Emerging Leaders Council
The Legal Services Corporation’s Emerging Leaders Council will bring together some of the country’s rising leaders to help increase public awareness of the crisis in civil legal aid and the importance of providing equal access to justice to all low-income Americans.
Emerging Leaders Council Co-Chairs Kristen Sonday, Eduardo Gonzalez, and Sara Agate
Justice Rising
Justice Rising is a publication of the LSC's Emerging Leaders Council. Read it for their insights on closing the justice gap and the latest developments in access-to-justice efforts.
Emerging Leaders Council Members
Elizabeth Abramson
Associate, DLA Piper LLP
John Adams
Stakeholder, Eimer Stahl LLP
Sara Agate (Co-Chair)
Health Justice Attorney & Innovation and Policy Advocate
Liani Balasuriya
U.S. Department of Commerce
Omid G. Bañuelos
Associate, Williams & Connolly LLP
Lester Booker Jr.
Vice President, Head of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Communications, Citizens Bank
Aaron Brooks
Associate General Counsel, Bank OZK
Amanda Brown
Founder and Executive Director, Lagniappe Law Lab
Hannah Calhoon
Founder, Calhoon Impact, LLC
Nyssa Chopra
Tech Associate, Perkins Coie LLP
Jeff Coreil
Partner, NeunerPate
Thomas Culligan
Director, Legislative Affairs, The Boeing Company
Clay Dumas
Chief of Staff, Partner, Lowercase Capital
Josh Feinzig
J.D. Candidate, Yale Law School
Ashley Garry
Head of Compliance Investigations, Roche
Kevin Golembiewski
Deputy Solicitor General, FL Attorney General’s Office
Eduardo Gonzalez (Co-Chair)
Program Officer for Civil Justice, American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Kiff Hamp
Executive Director, Huron Waterloo Pathways Initiative
Nick Hasenfus
Associate, Holland & Knight LLP
Chase Hertel
Director of Attorney Services, LegalZoom
Silas Horst
Campaign Manager, US, Responsible Business Initiative for Justice
LaDierdre Johnson
Manager, Legal Services National Technology Assistance Project
Dan Kass
Co-Founder, JustFix.nyc
David Layfer
Senior Counsel, AbbVie
Gabe Leader-Rose
Co-Founder, Good Call
Daniel Liss
CEO, Dispo
Creative Director, Gensler
Katrina Logan
Direction Attorney, Economic Advancement Program
Community Legal Services, Inc.
Amelia McGowan
Senior Attorney, Mississippi Center for Justice
Devshi Mehrotra
Co-Founder & CEO, Justice Text
Josh Meltzer
Senior Counsel, Office of the President, University of California
Dorna Moini
Founder, Documate.org
Ben Mundel
Partner, Sidley Austin LLP
Eric Osborne
Member, Sherrard, Roe, Voigt, & Harbison, PLC
Neil Pai
General Counsel, Founders Fund
Rohan Pavuluri
Cofounder, Upsolve
Zachary Pierce
J.D. Candidate, University of Virginia School of Law
Amy Pitelka
Founder, Light Legal
Founder, Barker Pitelka LLC
John Ramirez
Chief Product Officer, P33
Brad Robertson
Partner, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Luke Ruse
General Counsel, Ontra
Laura Safdie
COO & General Counsel, Casetext
Samantha Sanchez
Legal Technology Leader, TechBridge
Maya Sequiera
Former Associate, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC
Russell Shankland
Partner, Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP
Romeen Sheth
Management Consultant, McKinsey & Company
Tarra Simmons
Executive Director, Civil Survival
Shelly Skinner
Ethics/Labor Attorney
Mark Slobodien
Vice President of Government Affairs, VITAS Healthcare
Kristen Sonday (Co-Chair)
Founder, Paladin
Aidan Sova
Human Rights Commissioner, Washtenaw County
Matthew Stubenberg
Associate Director of Legal Technology,
Access to Justice Lab
Sam Swartz
Public Policy, Stripe
Jason Tashea
Product Manager, Quest for Justice
Founder, Justice Codes
Marc Theriault
Deputy Circuit Executive, Office of the Circuit Executive, Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
Garrett Thomas
Founder & Managing Attorney, The Law Office of Garrett Thomas
Charlie Weikel
Group Manager, Global Corporate Strategy, Baxter International
J. Sterling Williams, IV
Associate, Greenburg Traurig LLP
Miguel Willis
Program Director, Access to Justice Technology Fellows Program
Emmy Wydman
J.D. Candidate, Duke University School of Law
David Zimmer
Partner, Goodwin Procter LLP