Management Staff & Attorneys
Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles’ key management team brings a wealth of legal expertise, policy advocacy experience, a solid background working with diverse and underserved communities, and a passion for its mission to provide access to civil justice for those without a voice.
Leadership
Silvia R. Argueta
Executive Director
Hamid Jahangard
Chief Development and Marketing Director
Lisa Morris
Director of Human Resources
Michael D. Polanichka
Director of Information and Technology
Linda Quintana
Director of Fiscal Management
Vincent Rodriguez
Chief Financial Officer
Barbara Schultz
Director of Litigation & Policy
Phong Wong
Pro Bono Director
Lynn Etkins
Director of Strategic Projects
Joann Lee
Special Counsel on Language Justice
Management
Monica Arellano
Managing Attorney, Homelessness Prevention Project and Restoring Communities Workgroup
Yolanda Arias
Managing Attorney, East Los Angeles Office and Economic Stability Workgroup
Brianne Dobson
Legal Secretary Manager
Cara Dolan
Grants & Contracts Manager
Mark Hu
Managing Attorney, Self-Help Centers
Brenton Inouye
Managing Attorney, Asian Pacific Islander Community Outreach Project
Brandon Lawrence
Managing Attorney, Right to Counsel Workgroup
Kevin F. Mitchell
Managing Attorney, Santa Monica Office
Michael J. Ortiz
Special Counsel on Immigrant Affairs
Nicole Perez
Managing Attorney, Veterans Justice Center
Dominique Quevedo
Managing Attorney, Long Beach Office and Supporting Families Workgroup
Ronnette Ramos
Managing Attorney, Medical-Legal Partnerships
Nicole Rivera-Vazquez
Supervising Attorney, Client Intake
Jeffrey M. Uno
Managing Attorney, Eviction Defense Center
Susan Vincent
Managing Attorney, Client Intake
Wilbert (Will) Watts
Managing Attorney, South Los Angeles Office and Housing and Communities Workgroup
Yuval Yossefy
Special Projects Manager, Right to Counsel Workgroup
Attorneys & Fellows
Asian & Pacific Islander Outreach Project
Jean C. Ahn
Healy Ko
Sharon Paik
Annie Yu
Economic Stability
Elena Ackel
Matthew Clark
Alissa De Vogel
Zackary Genduso
Jamie Kim
Tanya McGary
Cara McGraw
Claudia Menjivar
Elizabeth Robles
Robyn Smith
Tyler Sutherland
Jayant Tripathy
Eviction Defense Center
Joshua Christian
Eric Daco
Christopher Homandberg
Joshua Johnson
Ryan Kendall
Richard Maher
Andrea Torres-Figueroa
Manuel Villagomez
Homelessness Prevention (Measure H)
Mai Nguyen
Housing and Communities
Susanne Browne
Paul Estuar
Jonathan Jager
Curtis Skinner
Shayla Myers
Pui-Yee Yu
Medical-Legal Partnerships
Erin Gunter
Sheyda Joolharzadeh
Andrew Kazakes
Melody Osuna
Restoring Communities
Raul Galan
Giovanni Pesce
Tyler Smith
Jayant Tripathy
Right to Counsel
Shantel Asada
Natalie Diaz*
Sarah Khanghahi
Carina Miller
Michelle Rosales
Alexander Scott
Cindy Shin
Kristine Ueda
Santa Monica Office
Lynn Franco
Romy Ganschow
Daniel Ilacqua
Denise McGranahan
Self-Help Legal Access Centers
Cesar Bertaud
Joanna Knee
Jennie Nguyen
Esther Remigio
Mona Sobhani
Supporting Families
Maleaha L. Brown*
Paula Cohen
Liza M. Davis
Brigit Greeson-Alvarez
Gracie Johnson
Julianna Lee
Justine Schneeweis
Angelica Sedgwick
Sonya Servin
Daliah Setareh
Ayano Wolff
Christine Yoon
Veterans Justice Center
Mallory Andrews
Louis Truong
* Registered Legal Services Attorney
