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.
Emerging Leaders Council Co-Chairs
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.
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
Zain Al-Khalil
Associate Attorney, Chapman and Cutler LLP
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
Jessica Bednarz
Director of Legal Services, Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System,
University of Denver
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
Mark Doerr
Partner, Patrick Doerr PLLC
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
Partner, Holland & Knight LLP
Chase Hertel
Director of Consumer & Counsel, SimpleCitizen
Johnathan Hill (Co-Chair)
Program Manager & Social Impact & Community Engagement Lead, Relativity
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
Litigation Associate, Holland & Knight LLP
Dana Marquez Richardson
Senior Staff Attorney, OneJustice
Jason Marsico
Corporate Counsel, FirstEnergy
Josh Meltzer
Managing Counsel, Education Affairs and Governance, 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
Cassie Powell
Director, Access to Justice Clinic
University of Richmond
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
Julia Schutt
Researcher & Project Manager, A2J Tech
Russell Shankland
Partner, Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP
Andrew Shulman
Customer Success Manager & Co-Counsel, AI for Justice Program, Thomson Reuters
Sainabou Sonko
Senior Counsel, Tyson Foods
Aidan Sova
Regional Product Lead, Google
Joanne Sprague
Director, Everlaw for Good
Grace Stewart
Intellectual Property Attorney, Quarles & Brady LLP
Olivia Sullivan
Managing Associate, 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
Rachel Waddey
Associate, Chapman and Cutler LLP
Ransom Wydner (Co-Chair)
Vice President, Pro Bono and Social Impact, SixFifty
Brian Xu
J.D. Candidate, Stanford Law School
M.P.P Candidate, Harvard Kennedy School