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
Lesli Latt
Director of Human Resources, Diversity & Inclusion
Nicole M. Perez
Director of Client Services and Compliance
Michael D. Polanichka
Director of Information and Technology
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
Jennifer Baez-Silva
Supervising Attorney, Eviction Defense Center
Stephanie Davidson
Managing Attorney, Survivor and Family Justice Workgroup
Aila Ferguson
Supervising Attorney, Client Intake Workgroup
Mark Hu
Managing Attorney, Self-Help Centers
Brenton Inouye
Managing Attorney, Asian Pacific Islander Community Outreach Project
Lana Martin
Grants & Contracts Manager
Benjamin McFadden
Supervising Attorney, Eviction Defense Center
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 Immigration Access Workgroup
Ronnette Ramos
Managing Attorney, Medical-Legal Partnerships
Nicole Rivera-Vazquez
Managing Attorney, Client Intake
Kristina Sanchez
Case Manager Project Manager
Tyler Nicole Smith
Managing Attorney, Veterans Justice Center
Tiffany Tsao
Pro Bono Manager
Jeffrey M. Uno
Managing Attorney, Eviction Defense Center
Susan Vincent
Legal IT Manager
Attorneys & Fellows
Asian & Pacific Islander Outreach Project
Jean C. Ahn
Patricia Park
Annie Yu
Bavani Sridar
Client Intake
Jonathan Hannigan
Economic Stability
Elena Ackel
Matthew Clark
Amy Elmgren
Zachary Genduso
Andrew Kazakes
Jamie Kim
Cara McGraw
Robyn Smith
Catherine Vega
Elisa Wayne
Eviction Defense Center
Daniel Bateson
Sebastian Bendeck*
Hanna Burt
Robin Chavarria
Paris Cohen
Eric Daco
Emily Goldberg
Fidel Hinojosa
Joshua Johnson
Sungwon Kim
Tyler Lee
Yong David Lee
Eric Manian
Amanda McNally
Mario Perez
Katherine Willis
Homelessness Prevention (Measure H)
Mai Nguyen
Housing and Communities
Aida Ashouri
Cassidy Bennett
Paul Estuar
Jonathan Jager
Shayla Myers
Manuel Villagomez
Pui-Yee Yu
Immigration Access
Amelia Andrews-Jubelt
Sonya Servin
Daliah Setareh
Nhien Tran
Christine Yoon
Medical-Legal Partnerships
Carlos Castro
Erin Gunter
Sheyda Joolharzadeh
Pro Bono
Mina Kim
Renters Small Claims
Kelsey Atkinson
Restoring Communities
Marvel Faulkner
Raul Galan
Christine Harbster
Michael Lee
Giovanni Pesce
David Schlussel
Santa Monica Office
Katie Czapanskiy
Lynn Franco
Romy Ganschow
Denise McGranahan
Towne Morton
Amy Withmory
Self-Help Legal Access Centers
Cesar Bertaud
Pierre Cordero
Jordan Lennox
Jennie Nguyen
Susmita Sahu
Mona Sobhani
Survivor & Family Justice
Ariana Barlas
Laura Rotmanskiy
Veterans Justice Center
Mallory Andrews
Melody Osuna
Kevin Tanaka
Louis Truong
* State of CA Bar Provisionally Licensed Attorney
