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
Omid G. Bañuelos
Corporate Counsel, Litigation & Regulation, Amazon
Sarah Bennett Bures
Associate, McGuireWoods LLP
Aaron Brooks
General Counsel – Corporate Governance, Bank OZK
Amy Chapple
Senior Counsel, Gilead Sciences
Tucker Cottingham
General Manager, Clio
Alison DeBelder
Director of Systems Reform, Disability Rights Florida
Mauricio Duarte
COO, A2J Tech
Brett Felter
Assistant Attorney General, Maryland Department of Health & Mental Hygiene
Sam Flynn
Co-Founder, Josef
Ruby Garrett
Associate, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Kevin Golembiewski
Attorney, Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates
Eduardo Gonzalez
Program Officer for Civil Justice, American Academy of Arts & Sciences
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
Kelsea A. Jeon
J.D. Candidate, Stanford Law School
Shiva Kooragayala
Litigation Associate, Massey & Gail LLP
David Layfer
Section Head/Commercial Legal, AbbVie
Allison Luzwick
Senior Legal Counsel, USS John C. Stennis, United States Navy
Dana Marquez Richardson
Senior Staff Attorney, OneJustice
Jason Marsico
Associate, Sidley Austin LLP
Josh Meltzer
Senior Counsel, Office of the President, University of California
Matthew Monahan
State Appellate Defender, Michigan State Appellate Defender Office
Eric Osborne
Member, Sherrard, Roe, Voigt, & Harbison, PLC
Christian Palacios
Associate, Duane Morris LLP
Adrian Palma
Pro Bono Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation
Peter Riley
Managing Associate, Sidley Austin LLP
Brad Robertson
Partner, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Luke Ruse
General Counsel, Ontra
Laura Safdie
COO & General Counsel, Casetext
Soha Saiyed
Partner, Reece Saiyed Parry-Johnson, LLP
Russell Shankland
Partner, Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP
Shelly Skinner
Special Counsel, National Labor Relations Board
Sainabou Sonko
Senior Counsel, Tyson Foods
Aidan Sova
Product Solutions Consultant, Google
Grace Stewart
Intellectual Property Attorney, Quarles & Brady LLP
Olivia Sullivan
Associate Attorney, Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP
Millie Tadewaldt
Founder & CEO, Brilliant
Jason Tashea
Founding Director, Judicial Innovation Fellowship, Georgetown University Law Center
Consultant, The World Bank
Marc Theriault
Deputy Circuit Executive, Office of the Circuit Executive, Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
Garrett Thomas
Founder & Managing Attorney, The Law Office of Garrett Thomas
J. Sterling Williams, IV
Associate, Much Shelist, P.C.
Ransom Wydner (Co-Chair)
Vice President, Pro Bono and Social Impact, SixFifty
David Zimmer
Partner, Goodwin Procter LLP