Development Director
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Marja Plater John E. Nolan Youth Justice Senior Counsel
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Caitlin Russi Housing Justice Counsel
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Chelsea Sullivan Associate Counsel
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Dee Um Legal Fellow
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Joanna Wasik Deputy Legal Director for Economic Justice
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+ 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 under the supervision of Washington Lawyers’ Committee attorneys barred in the District of Columbia pursuant to D.C. Court of Appeals Rule 49(c)(9)(B).
++ Not yet admitted to the Bar of the District of Columbia, but admitted to practice law in another jurisdiction. Practice limited to federal court matters.
+++ Not admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia and not engaged in the practice of law.

Our Leadership

Officers

Joseph Davis, Co-Chair
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Claudia A. Withers, Co-Chair
Civil Rights Corps

Jamie S. Gardner, Immediate Past Co-Chair
Paul Hastings LLP

Brian D. Schneider, Treasurer
ArentFox Schiff LLP

Joanne Lin
Executive Director (ex officio)

Board Members

Charles W. Johnson IV Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
John A. Freedman Arnold & Porter LLP
John C. Keeney, Jr. Association of Zoos and Aquariums
J. David Folds Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C.
Elizabeth B. McCallum Baker & Hostetler LLP
Roscoe C. Howard Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Nowell Bamberger Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Joseph M. Sellers Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC
Stacey Grigsby Covington & Burling LLP
George D. Ruttinger Crowell & Moring LLP
Gooch Patnaik Desmarais LLP
George Breen Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Gail L. Westover Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP
Maureen D. Hardwick Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Daniel A. Tishman Fish & Richardson P.C.
Joseph D. Edmondson, Jr. Foley & Lardner LLP
Howard S. Hogan Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Emily P. Grim Gilbert LLP
Jaime A. Santos Goodwin Procter LLP
Barry J. Pollack Harris St. Laurent & Wechsler LLP
Matthew S. Hellman Jenner & Block LLP
Debra Belott Jones Day
Stavroula E. Lambrakopoulos K&L Gates LLP
Thomas G. Allen Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Jennifer G. Levy Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Jonathan Su Latham & Watkins LLP
Joshua A. Levy Levy Firestone Muse LLP
Alex C. Lakatos Mayer Brown LLP
Omar Vincent Melehy Melehy & Associates LLC
William P. Barry Miller & Chevalier Chartered
Douglas W. Baruch Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Jay Williams Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Susan E. Huhta Outten & Golden LLP
Jeannie S. Rhee Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Justin Alex Proskauer Rose LLP
Rebecca Rizzo Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
John P. Relman Relman Colfax PLLC
Leon Rodriguez Seyfarth Shaw LLP
David L. Douglass Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Steven P. Hollman Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mark P. Guerrera Sidley Austin LLP
Stephen J. Harburg Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Harry Lee Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Julia M. Jordan Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Patrick McGlone Ullico Inc.
Emilio W Cividanes Venable LLP
Theodore A. Howard Wiley Rein LLP
Beth Wilkinson Wilkinson Stekloff
Brenda Lee Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
Liat Rome Williams & Connolly LLP
Amandeep S. Sidhu Winston & Strawn
Chantale Fiebig Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Dwight P. Bostwick Zuckerman Spaeder
Avis Buchanan
Kelsi Corkran
Kevin Metz
Judith Winston

 

Emily GerryAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Aleena IjazAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Shoshana GoldenArentFox Schiff LLP
Patrice HowardArentFox Schiff LLP
Austin RettewArentFox Schiff LLP
Mei-Wah LeeArnold & Porter LLP
Danait MengistArnold & Porter LLP
Erin SteeleBarnes & Thornburg LLP
Jessica HollisCleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Theodore Salem-MackallCleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Dana BusgangCohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC
Harini SrinivasanCohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC
Phoebe WolfeCohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC
Roy AbernathyCrowell & Moring LLP
Mary MarstonCrowell & Moring LLP
Ellie RiegelCrowell & Moring LLP
Will TuckerCrowell & Moring LLP
Natasha OrehowskyEversheds Sutherland (US) LLP
Bianca SpinosaEversheds Sutherland (US) LLP
Catherine BettsFaegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
James CowanFish & Richardson P.C.
Jake HellerFoley & Lardner LLP
Alissa Fromlin FreltzGibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Emily LammGibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Connor LeydeckerGibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Kareem W. RamadanGibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Brandon LeveyGilbert LLP
Sarah A. SradersGilbert LLP
Virginia Selden McCorkleGoodwin Procter LLP
Krystalyn KinselJenner & Block LLP
Mary MarshallJenner & Block LLP
Eric E. PetryJenner & Block LLP
Isel BedgoodKirkland & Ellis LLP
Drew BridgewaterKirkland & Ellis LLP
Madeline A. SchoeffmanKirkland & Ellis LLP
Nick TelekyKirkland & Ellis LLP
Susan TempletonKirkland & Ellis LLP
C.J. RydbergLatham & Watkins LLP
Juliana AndonianLevy Firestone Muse LLP
Brandon DennisMayer Brown LLP
Alexandra PrimeMiller & Chevalier Chartered
Prasanna SandeepMiller & Chevalier Chartered
Jackson HagenOrrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Michelle LiuPaul Hastings LLP
Diogo MetzPaul Hastings LLP
Ata AkinerPillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Caroline BlockPillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Lauren SmithPillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Leighton WatsonPillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Erica T. JonesProskauer Rose LLP
Shannon D. McGowanProskauer Rose LLP
Corey I. RogoffProskauer Rose LLP
Sean LeeSeyfarth Shaw
Abram ShanedlingSheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Cayla CalderwoodSidley Austin LLP
Paulina OlivaresSidley Austin LLP
Anisa SomaniSkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Lea C. ManoVenable LLP
Jasmine V. MartinezVenable LLP
Sanskriti A. NeupaneVenable LLP
Morenike I. OyebadeVenable LLP
Kimberly AlliWiley Rein LLP
Tyler BrideganWiley Rein LLP
Morgan HustonWiley Rein LLP
Guus DuindamWilkinson Stekloff
Tania MartinezWilkinson Stekloff
Monica SharmaWilliams & Connolly LLP
Annie E. ShowalterWilliams & Connolly LLP
Lindsay HemmingerWillkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
John T. KnoblettWillkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Maggie MacCurdyWillkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Gannam E. RifkahWilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
Trillium ChangZuckerman Spaeder LLP
Alyssa HowardZuckerman Spaeder LLP
Cassandra T. JonasZuckerman Spaeder LLP

The Corporate Advisory Board (CAB) has been in existence since 2010 and was created to offer the business community the opportunity to participate with the Committee in accomplishing our mission of addressing issues of discrimination and poverty in our community.

The CAB companies offer business perspectives and advice on Committee matters; work with Committee lawyers and co-counsel to provide legal services and support on Committee cases; serve as partners with the Committee’s Education Project in the DC public schools; and attend Committee events throughout the year while establishing closer ties with our many supporting law firms.

The Committee is pleased to thank and recognize our CAB Members:

Members:

BDO, Anthony M. Lendez

BDO, Nidhi Rao

Savills, Richard Rome

Members of the WLC’s Board of Directors provide leadership in building relationships with the legal business community to increase support for the Committee. CAB membership is for a 12-month period from the month your membership begins.

Corporate Outreach Committee:

The Board’s Corporate Outreach Committee is chaired by Jennifer G. Levy of Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

For more information about the Corporate Advisory Board, please contact Gregg Kelley