POINTER & BUELNA - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Trial Attorney
- Trial Attorney / Contact Angel
Angel M. Alexander was born in Durham, North Carolina, where she spent most of her childhood before moving to California in 2013. Her long-term dream has always revolved around helping underrepresented populations in critical areas where their voices need to be heard and recognized.
"Jeremy Southern should have been afforded every opportunity to live. Instead, video-tape of the incident showed a Sacramento Police Officer mercilessly shot Jeremy in the back as the unarmed 22 year-old was laying on the ground. The kill shot took his life and any hope he may have had to survive this deadly encounter."
PATRICK BUELNA was born and raised in Healdsburg, California. Buelna lost both his parents at a young age, and after a brief period in state custody was placed in his sister's care and custody to finish high school.
Later, he would go on to graduate from St. Mary's College of California with high honors. Before law school, Mr. Buelna spent a year living at an orphanage in Brazil teaching kids. Next, he entered the Teach For America program and taught at a public school in the Bronx, New York. From there, he went on to attend U.C. Hastings College of the Law and graduated with honors.
Ty Clarke was born and raised in West Linn, Oregon. He first became interested in civil rights law when he was 18-years-old after witnessing police officers racially profile and arrest two men while he was helping them jump their car. He strongly believes that the fight against police brutality requires advocacy in and out of the courtroom.
Ty attended Arizona State University, earning a Bachelor of Science in Justice Studies and minoring in English Literature and Business. After graduating, he spent a year teaching English at a public high school in Santa Marta, Colombia. He later worked as a judicial clerk at the Clackamas County Circuit Court in Oregon's Fifth Judicial District.
Ty attended the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law. While still a law student, he started working as a law clerk at the Law Offices of John Burris, where he met his supervising attorneys Adanté Pointer and Patrick Buelna. As a law clerk, Ty worked with attorneys on a number of major cases, including several that resulted in multi-million dollar settlements.
Ty began working at Lawyers for the People in August 2021. His focus is civil rights cases arising from incidents of police brutality.
Outside of work, Ty enjoys going to concerts, cooking, and scuba-diving. He loves to watch and play basketball and is a long-suffering Portland Trail Blazers fan.