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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Sarah Bessell
Counsel
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Renee Brandon
Executive Office Administrator
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Ariel Derby
Development Associate
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Raymond Dodd
Paralegal
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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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Olivia Fajardo
Paralegal
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Nadya Harrison
Housing Justice Advocate/Investigator
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Joanne Lin
Executive Director
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Stacey M. Litner
Parole Program and Advocacy Lead
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Mirela Missova
Senior Counsel
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Hannah Mullen
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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Claire Stalder
Paralegal
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Chelsea Sullivan
Associate Counsel
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Joanna Wasik
Deputy Legal Director for Economic Justice
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Xiaoli “Lily” Wu
Willkie Fellow
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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
Avis Buchanan, Co-Chair
Brian D. Schneider, Treasurer
ArentFox Schiff LLP
Joanne Lin
Executive Director (ex officio)
Board Members
| 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 |
| Kevin Metz | Center for American Progress |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Nathaniel G. Ward | Jones Day |
| 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 |
| Jamie S. Gardner | Paul Hastings 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 |
| Steven P. Hollman | Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
| Mark P. Guerrera | Sidley Austin LLP |
| Stephen J. Harburg | Retired Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Partner |
| Tara L. Reinhart | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom 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 |
| Judith Winston |
| Ashley N. Tomillo | ArentFox Schiff LLP |
| Emily B. Lewis | ArentFox Schiff LLP |
| Laurel LaMontagne Chanock | ArentFox Schiff LLP |
| Mario A. Torrico | ArentFox Schiff LLP |
| Megan E. Daily | ArentFox Schiff LLP |
| Shoshana Golden | ArentFox Schiff LLP |
| Erin Steele | Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
| Mary Marston | Crowell & Moring LLP |
| Catherine H. Betts | Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP |
| James W. Cowan | Fish & Richardson P.C. |
| Kareem W. Ramadan | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP |
| Brandon Levey | Gilbert LLP |
| Sarah A. Sraders | Gilbert LLP |
| Olamide S. Orebamjo | Jones Day |
| Maria I. Pradilla Picas | Jones Day |
| Christopher J. Rydberg | Latham & Watkins LLP |
| Juliana M. Andonian | Levy Firestone Muse LLP |
| Sandeep A. Prasanna | Miller & Chevalier |
| Jackson Hagen | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP |
| Ron Williams | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP |
| Diogo Metz | Paul Hastings LLP |
| Michelle Liu | Paul Hastings LLP |
| Leighton Watson | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP |
| Sean Lee | Seyfarth Shaw LLP |
| Paulina Olivares | Sidley Austin LLP |
| Jasmine V. Martinez | Venable LLP |
| Nya Gavin | Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP |
| Sydnei Jones | Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP |
| Tania Martinez | Wilkinson Stekloff |
| J. Tyler Knoblett | Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP |
| Gannam E. Rifkah | Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr 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 Melissa Nussbaum.