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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Kaitlin Banner Deputy Legal Director
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Renee Brandon Receptionist and Facilities Supervisor
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Helen Cordero Workers' Rights Advocate
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Dennis Corkery Interim Supervising Counsel
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Ryan Downer Legal Director
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Tanya Edelin Chief Operating Officer
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Nadya Harrison Housing Justice Advocate/Investigator
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Maggie Hart Senior Counsel
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Rochelle Jones Chief Financial Officer
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Han Le Development Associate
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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 Interim 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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Chelsea Sullivan Georgetown Women’s Law and Public Policy Fellow
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Joanna Wasik Deputy Legal Director
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Kent Withycombe Education Justice Advisor
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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
Elizabeth B. McCallum Baker & Hostetler LLP
Roscoe C. Howard Barnes & Thornburg LLP
J. David Folds Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C.
Nowell Bamberger Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Joseph M. Sellers Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC
George D. Ruttinger Crowell & Moring 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
Howard S. Hogan Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Jaime A. Santos Goodwin
Barry J. Pollack Harris St. Laurent & Wechsler LLP
Matthew S. Hellman Jenner & Block LLP
Thomas G. Allen Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Jennifer G. Levy Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Stavroula E. Lambrakopoulos K&L Gates 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
Caitlin M. Kasmar Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Susan E. Huhta Outten & Golden LLP
Jeannie S. Rhee Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Lee G. Petro Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Justin Alex Proskauer Rose LLP
John P. Relman Relman Colfax PLLC
Leon Rodriguez Seyfarth
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 LLC
Amandeep S. Sidhu Winston & Strawn
Dwight P. Bostwick Zuckerman Spaeder
Avis Buchanan
Kelsi Corkran
Kevin Metz
Judith Winston

 

Aleena Ijaz Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Emily Gerry Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Austin Rettew ArentFox Schiff LLP
Mariam Creedon ArentFox Schiff LLP
Shoshana Golden ArentFox Schiff LLP
Mei-Wah Lee Arnold & Porter LLP
Danait Mengist Arnold & Porter LLP
Erin Steele Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jessica Hollis Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Theodore Salem-Mackall Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Dana Busgang Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC
Harini Srinivasan Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC
Phoebe Wolfe Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC
Will Tucker Crowell & Moring LLP
Mary Marston Crowell & Moring LLP
Ellie Riegel Crowell & Moring LLP
Roy Abernathy Crowell & Moring LLP
Amadi Anene DLA Piper LLP (US)
Catherine Betts Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
James Cowan Fish & Richardson P.C.
Jake Heller Foley & Lardner LLP
Renuka Santhanagopalan Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Connor Leydecker Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Emily Lamm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Kareem W. Ramadan Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Brandon Levey Gilbert LLP
Sarah A. Sraders Gilbert LLP
Virginia Selden McCorkle Goodwin Procter LLP
Alexandria Reid Hogan Lovells LLP
Carolyn Delone Hogan Lovells LLP
Eric E. Petry Jenner & Block LLP
Krystalyn Kinsel Jenner & Block LLP
Mary Marshall Jenner & Block LLP
Demisse Selassie Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Drew Bridgewater Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Isel Bedgood Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Madeline A. Schoeffman Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Nick Teleky Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Susan Templeton Kirkland & Ellis LLP
C.J. Rydberg Latham & Watkins LLP
Juliana Andonian Levy Firestone
Brandon Dennis Mayer Brown LLP
Alexandra Prime Miller & Chevalier Chartered
Prasanna Sandeep Miller & Chevalier Chartered
Anthony Carral Morrison & Foerster LLP
Jackson Hagen Orrick LLP
Patricia Liverpool Paul Hastings LLP
Ata Akiner Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Caroline Block Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Lauren Smith Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Leighton Watson Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Corey I. Rogoff Proskauer Rose LLP
Shannon D. McGowan Proskauer Rose LLP
Erica T. Jones Proskauer Rose LLP
Abram Shanedling Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Cayla Calderwood Sidley Austin LLP
Paulina Olivares Sidley Austin LLP
Lea C. Mano Venable LLP
Sanskriti A. Neupane Venable LLP
Jasmine V. Martinez Venable LLP
Morenike I. Oyebade Venable LLP
Morgan Huston Wiley Rein LLP
Tyler Bridegan Wiley Rein LLP
Guus Duindam Wilkinson Stekloff
Tania Martinez Wilkinson Stekloff
Annie E. Showalter Williams & Connolly LLP
Monica Sharma Williams & Connolly LLP
John T. Knoblett Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Maggie MacCurdy Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Lindsay Hemminger Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Gannam E. Rifkah Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
Alyssa Howard Zuckerman Spaeder LLP
Cassandra T. Jonas Zuckerman Spaeder LLP
Trillium Chang Zuckerman Spaeder LLP
Bianca Spinosa Eversheds Sutherland

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