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
Nicole M. Perez
Director of Client Services and Compliance
Michael D. Polanichka
Director of Information and Technology
Tyler Press Sutherland
Director of Racial Justice and Equity
Linda Quintana
Director of Fiscal Management
Vincent Rodriguez
Chief Financial Officer
Barbara J. Schultz
Director of Housing Justice
Wilbert (Will) Watts
Director of Community and Economic Justice
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 LA Office and Economic Stability Workgroup
Brianne Dobson
Legal Secretary Manager
Aila Ferguson
Supervising Attorney, Client Intake Workgroup
Mark Hu
Managing Attorney, Self-Help Centers
Brenton Inouye
Managing Attorney, Asian Pacific Islander Community Outreach Project
Julianna Lee
Supervising Attorney, Supporting Families Workgroup
Angela McNair Turner
Managing Attorney, South LA Office and Housing & Communities Workgroup
Kevin F. Mitchell
Managing Attorney, Santa Monica Office
Michael J. Ortiz
Special Counsel on Immigrant Affairs
Dominique Quevedo
Managing Attorney, Long Beach Office and Supporting Families Workgroup
Nicole Rivera-Vazquez
Managing Attorney, Client Intake
Ronnette Ramos
Managing Attorney, Medical-Legal Partnerships and Veterans Justice Center
Jeffrey M. Uno
Managing Attorney, Eviction Defense Center/Right to Counsel
Susan Vincent
Legal IT Manager
Sara Williams
Communications Manager
Yuval Yossefy
Special Projects Manager, Right to Counsel Workgroup
Attorneys & Fellows
Asian & Pacific Islander Outreach Project
Jean C. Ahn
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
Natasha Roland
Robyn Smith
Jayant Tripathy
Catherine Vega
Eviction Defense Center/Right to Counsel
Matt Barno*
Sebastian Bendeck*
Guy Bonetati*
Eric Daco
Alexander Dashman
Christopher Homandberg
Joshua Johnson
Richard Maher
Sarah Sewell
Jennifer Baez Silva
Cindy Shin
Andrea Torres-Figueroa
Manuel Villagomez
Homelessness Prevention (Measure H)
Mai Nguyen
Housing and Communities
Susanne Browne
Paul Estuar
Ghirlandi Guidetti
Jonathan Jager
Ryan M. Kendall
Shayla Myers
Pui-Yee Yu
Medical-Legal Partnerships
Erin Gunter
Sheyda Joolharzadeh
Andrew Kazakes
Melody Osuna
Renters Small Claims
Kelsey Atkinson
Restoring Communities
Marvel Faulkner
Raul Galan
Giovanni Pesce
Tyler Smith
Jayant Tripathy
Santa Monica Office
Lynn Franco
Romy Ganschow
Denise McGranahan
Towne Morton
Self-Help Legal Access Centers
Cesar Bertaud
Joanna Knee
Jennie Nguyen
Esther Remigio
Mona Sobhani
Supporting Families
Ariana Barlas
Paula Cohen
Liza M. Davis
Brigit Greeson-Alvarez
Justine Schneeweis
Angelica Sedgwick
Sonya Servin
Daliah Setareh
Nhien Tran
Ayano Wolff
Christine Yoon
Veterans Justice Center
Mallory Andrews
Louis Truong
* State of CA Bar Provisionally Licensed Attorney
