NYLAG - Key Persons
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Associate Director, Public Benefits Unit
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- Manager, Development Operations and Reporting
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Director, Domestic Violence Law Unit
- Haywood
Alet is the Director of NYLAG's Domestic Violence Law Unit. Alet represents survivors of intimate partner violence in family law and immigration matters. In addition to her own practice, Alet leads a team of attorneys, paralegals, volunteers, post-graduate fellows, law students, and interns who serve survivors of intimate partner violence in matrimonial, family law, and immigration related matters. Alet has also led trainings and presentations to educational, governmental, non-profit, and religious organizations on various family law issues including danger assessments and safety planning in intimate partner/domestic violence cases, technology-facilitated abuse, child welfare litigation and investigations, and racial disparity and disproportionality in child welfare litigation.
Before joining NYLAG, Alet worked with Sanctuary for Families where she provided legal representation to survivors of domestic and intimate partner violence in family law-related matters. At Sanctuary, Alet also led the Child Protection Initiative, where she provided consultations, trainings, and supervision to clients and staff regarding cases involving child protective issues and child welfare litigation.
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- Chief Financial Officer
- Member of the Leadership Team
Alison joined NYLAG in 2016 with 15 years of experience in accounting, auditing, and financial management in both the for-profit and non-profit sectors. Prior to joining NYLAG, Alison held positions at Credit Suisse and Ford Models. She served as Vice President of Finance at Jitasa, an outsourced accounting firm focused on nonprofits, where she gained extensive experience and passion for managing the complex financial challenges facing nonprofits. She worked with over 50 organizations in this capacity, including charity: water, New York Cares, and the Battery Park Conservancy.
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Project Director, Family Justice Centers and RISE
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- Director of the Pro Bono & Volunteer Unit
- Director, Pro Bono & Volunteer
Amira Samuel is NYLAG's director of the Pro Bono & Volunteer Unit. In this role, she builds and maintains NYLAG's pro bono relationships and partnerships, developing new opportunities, special projects and initiatives that advance NYLAG's mission, DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) priorities and fundraising goals. Amira designs and oversees legal and best practice CLE trainings in collaboration with NYLAG attorneys and shapes and leads professional engagement and recruitment efforts for NYLAG's law school, and emeritus attorneys. Previously, Amira was the pro bono manager at the Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice and the director of Economic Justice Programs at FreeFrom. From 2010-2016, Amira represented Orthodox Jewish survivors of domestic violence in their civil and rabbinical court matters as the Project Eden Coordinator at NYLAG.
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- Emily - Director, Institutional Giving & Government Relations
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Project Director of the Public Housing Justice Project
Anna Luft is the Project Director of the Public Housing Justice Project (PHJP) at New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG). As Project Director, Anna created and leads the first team of legal advocates in New York City solely devoted to advancing the rights of public housing tenants. Under Anna's leadership, PHJP provides eviction defense, affirmative litigation, policy advocacy, and community clinics to the New York public housing community. Before coming to NYLAG, Anna was a staff attorney on the Collateral Consequences Team at Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem, where she represented systems-impacted clients in a wide range of related civil matters. Anna's writing has appeared in the New York Daily News, and City Limits.
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- Justice Catalyst Fellow / Staff Attorney
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- Coordinating Senior Paralegal
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- Chief Diversity and People Officer
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- Intake Specialist / Paralegal Case Handler
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- Temporary Administrative Assistant
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- Supervising Attorney, Project Director / Bishop, Tea - Senior Staff Attorney
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- Associate Director, Operations & Technology
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- Coordinating Senior Paralegal
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- Senior Supervising Attorney
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- Coordinating Senior Paralegal
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- Supervising Financial Counselor
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- Interim Associate Director
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Associate Director, Tenants' Rights Unit
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- Senior Financial Counselor
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- Temporary Senior Supervising Attorney
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- Senior Supervising Attorney
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- Jackelinne - Paralegal Fellow
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Chief Diversity & People Officer
Courtney Ball is a human resources practitioner and people advocate. She takes great pride in her ability to empower people to authentically lead. Before joining NYLAG, she served as the inaugural director of people and culture at REFORM Alliance, a nonprofit organization advocating for just parole and probation laws and policies in the US. She also led the HR team at Eurasia Group and got her start working in the legal field in San Francisco. In her role as Chief Diversity and People Officer at NYLAG, Courtney is excited to build out the DEI strategy and provide transformative holistic service to our clients.
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- Coordinating Senior Paralegal
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Director, Financial Empowerment and Advocacy Unit
With over a decade of experience providing financial empowerment services to at-risk and vulnerable communities, Damara leads a team of knowledgeable and compassionate financial counselors committed to helping New Yorkers build strong financial foundations, overcome financial barriers, and create pathways to financial security. Since its inception in 2009, counselors at the Financial Empowerment and Advocacy Unit have empowered clients to make informed financial decisions and take control of their financial futures.
Damara previously served as a supervising financial counselor and as a senior financial counselor in the unit. Before joining NYLAG, Damara worked at Urban Upbound, providing financial and housing counseling services to low-income New Yorkers.
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- Danielle
- Director, Special Litigation Unit
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- Director, Consumer Protection Unit
In her role at NYLAG, Daphne oversees the Foreclosure Prevention Project, The Office of Financial Empowerment's Debt Collection Project, and the Access to Justice of the NY State Courts' Volunteer Lawyer For a Day Project (VLFD) in the Bronx, Queens, and Richmond counties. She is also a vocal public advocate for consumer economic justice and legislative
change, both through local NYC coalition groups and a variety of community workshop presentations. Daphne previously practiced family law at Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation legal services, representing survivors of intimate violence in their orders of protection, custody, and visitation proceedings, as well as advocating for survivors' consumer rights. She also previously interned at NYLAG's Family Law Unit. Daphne has worked for a variety of government and nonprofit agencies, including the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs, the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office, the Legal Aid Society, the Anti-Defamation League, and the Chicago Public Arts Group.
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Director of the Shelter
- Director, Shelter and Economic Stability Project
- Shelter and Economic Stability Project Director
Deborah Berkman is the Director of the Shelter and Economic Stability Project at New York Legal Assistance Group's (NYLAG's) Public Benefits Unit. Deborah advocates for single adults and families in need to be provided with habitable emergency shelter and housing subsidies so that they may transition to permanent housing. Deborah also represents these and other low-income clients in accessing public benefits, including cash public assistance, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (food stamps) and Medicaid. Formerly, Deborah worked in NYLAG's Special Litigation Unit bringing class action and other impact litigation based on systemic denials of rights or benefits.
Deborah is also employed as an Adjunct Clinical Law Professor at Brooklyn Law School, teaching classes relating to poverty, public interest and civil rights law.
Prior to these positions, Deborah spent her career fighting on behalf of the disenfranchised at the New York Civil Liberties Union, the Sylvia Rivera Law Project and in private practice.
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- Temporary Associate Supervising Attorney
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- Coordinating Senior Attorney
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- Senior Supervising Attorney
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Associate Director, Tenants' Rights Unit
Ed joined NYLAG as associate director of the Tenants' Rights Unit (TRU) in August 2017, the same month that the right to counsel for tenants became law in NYC. Ed supervises TRU's Queens team and helps guide new and recent law school graduates in becoming part of the next generation of attorneys providing NYC tenants with a fair shake at preserving their homes, keeping their families stable, and averting homelessness. Ed started his legal career at the AIDS Center of Queens County representing indigent HIV-positive individuals in Housing Court, Family Court, and before various administrative tribunals. Immediately prior to NYLAG, Ed was a staff attorney at the community-based nonprofit Housing Works, Inc., where he focused almost exclusively on housing-related matters for clients.
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- Director of Institutional Giving & Government Relations
In her role at NYLAG, Emily is responsible for institutional giving and managing the lifecycle of grants and contracts. Emily is also the main point of contact with our valued partners in government and philanthropy, whose support is critical in helping NYLAG achieve our mission. Prior to joining NYLAG, Emily worked in similar positions at the Police Athletic League of NYC, the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, and St. Francis College.
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- Skadden Fellow / Staff Attorney
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- Coordinating Senior Paralegal
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- Associate Supervising Attorney
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- Supervising Attorney, Project Director
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- Temporary Administrative Assistant
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- Project Director
- González
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- Associate Supervising Attorney
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- Director of Philanthropic Partnerships
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Director, LGBTQ Law Project Unit
- Director, LGBTQ Law Unit
Heather supervises a team of attorneys and paralegals representing LGBTQ New Yorkers in a range of civil legal matters, including family law, housing and employment discrimination, immigration, and name and gender marker changes. She also leads the unit's systemic advocacy and public education efforts. Prior to joining NYLAG, Heather directed the Dreamer Pro Bono Project at Cornell Law School. She was previously a senior staff attorney at the HIV Law Project, where she represented people living with HIV/AIDS. Heather was also an Echoing Green Fellow at Immigration Equality and began the organization's in-house representation of LGBTQ and HIV+ immigrants seeking asylum and other relief from deportation.
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- Director of Human Resources
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- Senior Supervising Attorney
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- Education and Policy Consultant
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- Associate Supervising Attorney
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- Senior Coordinating Attorney
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- Coordinating Senior Attorney
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- General Counsel / Judge, Lateef - Database & Reporting Administrator
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- Director, Special Education Unit
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Vice President
Jill Maxwell is a movement lawyer dedicated to building power in NYC communities using strategies that include direct services, impact litigation, and advocacy. Jill started her career as a staff attorney at NYLAG and rejoined as a Vice President in 2023. As a VP, Jill supports NYLAG's legal services programs and contributes to strategic planning and management as a member of the executive team.
Before rejoining NYLAG, Jill was Deputy Counsel at CUNY's John Jay College. She supported the College's mission to ensure the success of its majority-BIPOC student body, many of whom are NYC public school graduates, immigrants, and first-generation college students, by providing advice and representation on a range of legal issues and matters.
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- Policy Director - Immigration Emergency Response, Immigrant Protection Unit
Jodi leads a large team of innovative and passionate immigration advocates. In addition to overseeing staff, she works with senior management to establish and implement a strategic vision for the unit, undertakes the management and reporting on grants and deliverables, and develops effective programs to meet client needs. Prior to joining NYLAG, Jodi was a supervising attorney at Catholic Charities in their Unaccompanied Minors Program. In addition, she has worked for the past ten years representing a wide variety of immigrants in front of the Executive Office of Immigration Review (Immigration Court) and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Jodi worked as a Board of Immigration Appeals representative for the National Immigrant Justice Center in Chicago and as a paralegal at Fitzgerald and Company, LLC in Boston. Jodi served an adjunct professor at St. John's University.
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- Senior Supervising Attorney
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Director, Tenants' Rights Unit
NYLAG's Tenants' Rights Unit represents New York City tenants with low incomes and strives to preserve safe and affordable housing for its clients by defending them in eviction cases and by asserting their rights affirmatively under tenant protection laws. Before becoming director, Jonathan served as a supervising attorney in TRU. Prior to that, Jonathan was a supervising attorney in NYLAG's Storm Response Unit representing Sandy-affected families in consumer-related legal matters, especially issues related to unscrupulous home improvement contractors. Before joining NYLAG, Jonathan worked at The Financial Clinic, where he handled consumer law cases for New Yorkers experiencing poverty and survivors of intimate partner violence in the areas of foreclosure defense, debt collection defense, tax, and bankruptcy.
Help us provide free legal services to children and adults in need of a lawyer.
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Associate Director, LegalHealth
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- Senior Staff Attorney
- Coordinating Senior Attorney
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- Coordinating Senior Attorney
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Associate Director, Immigrant Protection Unit
Lauren is the Associate Director of the Immigrant Protection Unit. She has over a decade of practice in immigration law, more than 8 of which have been here at NYLAG, where she has focused on removal defense and emergent needs. She has also been closely involved in expanding IPU's community-led programming to respond to the needs of our newest New Yorkers. Lauren oversees onboarding and training programs for all IPU staff to ensure uniformity of practice and adequate support for her team.
Lauren is also an Adjunct Professor at Brooklyn Law School, where she co-teaches a clinic focused on removal defense.
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- Chief Financial Officer
- Lavan
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- CEO
- Member of the Leadership Team
- President
As NYLAG's president and CEO, Lisa leads a team of nearly 400 staff and a $56 million organizational budget. Her role centers on NYLAG's strategic growth, with an emphasis on building innovative outreach and pro bono partnerships and strengthening NYLAG's client-centered, trauma-informed advocacy for New Yorkers in need of civil legal services. Lisa has devoted her entire professional career to advancing social, economic, and racial justice for all New Yorkers. She joined NYLAG in 2003 as a staff attorney and has since held numerous positions including acting director of the Domestic Violence Law Unit, director of strategic initiatives and, most recently, managing attorney overseeing NYLAG's legal programs, professional training programs for staff, and strategic planning. Prior to joining NYLAG, Lisa worked at the National District Attorney's Association where she assisted in developing trainings on domestic violence, sexual assault, and forensic evidence. Lisa also co-directed the Domestic Violence Clinical Center in conjunction with St. John's University School of Law, where she was an adjunct professor.
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- Senior Supervising Attorney, Project Director
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- Senior Paralegal and DOJ - Accredited Representative
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Director, Public Benefits Unit
Maria Hunter leads the Public Benefits Unit (PBU), which works to ensure that families, children, and the elderly experiencing poverty, and those with disabilities, veterans, and other vulnerable populations, have access to the public benefits to which they are entitled, including public assistance, veterans' benefits, SNAP benefits, Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security Disability Insurance, and Supplemental Security Income. PBU also provides life planning assistance in order to help clients access and maintain these critical benefits in the future. Maria was previously the supervising attorney for the Elder Law Practice where she led a team that represented senior clients on issues regarding access to public benefits, advance planning, and elder abuse.
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- DOJ Accredited Representative
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- Director of Training
- Member of the Leadership Team
- Director, Training
Maya Grosz comes to NYLAG after more than 20 years as a legal educator, facilitator, and legal services lawyer. Before joining NYLAG she served as a consultant facilitating conversations about antiracism, equity, and inclusion. From 2009-2019 she was a law professor and Director of the Legal Practice Curriculum at Seton Hall Law School, where she supervised the experiential practical skills courses and programs, and she taught in the first year Introduction to Lawyering course. Prior to her position at Seton Hall, she taught Lawyering for three years at New York University Law School. Before she entered teaching, Maya was an attorney at Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem, where she represented clients in a range of civil matters including abuse and neglect cases in family court, eviction proceedings, and federal police misconduct cases. In the year after law school graduation, Maya clerked for Magistrate Judge James C. Francis IV on the Southern District of New York.
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- Digital Marketing & Communications Coordinator
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- Grants and Contracts Analyst
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Director, Employment Law Project
- Employment Law Project Director
Mel supervises a team of lawyers and paralegals representing low wage workers across New York dealing with wage theft, discrimination, harassment and other labor issues, through litigation in state and federal courts and administrative agencies, policy advocacy and community-based partnerships including public education and organizing support. Mel is committed to law and organizing methods of legal advocacy aimed at empowering our communities. Prior to joining NYLAG, Mel worked as an associate at Lichten and Liss-Riordan, bringing class and impact litigation on behalf of low wage and immigrant workers. Before that, Mel worked as an Equal Justice Works fellow at Make the Road New York, with a project focused on supporting NYC delivery workers. Mel speaks Spanish.
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Co - Director, Immigrant Protection Unit
- Director, Immigrant Protection Unit
Melissa provides legal and programmatic guidance to the Immigrant Protection Unit's (IPU) team in all areas of the unit's wide-ranging practice. She began her career at NYLAG in 2008, serving for more than seven years as a staff attorney and supervising attorney in IPU. In those roles, Melissa worked on a wide range of immigration matters, including removal defense, asylum, and relief for survivors of violence. In 2015, Melissa joined the International Rescue Committee (IRC) as the director of immigration, where she was responsible for developing agency-wide policies and practices on immigration and supervising the oversight of immigration field staff in the IRC's 24 field offices.Melissa later served as an adjunct professor at Cardozo Law School, where she taught the course on Immigration Law. Melissa rejoined NYLAG in 2019.
Following law school, Melissa spent three years as a litigation associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, handling a range of complex commercial litigation and pro bono matters, including detained and non-detained asylum cases.
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- Coordinating Senior Attorney
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- Senior Attorney
- Project Director of NYLAG 's Disability Advocacy Project
- Project Director, Disability Advocacy Project
- Senior Supervising Attorney and Project Director of NYLAG 's Disability Advocacy Project
Michelle Spadafore is the Senior Supervising Attorney and Project Director of NYLAG's Disability Advocacy Project. She previously worked at the AIDS Center of Queens County, a community-based nonprofit organization that provides services to people living with HIV/AIDS. Her background includes Social Security law, access to public benefits, and consumer credit issues. She has been involved in a number of impact litigation cases focused on improving SSA's handling of non-disability appeals including Amin v. Kijakazi, Ershteyn v. Berryhill, and Campos v. Kijakazi.
NYLAG Senior Attorney Michelle Spadafore told The Washington Post that federal changes to eligibility for Social Security disability payments would cut off older, disabled New Yorkers from their primary source of income.
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Fiscal Director
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Director of Philanthropic Partnerships
- Fundraising
In her role at NYLAG, Nichole works to build and deepen partnerships with individual and corporate donors to both maximize the impact of their giving while also securing the flexible dollars needed for NYLAG to grow and respond to evolving community needs. Prior to joining NYLAG, Nichole worked in similar roles to prevent hunger among New Yorkers experiencing poverty and homelessness at Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen, to ensure housing and supportive services for marginalized communities nationwide at Corporation for Supportive Housing, and to end all forms of homelessness in Connecticut at the Partnership for Strong Communities.
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- Intake Specialist / Paralegal Case Handler
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- Coordinating Senior Attorney
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- Temporary Senior Supervising Attorney
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- Benefits & Payroll Manager
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- Coordinating Senior Paralegal
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- Coordinating Senior Paralegal
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- Jorge Eduardo - Coordinating Senior Attorney
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- General Counsel
- Member of the Leadership Team
Randal has worked at NYLAG for the past 20 years, first as a staff attorney in the Special Litigation Unit, then as a unit director, and now as general counsel. As general counsel, he provides assistance to the President, senior management team, and program directors on contract, personnel, and compliance issues. Randal also serves as an in-house resource for all staff on matters of professional legal ethics and works with NYLAG's Board on matters of nonprofit governance. He also oversees legal matters involving NYLAG as a party. Prior to coming to NYLAG, Randal was a pro se law clerk with the Second Circuit's Staff Attorney's Office and a Georgetown fellow at the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia.
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Director, LegalHealth
Randye Retkin, Esq., is currently the director and founder of LegalHealth, a Division of NYLAG. LegalHealth is the country's largest medical-legal partnership, serving hospitals and community-based health organizations, including some VA hospitals. Prior to joining NYLAG, Ms. Retkin served as director of legal services for the Gay Men's Health Crisis, the nation's oldest and largest organization serving people with HIV/AIDS. Ms. Retkin served as a staff attorney with New York Lawyers for the Public Interest and Volunteers of Legal Service (VOLS), where she established the VOLS Immigrants' Rights Project. She is a co-author of New York States' Standby Guardianship law and helped spearhead the recent expansion of the law to assist immigrant families. She is also an author of New York's Health-Related Legal Services law.
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- Director of the Evelyn Frank Legal Resources Program
- Director, Evelyn Frank Legal Resources Program ( EFLRP )
Rebecca Wallach is the director of the Evelyn Frank Legal Resources Program (EFLRP), which represents low-income New Yorkers in accessing and maintaining Medicare, Medicaid, and long-term care services. Rebecca began her legal career at NYLAG as a Skadden Fellow advocating on behalf of "dual eligible" clients - those with Medicaid and Medicare - as their Medicaid long-term care services were transitioned to managed care. Following her Skadden Fellowship, she was a law clerk for Magistrate Judge Lois Bloom in the Eastern District of New York. She returned to NYLAG in 2017 to continue her advocacy for dual eligible and other vulnerable Medicaid recipients.
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- Coordinating Senior Attorney
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- Manager of Philanthropic Giving
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- Coordinating Senior Attorney
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- Manager of Engagement & Retention
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- Senior Financial Counselor
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- Marcela - Coordinating Senior Paralegal
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- Accounts Payable Coordinator
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Associate Director, Consumer Protection Unit
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- Senior Financial Counselor
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Project Director, Veterans Practice
Ryan is the project director of NYLAG's Veterans Practice, which provides assistance and advice to low-income veterans in the areas of VA benefits, discharge upgrades, public benefits, housing, consumer rights, and advance directives and planning. Ryan also designed and runs an experiential project for students at Columbia Law School, which has been in operation since the fall of 2021. Prior to joining NYLAG, Ryan worked as lecturer in law and attorney fellow at the University of Miami Health Rights Clinic's Veterans Rights Project. He also worked as the director of Veteran Legal Support Services at Operation Sacred Trust, a Supportive Services for Veteran Families-funded non-profit organization focused on assisting homeless veterans. Ryan previously served as chair of the American Bar Association's Military and Veterans Health Law Interest Group and participated in National Science Foundation research on Veteran Treatment Courts across the country.
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- Senior Pro Bono Coordinator
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- Director of Volunteer
- Program Coordinator
- Samuel
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- Chief Operating Officer
- Member of the Leadership Team
Sara manages administration and operations for NYLAG, including human resources, information technology, and office management. She is responsible for developing and maintaining office-wide systems to track outcomes and improve productivity, works closely with the Finance Department to monitor budgets and reporting, and provides senior management with leadership and guidance, including multi-year strategic planning. Sara also oversees NYLAG's development team, which is responsible for the organization's revenue generation.
Most recently, Sara was Assistant Vice President, Institutional Advancement at Hunter College, where she built a leadership team and developed organizational strategies for the Hunter College Foundation (HCF). Before joining Hunter College, Sara served for over ten years at two City of New York agencies. Earlier, she was Assistant Commissioner of the Department of Finance, and an Assistant Commissioner of the Taxi & Limousine Commission.
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- Special Projects Coordinator
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- Controller
- Member of the Leadership Team
Seyyed joined NYLAG as Controller, overseeing financial operations and ensuring fiscal responsibility for this leading civil legal services organization. His expertise in budget management, audit oversight, and grant compliance will be instrumental in supporting NYLAG's mission to combat economic, racial, and social injustice. With an M.S. in Accounting, Seyyed has a proven track record of streamlining financial processes and empowering organizations to achieve their goals. He is deeply committed to supporting underserved communities and brings valuable experience from his previous roles at organizations dedicated to assisting LGBTQ+ youth, new immigrants, women and families in the Bronx, and individuals facing homelessness.
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Vice President
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- Senior Supervising Attorney
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- Senior Supervising Attorney, Project Director
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- Senior Pro Bono Coordinator, Clinics
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- Senior Financial Counselor
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- Rogelio - Coordinating Senior Paralegal
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Interim Director, Human Resources
- People and Culture Strategist and Leadership Coach
Tiffany Herman is a People and Culture strategist and leadership coach. Tiffany has extensive years of professional Human Resources experience. Prior to her time at Square Roots Grow, Tiffany was the Deputy Director of Human Resources at Sanctuary for Families. Throughout her career, Tiffany has counseled and supported senior leaders to help them achieve strategic and organizational goals while mitigating risk. Along with strong business acumen, her comprehensive background in HR management, DEI, recruitment, retention, compensation, labor relations, policy interpretation, training, and development has resulted in effective organizational change.
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- Interim Associate Director
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- Volunteer Program Coordinator
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- Coordinating Senior Attorney
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- Senior Supervising Attorney
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- Immigrant Justice Corps Fellow / Staff Attorney
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- Associate Supervising Attorney
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- Grants & Data Coordinator
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Associate Director, Domestic Violence Law Unit
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- Coordinating Senior Attorney
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- Senior Supervising Attorney
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- Grants and Data Coordinator
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- Equal Justice Works Fellow / Staff Attorney
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- Senior Supervising Attorney
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- Policy Director - Immigration Emergency Response