Our Staff

John Adelman

Attorney, CDP

Ashley Alger

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Aasiyah Ali

Investigator

Roshell Amezcua

Attorney, FDP

Angeline Andersen

Attorney, CDP

Kristen Anderson

Social Worker, Immigration

Luis Angel Valle

Investigator

Mary Anne Mendenhall

Supervising Attorney, FDP

Viviana Arcia, She/Her/Hers

Law Graduate, Immigration

Elena Arons

Investigations Supervisor

Ashley Arroyo

Family Defense Practice Court Liaison

Hailey Arroyo

Investigator

Brian Arthur

Supervising Attorney, CDP

Danisbel Avello

Attorney, Civil Action Practice

Perla Baez

Legal Advocate Supervisor, Immigration

Freddy Baez, He/him/his

Arraignment Clerk

Crystal Baker-Burr

Attorney, FDP

Sonia Banegas, She/Her/Hers

Community Intake Associate

Rachel Banks, She/Her/Hers

Law Graduate, CDP

Aram Barikian

Attorney, CAP

MaryAnn Barile

Attorney, FDP

Keith Baumann

Supervising Attorney, FDP

Luz Beato, She/Her/Hers

Attorney, CDP

Patricia Becerril

Legal Advocate, CAP

Caitlin Becker

Managing Director of Social Work

Muriel Bell

Social Worker, FDP

Olga Beltre

Investigator

Jeremy Bennie, He/him/his

Law Graduate, CDP

Nayantara Bhushan

Attorney, CDP

Conrad Blackburn, He/Him/His

Law Graduate, CDP

Michael Bloch

Supervising Attorney, CDP

Alexander Blocker

Legal Advocate, CAP

Elizabeth Blumetti

Attorney, FDP

Ivan Bohorquez

Legal Advocate, CAP

Sarah Borsody

Community Engagement Coordinator & Attorney, Immigration

Jacob Bowden

IT Analyst

Ryan Brewer

Supervising Attorney, Immigration

Tania Brief

Attorney, CDP

Lizzie Bright, No preferred pronoun

Law Graduate, CDP

Christopher Britten

Attorney, CDP

Deborah Brook

Social Worker, FDP

Shanée Brown

Attorney, Family Defense Practice

Kohler Bruno

Investigator

Ashley Burrell

Supervising Attorney, CDP

Janera Caba

Team Administrator

Wesley Caines

Reentry and Community Outreach Coordinator, CAP

Marissa Cano-Carey, She/her/hers

Immigration Civil Legal Advocate

Aimee Carlisle

Attorney, CDP

Candice Carnage

Chief Operating Officer

Annie Carney

Attorney, FDP

Maggie Carrasquillo

Social Worker, FDP

Matt Carroll

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Tracey Carter

Parent Advocate, FDP

Samantha Catalanotto

Social Worker, CDP

Gloria Chacon

Attorney, Immigration

Antonio Changanaqui

Attorney, Immigration Practice

Breanne Chappell

Attorney, CDP

Kelly Chen, She/Her/Hers

Law Graduate, FDP

Jacob Chin

Attorney, Family Defense Practice

Natasha Chokhani

Attorney, FDP

Erin Cloud

Team Leader and Supervising Attorney, FDP

Shlomit Cohen

Attorney, FDP

Rosa Cohen-Cruz

Supervising Attorney, Immigration

Ilona Coleman

Legal Director, CDP

Peter Coleman

Attorney, CDP

Otilda Colon

Attorney, Immigration

Yessi Colondres

Team Administrator

Alexandra Conlon

Supervising Attorney, CDP

Emma Connolly, She/Her/Hers

Law Graduate, FDP

Ana Cordero

Maintenance Worker

Nina Cordero

Arraignment Clerk

Karen Cornelio

Legal Advocate, CAP

Noemi Cotto

Social Work Supervisor, Family Defense Practice

Juan Cristobal Quevedo

Attorney, Immigration

Samantha Cruz

Social Worker, CDP

Yolanda Cruz

Controller

Shannon Cumberbatch

Director of Hiring, Diversity & Community Engagement; Supervising Professor, The Bronx Defenders Holistic Defense Externship at Columbia Law School; Staff Attorney

Anne Dean

Forensic Practice Group Ballistics Specialist, Attorney, CDP

Sarah Deri Oshiro

Managing Director, Immigration

Julia Deutsch

Attorney*, CDP

Chastity Diaz

Receptionist

Matt Diaz

Intake Coordinator

Colby Dillon

Supervising Attorney, CDP

Courtney Dixon

Attorney, CDP

Tess Domb Sadof

Investigator

Julie Doyle

Attorney, Family Defense Practice

Tahanee Dunn

Law Graduate, CAP

Lenora Easter

Community Intake Attorney, CDP

Jocelyn Edelstein

Parent Advocate, FDP

Tal Eisenzweig

Law Graduate, Family Defense Practice

Zoe Engberg, She/Her/Hers

Law Graduate, CDP

Alan Erskine

Arraignment Clerk

Ziara Escalera

Office Manager

Bardia Eshghi

Attorney, CDP

Marvin Espana, He/him/his

Law Graduate, Immigration

Norma Esquivel, She/Her/Hers

Law Graduate, CDP

Morgan Everhart

Attorney, CDP

Quandalasha Fambro

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Kelsey Feehan

Attorney, CAP

Lindsay Ferguson

Team Leader and Social Worker, CDP

Ruben Fernandez

Supervising Attorney, CDP

Mara Fleder

Supervising Attorney, FDP

Mairin Fogarty

Attorney, CDP

Karelle Fonteneau

Legal Advocate, Immigration

Alice Fontier

Managing Director, CDP

Emily Friedman, She/Her/Hers

Law Graduate, CAP

Emily Galvin

Attorney, CDP

Carolina Garcia

Attorney, CDP

Christopher Garcia

Co-Director of the Robert P. Patterson Jr. Mentoring Program

Eddie Garcia

Legal Assistant

Gilberto Gautier

Legal Advocate, Immigration

Mariam Gaye

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Quandisha German

Co-Director of the Robert P. Patterson Jr. Mentoring Program

Pedro Gerson

Attorney, Immigration

Dawit Getachew

Attorney, CDP

Claire Glass

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Conor Gleason

Supervising Attorney, Immigration

Vanessa Godinez, She/Her/Hers

Law Graduate, Immigration

Liana Goff

Civil Legal Advocate

Robyn Goldberg

Adolecence Defense Project, CDP

Stephen Goldmeier

Organizational Systems Analyst

Chazley Gonzalez

Parent Advocate, FDP

Fausta Gonzalez

Team Administrator

Talia Gooding-Williams

Attorney*, Criminal Defense Practice

Michael Grades, He/him/his

Immigration Practice Administrator

Jellisa Grant,She/Her/Hers

Law Graduate, FDP

Jill Greco

Attorney, CDP

Danny Greene, They/Them/Theirs

Fellow, LGBTQ

Patricia Greenmyer

Social Worker, CDP

Martha Grieco

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Jeremy Gross

Investigator

Jorge Guerreiro, He/him/his

Law Graduate, Immigration

Anisha Gupta

Attorney, CDP

Sophia Gurulé

Attorney, Immigration Practice

Alexa Gutierrez

Finance Associate

Lily Halpern

Investigator

Brigitte Hamadey

Attorney, Immigration

Daniel Hamburg

Attorney, CDP

Michelle Hand

Investigator

Dave Hanyok

Attorney, CDP

Michelle Harris

Social Worker, FDP

Frances Hartmann

Immigrant Justice Corps Fellow

Kaitlyn Hartmann, She/her/hers

Law Graduate, FDP

Steven Hasty

Supervising Attorney, CAP

Whitney Hayes

Attorney, CDP

Gregory Herrera

Law Graduate, Criminal Defense Practice

Gwyneth Hesser

Attorney, FDP

Morgan Hill

Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Social Worker, FDP

Mariam Hinds

Attorney, CDP

Jessica Horan-Block

Supervising Attorney, FDP

Jonathan Howe, He/him/his

Law Graduate, FDP

Janae Hunte, She/her/hers

Attorney, FDP

Safia Hussain

Associate General Counsel

Carmen Isaura Rodriguez Arroyo

Attorney, Immigration

Ella Israeli

Avodah Fellow, Community Intake

Pamela Itzkowitch

Attorney, CDP

Kaitlin Jackson

Attorney, CDP

Mia Jackson-Rosenthal

Attorney, CDP

Sam Jacques

Client and Community Navigator

Niji Jain

Attorney, Impact Litigation Practice

Karume James

Attorney, CDP

Andrea Jaramillo Coopersmith

Law Graduate, Civil Action Practice

Andrew Jimenez

Parent Advocate, FDP

Kate Johnson-Powers

Social Worker, Immigration

Debbie Jonas

Attorney, FDP

Jamaal Jones

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Christina Joseph

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Edie Joseph, She/Her/Hers

Law Graduate, CDP

Esther Kao

Communications Associate

Jeremy Kaplan-Lyman

Supervising Attorney, CDP

Nathan Karnovsky, He/Him/His

Law Graduate, CDP

Alexandra Katz

Law Graduate, Criminal Defense Practice

Simmi Kaur

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Daniel Kay

Attorney, CDP

Saif Kazim

Attorney, CDP

Tony Keffler

Attorney, Immigration

Sarah Kejick

Criminal Defense Practice Administrator

Jim Keniff

Legal and Training Director, FDP

Stacey Kennard

Education Attorney, CDP

Emma Ketteringham

Managing Director, FDP

Urooj Khan, She/Her/Hers

Attorney, CDP

Anna Kim

Director of Communications

Sarah Knight

Social Worker, Immigration

Steven Koch, He/him/his

Staff Attorney, CAP

Yaniv Kot, He/Him/His

Law Graduate, CDP

George Kottas

Team Leader and Supervising Attorney, FDP

Danielle Krumholz

Attorney, Immigration

Kyla Kuvach, She/her/hers

Law Graduate, FDP

Julia Lake

Attorney, Civil Action Practice

Lorraine Landrau

Team Leader

Angelica Lara

Community Organizer

Randy Lara

Team Administrator

Carol Larancuent

Legal Advocate, Immigration

Christopher Lau

Attorney, CDP

My Le, My/They/Them/Theirs

Law Graduate, CDP

Andrew Lee

Attorney*, Criminal Defense Practice

Annette Lee

Team Leader and Supervising Attorney, CDP

Courtney Lee

Attorney, Immigration

Sabrina Lee, She/Her/Hers

Attorney, CDP

Jacob Lemon-Strauss

Supervising Attorney, CDP

Isidermi Leonardo

Civil Legal Advocate

Karen Leve

Attorney, FDP

Craig Levine

Director of Policy Reform

Zoe Levine

Legal Director, Immigration Practice

Scott Levy

Special Counsel to CDP

Hannah Lieberman

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Karly Liranzo

Social Worker, FDP

Mattie Liskow

Attorney, Family Defense Practice

Deborah Lolai

Attorney, CDP, LGBTQ Client Specialist

Sharitza Lopez-Rodriguez

Law Graduate, CAP

Malika Lubell-Doughtie

Attorney, CDP

Ryan MacDonald

Attorney, CAP

Miriam Mack

Attorney, Family Defense Practice

Melissa Madan

Team Leader & Program Coordinator of Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies, FDP

Luis Mancheno

Attorney, Immigration

Imogene Mankin

Immigrant Justice Corps Fellow

Robyn Mar

Deputy Managing Director, CDP

Elli Marcus, She/Her/Hers

Attorney, CDP

Rachel Maremont

Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Parent Advocate, FDP

Joel Marte

Investigator

Marlene Marte

Translator

Blair Mason, She/Her/Hers

Law Graduate, Immigration

Ann Mathews

Team Leader and Supervising Attorney, CDP

Suchi Mathur

Federal Practice Attorney, Immigration

Claire Mauksch

Attorney, CDP

Avery McNeil

Attorney, CDP

Lauren Migliaccio

Attorney, Immigration

Marian Mikhail

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Nathanael Miller

Attorney, CDP

Filaree Moore

Attorney*, CDP

Tiffany Moore

Arraignment Clerk

Jodi Morales-Vargas

Attorney, CDP

Andrew Multer

Attorney, CDP

Samuel Natale

Attorney, CDP

Glodibal Natera

Social Worker, CDP

Alexandria Nedd

Law Graduate, FDP

Emma Noftz

Attorney, CDP

Eli Northrup

Attorney, CDP

Erika Nyborg-Burch, She/Her/Hers

She/Her/Hers, Attorney, Immigration

Megan O’Byrne

Supervising Attorney, CAP

Molly O’Neill

Grants Manager

Naomi Oberman-Breindel

Attorney, CDP

George Ocasio, He/him/his

Attorney, FDP

Joshua Occhiogrosso-Schwartz

Attorney, CDP

Justine Olderman

Executive Director

Ashundria Oliver

Cross Practice Administrator

Oded Oren

Attorney, CDP

Dinah Ortiz-Adames

Parent Advocate Supervisor, FDP

Peggy Owusu

Social Worker, CDP

Defne Ozgediz

Supervising Attorney, CDP

Jean Padilla

Parent Advocate, FDP

John Padovano

IT Director

Gina Papera-Ewing, She/Her/Hers

Law Graduate, CDP

Thanisha Pariage

Attorney, CDP

Abigail Parr

Attorney, CDP

Sheena Paul

Executive Assistant

Laurice Pearson

Attorney, FDP

Ilana Perlman

Attorney, FDP

Thomas Peterson

Attorney, CDP

Angelo Petrigh

Supervising Attorney, CDP

Emily Pickens

Parent Advocate, FDP

Asia Piña

Social Worker, FDP

Annie Pineda

Director, Pro Bono

Carmen Pineiro

Director of Organizing and Community Engagement

Ivana Portes

Social Worker, CDP

Clara Presler

Attorney, FDP

Jessica Prince

Attorney, FDP

Emily Prokesch

Supervising Attorney, False Confessions Specialist, CDP

Jessica Purcell

Law Graduate, Family Defense Practice

Shakeer Rahman

Skadden Fellow, Impact Litigation Practice

Falon Rainer, She/Her/Hers

Law Graduate, CDP

Runa Rajagopal

Managing Director, Civil Action Practice

Marc Ramirez

Attorney, CDP

Molly Reis

Attorney, CDP

Cecilia Riera

Benefits Adviser

Seann Riley

Project Director, Center for Holistic Defense and Lecturer-in-law, Columbia Holistic Defense Externship

Barbara Rivera

Receptionist

Violeta Rivera

Social Worker, Immigration

Shaquille Roberts

IT Associate

Agnes Rodriguez

Client Coordinator

Emil Rodriguez

Team Administrator

Jenn Rolnick Borchetta

Deputy Director of Impact Litigation

Hannah Rosenthal

Attorney, CDP

Sidni Rouse

Attorney, FDP

Rosie Russo

Social Worker, CDP

Jeremiah Rygus

Attorney, DNA Specialist, CDP

Rosa Saavedra-Vanacore, She/Her/Hers

Attorney, Immigration

Tanya Sadlowski

Supervising Social Worker, CDP

Jennifer Salcedo

Accounts Payable Analyst

Megan Sallomi

Attorney, Immigration

Avinash Samarth

Attorney, CDP

Alicia Sanchez-Ramirez

Attorney, CDP

Armani Sanders

Parent Advocate

Jairo Santana

IT Supervisor & Webmaster

Lourdes Santiago

Human Resources Manager

Tanisha Saunders

Human Resources Associate

Miriam Schachter

Staff Attorney, FDP

Erin Schechter

Team Leader and Supervising Attorney, FDP

Olivia Scheck

Attorney, CDP

Constance Scott

Team Administrator

Tysha Scott

Interim Director of Development

Rachel Seidman

Civil Legal Advocate, CAP

Howard Sellers

Arraignment Court Advocate

Jenny Semmel

Supervising Mental Health Attorney, CDP

David Shalleck-Klein

Attorney, FDP

La Shawna Easter

Team Administrator

Mohamed Sheriff

Supervising Legal Advocate, CAP

Adam Shoop

Legal Director, CAP

Brian Shupak

Attorney, CDP

Hillela Simpson, She/her/hers

Attorney, CDP

Allaina Sines

Attorney, FDP

Amalea Smirniotopoulos

Team Leader & Supervising Attorney, CDP

Christopher Smith

Law Graduate, Criminal Defense Practice

Karen Smolar

Trial Chief

Julia Solomons

Social Worker, CDP

Fallon Speaker

Attorney, FDP

Gregg Stankewicz

Director of the Adolescent Defense Project and Attorney, CDP

Johanna Steinberg

General Counsel, Director of Impact Litigation

Jessica Swensen

Supervising Attorney, Immigration

Leila Tabbaa

Attorney, FDP

Thaddeus Talbot, He/Him/His

Investigator

Luisa Tamez

Attorney, Immigration

Edwin Taveras

Social Worker, FDP

Lauren Teichner

Team Leader and Attorney, CDP

Scott Templin

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Sidney Thaxter

Digital Forensics Unit, Investigator Supervisor

Michael Thomas

Community Intake Attorney, CDP

Greg Tolbert

Law Graduate, Family Defense Practice

Elizabeth Tuttle

Attorney, FDP

Claire Urban

Attorney, Immigration

Ifeanyi Uzoukwu

Investigator

Anne Vachon

Social Worker, CDP

Alex Valdez, She/Her/Hers

Law Graduate, CDP

Samantha Valentin

Attorney, Civil Action Practice

Angharad Vaughan

Attorney, CDP

Nicole Velazquez

Attorney, FDP

Marta Velez

Attorney, Immigration

Anne Venhuizen

Team Leader and Supervising Attorney, FDP

Karla Vergara-Perez

Attorney, Family Defense Practice

Allegra Verlezza

Communications and Development Associate

Paul Vernon

Attorney, DNA Specialist, CDP

Marterra Walker

Legal Administrative Manager

Kara Wallis

Attorney, FDP

Lisa Washington

Attorney, FDP

John Watts

Investigator

Imani Waweru, He/him/his

Law Graduate, CDP

Frances Weil, She/Her/Hers

Law Graduate, CDP

Hannah Weinstein

Attorney, FDP

Rivka Weiss

Social Worker, FDP

Michael White

Parent Advocate, FDP

Rebecca Widom

Chief Data Scientist

Elizabeth Williams

Social Worker, CDP

Elyssa Williams

Attorney, Immigration

Garanique Williams

Legal Advocate, CAP

Janie Williams

Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

Alyssa Work

Attorney, CDP

Katie Wozencroft

Training Director, CDP

Michele Yankson

Attorney, CAP

Caitlin York

Attorney, CDP

Pezhmon Zaiim

Attorney, CDP

Daniel Zeidman

Attorney, CDP

Saul Zipkin

Appellate Attorney, FDP