Staff

One of Community Legal Services best resources is its staff.  This group of dedicated professionals brings a wealth of experience and expertise to our law firm.  Not only do they ensure that CLS provides high-quality legal services to our clients, but they ensure that CLS provides ‘equal access to justice’ to low-income Arizonans.

Management Team

Staff

Administration

Leesa Bowman, Financial Assistant, Grants

Emily Dietz, Resource Development/Media Relations

Elizabeth Gush, Administrative Assistant to the Executive Director

Tim Godwin, Financial Assistant, Accounts Payable

Judi Goldfader, Administrative Assistant to the Executive Director

Nancy S. Guadagno, Resource Development Director

Lillian O. Johnson, Executive Director

George McKay, Litigation Director

VonDall Moore, Administrative Assistant to the Directors of Litigation and Resource Development

Larita Neal, Network Administrator, Administrative Assistant

Lilly Paniagua, Human Resources Specialist

Otis Perkins, Director of Finance and Information Services


Consumer  –  Statewide Consumer Law Program

Bradley Gelder, Staff Attorney

Laura Smith, Secretary/Paralegal


Disabilities Advocacy Project – Maricopa County

Nora Nunez, Staff Attorney


Domestic Relations/Family Law – Central Phoenix Office

Thomas Alongi, Senior Staff Attorney

Josh Eisenstein, Staff Attorney

Doris Jessee, Senior Paralegal

Patricia Madsen, Managing Attorney, Central Phoenix Office

Maria Porter, Senior Paralegal

Annmarie Thomas, Paralegal/Legal Assistant


Education – Central Phoenix Office

Nina Targovnik, Senior Staff Attorney


Farmworker Law / Employment / Income Tax – Central Phoenix Office

Pamela Bridge, Senior Staff Attorney

Elise Halvorson Maza, Paralegal

George McKay, Director of Litigation

Bree Stamper-Gimbar, Staff Attorney

Laura Smith, Paralegal

Nina Targovnik, Senior Staff Attorney


Public Benefits – Central Phoenix Office

Jeffrey Kastner, Managing Attorney

Dina Lesperance, Senior Staff Attorney

Louise Mullvain, Paralegal

Nora Nunez, Staff Attorney

Diana Ruiz, Senior Paralegal


Housing Law Unit – Central Phoenix Office

Anna Dahlquist, Senior Attorney

Alan Ginsberg, Attorney, Foreclosure Law Project

David Hilton, Paralegal, Foreclosure Law Project

Jeffrey Kastner, Managing Attorney

Marea de Nice LaFond, Paralegal

Karen McGettrick, Secretary

Michael Somsan, Senior Staff Attorney

Audrey Wanich, Paralegal

Telephone Access Project – Central Phoenix Office

Adeline Avila, Intake

Jerry Herrera, Intake

Rebecca Infante, Intake

Robyn James, Manager

Nora Powers, Receptionist

Denise Roman, Paralegal, TAP Unit

Valerie Vega, Intake


Volunteer Lawyers Project – Central Phoenix Office

Miriam Arellano, Secretary

David Bishop, Paralegal

Danae Brownell, Support Advocate

Margaret Cornelius, Programs Coordinator

Maria Fulgencio, Senior Paralegal

Patricia Gerrich, Esq., Director Volunteer Lawyers Program

Karen Jackman, Family Law Assistance Project, Paralegal

Tania Rathbun, Family Law Assistance Project, Assistant

Karen Stuart, Paralegal, HIV/AIDS Project

Roni Tropper, Coordinator, Children’s Law Center


East Valley Office

Jami Cornish, Staff Attorney

Kathie Goodwin, Paralegal

Anabel Pina, Receptionist/Intake

Stanley Silas, Senior Staff Attorney

Sue Ann Springer, Senior Paralegal

Sarah Youngblood, Managing Attorney


Mohave County Office

Lourdes (‘Liz’) Botlik, Receptionist/Secretary

Beth A. Engels, Managing Attorney

Kevin Frandsen, Paralegal

Xochilt Kelly, Pro Bono Coordinator/Fair Housing

Doug Self, Staff Attorney

John Torrance, Staff Attorney


Yavapai County Office

Anita Chronister, Receptionist

Tina Roach, Pro Bono Coordinator

J. Ward Sturm, Managing Attorney

Jeanine Thompson, Senior Paralegal

Joseph Waesche, Staff Attorney


Yuma County Office

Estella Desarden, Paralegal

Nina Edidin, Staff Attorney

Alicia Franco, Senior Paralegal

Maria Haley, Legal Secretary

Nohemi Haro, Intake Receptionist

Kay Marion Macuil, Managing Attorney


San Luis Farmworker Office

Rosa Varela, Senior Paralegal

Olga Velasquez, Intake / Receptionist