Job Type: Attorneys

Athena AranaAttorney and Equal Justice Works Fellow, Sponsored by Fenwick & West LLP Athena Arana (she/ella) is a 2024 Equal Justice Works Fellow with the National Origin and Immigrants’ Rights program. Athena has extensive experience providing legal assistance and other advocacy services to underserved immigrant communities, including through her prior work at Legal Aid at… Continue reading Athena Arana

Sam AberStaff Attorney Sam Aber (he/him) is a Staff Attorney in the Wage Protection Program at Legal Aid at Work. He represents workers who have been subject to wage theft and misclassification and otherwise denied their rights to dignity, fair treatment, and a voice in their workplaces.  Prior to joining Legal Aid at Work, Sam… Continue reading Sam Aber

Stacy VillalobosDirector, Racial Economic Justice Program Stacy Villalobos (she/her/ella) is the Director of the Racial Economic Justice Program at Legal Aid at Work. Stacy has been advocating for workers’ rights for over two decades, beginning during her undergraduate years as an organizer with the university’s immigrant workers. Her practice currently focuses on fighting race discrimination in… Continue reading Stacy Villalobos

Maria Tapia-Hernandez Senior Staff Attorney Maria Tapia-Hernandez is an attorney in the Community Legal Services Program, which provides free legal services to low-wage workers at over a dozen Workers’ Rights Clinics throughout California. The clinics provide workers who have been subjected to unlawful practices on the job with expert advice to improve their economic stability… Continue reading Maria Tapia-Hernandez

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 LaoStaff Attorney Molly Lao (she/her) is a Staff Attorney with the Racial Economic Justice Program. She began her legal career as a Skadden Fellow in her hometown of Fresno, California, where she created a medical-legal-social services partnership to provide legal services to individuals whose criminal records and disabilities compound and intersect to create barriers… Continue reading Molly Lao

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