Neesa manages and supports LAFLA’s pro bono housing-related efforts. She is the Pro Bono Project Manager for a collaborative countywide program known as Stay Housed LA, of which LAFLA is the lead legal services provider. Stay Housed LA’s volunteer program trains and engages pro bono volunteers to help more tenants avoid eviction and homelessness. In addition, the program is focused on developing a robust law student-to-attorney pipeline of housing advocates for years to come. Neesa coordinates collaboration among project partners, develops and strengthens external partnerships with law firms and law schools, and manages project operations.
Prior to moving to California, Neesa was a Senior Project Attorney at Legal Aid DC, where she helped build and manage the Housing Right to Counsel Project – a collaborative citywide initiative designed to dramatically increase legal representation for low-income tenants facing eviction in Washington, DC. This project focused both on leveraging the resources of the private bar and expanding resources at legal services organizations to better meet the overwhelming need for tenant assistance. Neesa also engaged in other pro bono related efforts to increase access to justice for people living in poverty.
Neesa also has experience working in private practice at boutique litigation firms, where she mostly represented businesses in contractual disputes and worked on pro bono cases. Immediately after law school, Neesa completed a judicial clerkship on the Supreme Court of Texas.
Neesa received her undergraduate degrees from the University of Texas at Austin and J.D. from Stanford Law School.
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.
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