Legal Aid at Work Staff

Joan Graff (she/her) has been President of Legal Aid at Work since 1981. Read More

Laura Alvarenga Scalia (she/her/ella) defends and promotes the rights of people with disabilities who face discrimination in employment and unequal access to government programs and services. Read More

Alexx Campbell (he/him/él) is a staff attorney in the Wage Protection Program. He represents workers who have experienced wage theft. Read More

Nora Cassidy (she/her/ella) is an attorney in our Gender Equity and LGBTQ Rights Program and our Central Valley Workers’ Rights Project. Read More

Jessica (She/Her) is the community organizer for the Central Valley program that is under the Gender/LGBTQ program. Read More

As head of our human resources function, Howard leads our efforts to recruit and retain talented and dedicated staff and create an environment where they can thrive. Read More

Kevin (he/him) cultivates the strategic alliances that make our mission possible. Read More

BreAnna (she/her) supports our staff, clerks, and network administrator in a variety of operations related tasks including leading onsite management tasks. Read More

Sabina is a Senior Staff Attorney with the Racial Economic Justice Program since August 2022. Read More

DeCarol Davis is the Director of the Community Legal Services program, which provides free legal services to low-wage workers at Workers’ Rights Clinics throughout California.  Read More

Ana plays an integral role in the daily operations and flow of our office and is the first Legal Aid at Work staffer that many of our clients speak with. Read More

Lee (they/she/he)works to ensure smooth operations for our Worker Rights’ Clinics Program. Read More

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. Read More

Natalia Gottschalk (they/she/elle/ella) is the Work and Family Program Advocate at Legal Aid at Work. Read More

Steve (he/him) manages fundraising and development campaigns for Legal Aid at Work. Read More

Chris (he/him) focuses on employment practices that affect immigrant workers, language minorities and others who face discrimination because of where they or their families come from. Read More

Shatti Hoque (she/her) is a Temporary Staff Attorney (pending admission in California) in the Racial Economic Program at Legal Aid at Work. Read More

Ian (he/him) joined the Legal Aid at Work team in May 2020, acting as both Accounting and Human Resources manager. Read More

Having served 15 years in and out of the prison system Sandra (she/her/hers) draws from her own personal experience to help others with employment, housing, and educational discrimination. Read More

Shazzy Kamali (she/her) is a Staff Attorney in the Work and Family Program at Legal Aid at Work. Read More

Alison (she/her) oversees and manages the organization’s staff, fellowship, and law clerk recruiting. Read More

Galina oversees a variety of day to day financial and accounting functions to ensure the accuracy and integrity of the financials at LAAW. Read More

Elizabeth (she/her) represents low-wage workers facing employment discrimination and harassment based on sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, military, or veteran status. Read More

Savannah (she/they) oversees the organization’s client-facing self-help legal resource center, social media channels, website, and email marketing. Read More

Molly provides legal services to individuals whose criminal records and disabilities compound and intersect to create barriers to living wage employment. Read More

Greg (he/him) manages Legal Aid at Work’s donor database and collaborates with other members of the development team on fundraising appeals and events. Read More

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. Read More

Scott (he/him) focuses on optimizing our day to day office operations and technology to facilitate the delivery of services to our clients. Read More

Kim Ouillette (she/her/ella) represents workers experiencing wage theft, retaliation, and other violations of their workplace rights. Read More

Julia (she/her/ella) assists with the Work and Family and SURVIVE and provides legal advice, direct legal services, and trainings for workers struggling with family and medical crises. Read More

Madeleine (she/her) acts as a project coordinator for LAAW’s grant application and reporting processes and works to ensure that LAAW’s grants align with its overall programmatic strategy. Read More

Supporting lawyers across Legal Aid at Work’s programs, Tishon looks up rules and prepares pleadings, subpoenas, deposition notices, spreadsheets, client correspondence, and other documents. Read More

Valerie (she/her) provides legal support across all programs in the organization including researching civil procedure and local rules, performing analysis on discovery, and preparing legal documents. Read More

Sela (she/her) 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. Read More

King (he/him) provides language assistance and legal information to low-income workers with limited English capacity. Read More

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. Read More

Sharon Terman (she/her) provides legal advice to workers in low-wage jobs, represents employees facing family medical crises, advocates for policy change to promote family-friendly workplaces. Read More

Katie (she/her) is a Staff Attorney in the Work and Family Program and for Project SURVIVE. Read More

George Warner (he/him) represents workers who have been subjected to labor trafficking and wage theft, and workers seeking to obtain wage replacement benefits, including Unemployment Insurance. Read More

Stacy Villalobos (she/her/ella) spearheads Legal Aid at Work’s Ban the Box and Fair Chance work representing job seekers with criminal records. Read More

Lawrence (he/him) is responsible to the organization’s financial health and sustainability as well as day-to-day operations such as IT and office management. Read More