Job Type: Attorneys

Sela Steiger Staff Attorney Sela (she/her) is a staff attorney in the Work and Family Program. She provides legal advice and representation to pregnant workers and new parents, workers struggling with family and medical crises, and survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. Sela also presents trainings on new parent and caregiving leave laws and… Continue reading Sela Steiger

Julia Parish Senior Staff Attorney As a member of our Work and Family and SURVIVE programs, Julia (she/her/ella) assists with the project helplines and provides legal advice, know-your-rights workshops and direct legal services for workers struggling with family and medical crises. She also directs the Healthy Mothers Workplace Coalition, which includes numerous government and community… Continue reading Julia Parish

Kim Ouillette Director, Wage Protection Program Kim Ouillette (she/her/ella) is a Program Director in the Wage Protection Program at Legal Aid at Work. She represents workers experiencing wage theft, retaliation, and other violations of their workplace rights. She also supports legislative advocacy efforts and provides trainings and advice to worker centers and community-based organizations. Prior… Continue reading Kim Ouillette

Lynnette Miner Senior Staff Attorney Lynnette Miner (she/her/hers) joined Legal Aid at Work as a Senior Staff Attorney in the Gender Equity & LGBTQ Rights Program in January 2022. Before joining Legal Aid at Work, Lynnette was a Senior Staff Attorney with the Southern Poverty Law Center in Alabama, where she focused on class action… Continue reading Lynnette Miner

Molly Lao Staff Attorney Molly Lao (she/her) is a Staff Attorney with the Racial Economic Justice Program. Molly provides legal services to individuals whose criminal records and disabilities compound and intersect to create barriers to living wage employment. Molly received her undergraduate degree from Brown University and her J.D. from Berkeley Law where she was… Continue reading Molly Lao

Shazzy KamaliStaff Attorney Shazzy Kamali (she/her) is a Staff Attorney in the Work and Family Program at Legal Aid at Work. Shazzy provides legal advice, presents trainings, and engages in policy advocacy to support new parents, survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, workers who are pregnant, and caregivers trying to access accommodations at work… Continue reading Shazzy Kamali

Christopher Ho Director, National Origin and Immigrants’ Rights Program As director of LAAW’s National Origin and Immigrants’ Rights Program, Chris (he/him) focuses on employment practices that disproportionately affect immigrant workers, language minorities and others who face discrimination because of where they or their families come from. In this work, he has litigated many legal questions… Continue reading Christopher Ho

Pilar Gonzalez MoralesVice President of Programs and Litigation Pilar (she/her/ella) is the Vice President of Programs and Litigation and oversees the delivery of legal services across the organization as well as LAAW’s impact litigation. Pilar advocates for the use of an intersectional framework to serve low-income workers and communities. Prior to joining LAAW, Pilar worked… Continue reading Pilar Gonzalez Morales

Mike Gaitley Senior Staff Attorney Mike Gaitley (he/him) is a staff attorney in the Community Legal Services program, where he has developed and nurtured a model for providing free legal services through a Workers’ Rights Clinic that has been emulated by numerous legal organizations. Our clinics provide low-income workers with expert advice by engaging highly… Continue reading Mike Gaitley