Neesa manages and supports LAFLA’s pro bono housing- and disaster-related efforts. She is the Pro Bono Disaster Response 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.
All LAFLA offices will be closed on Friday, September 26 in observance of Native American Day.
Todas las oficinas de LAFLA estarán cerradas el viernes 26 de septiembre de 2025 en observancia del Día de los Nativos Americanos.
该办公室将于星期五, 9月26日关闭。
該辦公室將於星期五, 9月26日關閉。
저희 사무실은금요일, 9월 26일에 휴무입니다.
この事務所は金曜日9月 26日休業とさせていただきます。
Các văn phòng của chúng tôi đóng cửa vào Thư sáu, Ngày 26, Tháng 9.
ส ำนักงำนเรำปิดท ำกำร วันศุกรสบด26 กันยำยน
ការិយាល័យរបស់យើងបិទនៅថ្ងៃសុក, 09/26/2025.