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
Ninette Ayala
Chief Development 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
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
Jennifer Baez-Silva
Supervising Attorney, Eviction Defense Center
Stephanie Davidson
Managing Attorney, Survivor and Family Justice 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
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
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
Sara Williams
Communications Manager
Attorneys & Fellows
Asian & Pacific Islander Outreach Project
Jean C. Ahn
Patricia Park
Annie Yu
Client Intake
Jonathan Hannigan
Economic Stability
Elena Ackel
Matthew Clark
Zackary Genduso
Jamie Kim
Tanya McGary
Cara McGraw
Robyn Smith
Catherine Vega
Eviction Defense Center
Katrina Asuncion
Amreet Badesha
Daniel Bateson
Sebastian Bendeck*
Robin Chavarria
Eric Daco
Nathan Goncalves
Christine Gutierrez
Fidel Hinojosa
Christopher Homandberg
Joshua Johnson
Yong David Lee
Tyler Lee
Richard Maher
Amanda McNally
Mario Perez
Akila Shenoy
Bavani Sridhar
Kayla Wheeler
Homelessness Prevention (Measure H)
Mai Nguyen
Housing and Communities
Cassidy Bennett
Susanne Browne
Paul Estuar
Ghirlandi Guidetti
Jonathan Jager
Ryan M. Kendall
Shayla Myers
Manuel Villagomez
Pui-Yee Yu
Immigration Access Workgroup
Brigit Greeson Alvarez
Daliah Setareh
Sonya Servin
Nhien Tran
Christine Yoon
Medical-Legal Partnerships
Carlos Castro
Erin Gunter
Sheyda Joolharzadeh
Andrew Kazakes
Pro Bono
Mina Kim
Renters Small Claims
Kelsey Atkinson
Restoring Communities
Marvel Faulkner
Raul Galan
Michael Lee
Giovanni Pesce
David Schlussel
Santa Monica Office
Katie Czapanskiy
Lynn Franco
Romy Ganschow
Denise McGranahan
Towne Morton
Self-Help Legal Access Centers
Cesar Bertaud
Pierre Cordero
Joanna Knee
Jennie Nguyen
Mona Sobhani
Survivor & Family Justice Workgroup
Paula Cohen
Ariana Barlas
Amelia Jubelt
Laura Rotmanskiy
Veterans Justice Center
Mallory Andrews
Melody Osuna
Louis Truong
* State of CA Bar Provisionally Licensed Attorney
