Manuel Villagomez is an attorney at the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, specializing in advocacy and litigation on subsidized housing issues affecting low-income tenants. Before this role, he spent five years representing tenants in eviction defense throughout the Los Angeles area. Originally from Valle de Santiago, Guanajuato, Mexico, and raised in Oxnard, California, Manuel earned his J.D. from Pepperdine Caruso School of Law and his B.A. in Psychology with a minor in Anthropology from the University of California, Irvine.
Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles seeks to achieve equal justice for people living in poverty across Greater Los Angeles. We change lives through direct representation, systems change, and community education.
