Emerging Leaders Council

The Legal Services Corporation’s Emerging Leaders Council will bring together some of the country’s rising leaders to help increase public awareness of the crisis in civil legal aid and the importance of providing equal access to justice to all low-income Americans.

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Ransom Wydner's Remarks at LSC's 50th Anniversary Gala

Remarks from Ransom Wydner at LSC's 50th Celebration

LSC’s Emerging Leaders Council Co-Chair Ransom Wydner took the stage at LSC's 50th anniversary gala to share his personal story of a childhood impacted by evictions and persistent housing insecurity. He was just two years old when his family was first evicted for nonpayment.

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Justice Rising

Justice Rising is a publication of the LSC's Emerging Leaders Council. Read it for their insights on closing the justice gap and the latest developments in access-to-justice efforts. 

Emerging Leaders Council Members

Sara Agate
Founder, 1871

Berto Aguayo 
Associate, K&L Gates

Liani Balasuriya 
Counsel to the General Counsel, U.S. Department of Commerce

Cayley Balser 
Professor of Practice, Service Impact Area Lead at Innovation for Justice University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law

Sarah Bennett Bures
Pro Bono Director & Counsel, Troutman Pepper

Amanda Brown 
Executive Director, Lagniappe Law Lab

Andrew D. Brown 
Associate, Sidley Austin LLP

Amy Chapple
Senior Counsel, Gilead Sciences

Megan Connelly 
Director, Utah State Bar

Tucker Cottingham
General Manager, Clio

Andrea Donahue 
Program Director, Office of Legal Services Innovation, Utah State Bar 

Mauricio Duarte
COO, A2J Tech

Brett Felter
Assistant Attorney General, Maryland Department of Health & Mental Hygiene

Sam Flynn
Co-Founder, Josef

Andres Fonseca 
Associate, Sidley Austin LLP

Kaitlyn Fydenkevez 
Attorney, Quarles & Brady LLP

Ruby Garrett
Associate, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Nick Hasenfus
Associate, Holland & Knight LLP

Chase Hertel
Director of Consumer & Counsel, SimpleCitizen

Johnathan Hill (Co-Chair)
Program Manager & Social Impact & Community Engagement Lead, Relativity

Parnaz Hojjati
Summer Associate, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
J.D. Candidate, UCLA School of Law

Eliza Hong 
J.D. Candidate, Cornell Law School

Kelsea A. Jeon
J.D. Candidate, Stanford Law School 

Shiva Kooragayala
Judicial Law Clerk, U.S. District Courts

Allison Luzwick
Senior Legal Counsel, USS John C. Stennis, United States Navy

Dana Marquez Richardson
Senior Staff Attorney, OneJustice

Jason Marsico 
Corporate Counsel, FirstEnergy 

Josh Meltzer
Senior Counsel, Office of the President, University of California

Mitch Mitchell 
Product Counsel, Trust & Will

Dorna Moini 
CEO & Founder, Gavel

Matthew Monahan
State Appellate Defender, Michigan State Appellate Defender Office

Eric Osborne
Member, Sherrard, Roe, Voigt, & Harbison, PLC

Neil Pai 
General Counsel, Founders Fund

Christian Palacios
Associate, Duane Morris LLP

Adrian Palma
Pro Bono Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation

Toby Pechner 
Director of Family Worship & Songleading, Congregation Rodef Sholom

Ritica Ramesh 
UX/UI Designer, A2J Tech

Verenice Ramirez 
UX Designer, Georgetown University Law Center

Peter Riley 
Managing Associate, Sidley Austin LLP

Luke Ruse
General Counsel, Ontra

Jaclyn Sattler 
Senior Manager, Strategy & Business Operations, Relativity

Soha Saiyed
Partner, Reece Saiyed Parry-Johnson, LLP 

Armin Salek 
Executive Director, Youth Justice Alliance

Russell Shankland
Partner, Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP

Sainabou Sonko
Senior Counsel, Tyson Foods

Aidan Sova
Product Solutions Consultant, Google

Joanne Sprague 
Director, Everlaw for Good

Grace Stewart
Intellectual Property Attorney, Quarles & Brady LLP

Olivia Sullivan
Associate Attorney, Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP

Millie Tadewaldt
Founder & CEO, Brilliant

Garrett Thomas
Founder & Managing Attorney, The Law Office of Garrett Thomas

Jayant (Jay) Trewn 
Associate, Latham & Watkins LLP

J. Sterling Williams, IV
Associate, Much Shelist, P.C.

Ransom Wydner (Co-Chair)
Vice President, Pro Bono and Social Impact, SixFifty