(This is not a complete list — the listing is voluntary.)
CENTRAL OFFICE
Michelle Albano
Team/Unit: Housing
Position: Supervising Attorney
Year Started: 2021
University of Nebraska College of Law – JD
Carly Ardussi
Team/Unit: Housing
Position: Paralegal
Year Started: 2021
Missouri Western State University – BS
Erin Bartling
Team/Unit: Migrant Farmworkers Project
Position: Project Director
Year Started: 2006
University of Kansas – BA
Theo Blackwood (he/she/they)
Team/Unit: Housing
Position: Paralegal
Year Started: 2023
James Boyce
Team/Unit: Consumer Protection
Position: Supervising Attorney
Year Started: 2022
Washington University School of Law
Stacey Brake
Team/Unit: Human Rights Protection
Position: Staff Attorney
Year Started: 2023
Saint Louis University
Cody Brooks (she/her/hers)
Team/Unit: Comsumer Protection Unit
Position: Paralegal
Year Started: 2023
Pennsylvania State University
Kaitee Brown
Team/Unit: Public Benefits
Position: Advocates for Family Health Project – Director, Attorney
Year Started: 2014
University of Kansas School of Law–JD/University of Texas at Austin–MSW/University of Kansas–BSW
Amelia Bushek (she/her/hers)
Team/Unit: Administration
Position: Grant Writer
Year Started: 2022
University of Arkansas, Fulbright College of Arts and Science – BA
Shannon Carney (she/her/hers)
Team/Unit: Administration
Position: Grants Manager
Year Started: 2021
William Jewell College – BA
Amber Castro
Team/Unit: Housing
Position: Administrative Assistant
Year Started: 2023
Anthem College – BS in Criminal Justice
Rebecca Chambers (she/her/hers)
Team/Unit: Human Rights Protection (Migrant Farmworkers Project)
Position: Staff Attorney
Year Started: 2021
UMKC School of Law – JD
Garrett Christensen
Team/Unit: School-Based Legal Services
Position: Staff Attorney
Year Started: 2020
University of Minnesota Law School
Christopher H. Chung
Team/Unit: Human Rights Protection (Immigration)
Position: Staff Attorney
Year Started: 2022
Regent University School of Law
Karen Cutliff (she/her/hers)
Team/Unit: Administration
Position: Marketing Coordinator
Year Started: 2006
Kansas City Art Institute, George Washington University
Kayla DeLoach
Team/Unit: Consumer Protection Unit
Position: Staff Attorney
Year Started: 2023
University of Central Floriday – BS/BA, University of Iowa College of Law- JD
Dennis Galloway (he/him/his)
Team/Unit: Domestic
Position: Paralegal
Year Started: 2023
Chris Giffin
Team/Unit: Information Technology
Position: IT Director
Year Started: 2021
Northwest Missouri State University
Suzanne Green
Team/Unit: Consumer Protection
Position: Paralegal
Year Started: 2021
Kelsey Griffith (she/her/hers)
Team Unit: Domestic
Position: Paralegal
Year Started: 2023
Kara Harms (she/her/hers)
Team/Unit: Central Office
Position: Supervising Attorney for Client Access/Director of Social Work Assistance Program
Year Started: 2011 Practice Area: Social Security
University of Kansas School of Law – JD/Creighton University – BA
Blake Hatfield
Team/Unit: Public Benefits
Position: Staff Attorney
Year Started: 2020
Indiana University – Bloomington JD
Kim Hayes
Team/Unit: VAP
Position: Coordinator
Year Started: 2020
BA-Theatre Education MA-Curriculum Instruction
Vince Hayes
Team/Unit: Federal Rights
Position: Paralegal
Year Started: 1986 Practice Area: Social Security
Missouri Western State University- BS, BA, AS
Taylor Hirth (she/her/hers)
Team/Unit: VAP
Position: Coordinator
Year Started: 2021
University of Missouri – Kansas City
Thomas Houdek (he/him/his)
Team/Unit: Consumer Protection Unit
Position: Director, Low Income Taxpayer Clinic
Year Started: 2023
UMKC School of Law – JD/LLM Taxation
Alicia Johnson
Position: Executive Director
Year Started: 2010
UMKC School of Law – JD/Missouri Western State University – BS
Karen Karnes
Team/Unit: Public Benefits
Position: Paralegal
Year Started: 1987
Truman State
Meghan M. Kennedy
Team/Unit: Domestic
Position: Staff Attorney
Year Started: 2021
Truman State University, BA/University of Missouri-Kansas City, JD
Chloe Ketchmark (she/her/hers)
Team/Unit: Federal Rights
Postion: Staff Attorney
Year Started: 2023
University of Kansas School of Law – JD
Katy Kettler
Team/Unit: Consumer Protection
Position: Staff Attorney
Year Started: 2019
University of Kansas – JD, MSW
Lisa Kivett
Team/Unit: Administration
Position: Computer Supervisor
Year Started: 1987
William Jewell College
Sara Kosmicki (she/her/hers)
Team/Unit: Housing Plus
Position: Paralegal
Year Started: 2006
St. Mary’s University – BA
Julie Larson (she/her/hers)
Team/Unit: Human Rights Protection Team (Immigration Project & Migrant Farmworkers Project)
Position: Supervising Attorney
Year Started: 2017
University of Kansas School of Law – JD/North Park University – BA
Kelsey Lester (she/her/hers)
Team/Unit: Public Benefits
Position: Staff Attorney
Year Started: 2021
St. Louis University
Kate Macan
Team/Unit: Migrant Farmworkers Project/Immigration
Position: Paralegal
Year Started: 2019
University of Notre Dame du lac
Jamie Matarazzo (she/her/hers)
Team/Unit: Social Work Assistance Program
Position: Social Worker, LMSW
Year started: 2021
Monmouth University
Isabella McCarty
Position: Intake Specialist
Year Started: 2021
Rockhurst University
Mike Miller
Team/Unit: Public Benefits
Position: Supervising Attorney
Year Started: 2019
University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Law
William Miller (he/him/his)
Team/Unit: Domestic
Position: Staff Attorney
Year Started: 2021
Syracuse University College of Law
Jessica Nasternak (she/her/hers)
Team/Unit: Housing
Position: Staff Attorney
Year Started: 2022
University of Kansas School of Law – JD
Lindy O’Rourke
Human Resources Director
Year Started: 2023
MA Human Resources Management & MA Counseling – Webster University
Billie Orr
Managing Attorney
Year Started: 2022
Dickinson College – BA/Notre Dame Law School – JD
Morgan Parker (she/her/hers)
Team/Unit: Domestic
Position: Staff Attorney
Year Started: 2022
UMKC School of Law – JD
CJ Payton
Team/Unit: Information Technology
Position: Technology Specialist
Year Started: 2021
Education: MCC-KC – AA
Madison Peak
Team/Unit: Domestic
Position: Supervising Attorney
Practice Area: Family Law
Year Started: 2018
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law – JD/Kansas State University – BS
Helen Perez
Team/Unit: Human Rights Protection
Position: Legal Assistant
Year Started: 2019
Augustana College/Johnson County Community College
Jaden Powell (she/her/hers)
Team/Unit: Justice in the Schools
Position: Staff Attorney
Year Started: 2022
NYU School of Law – JD
Sara Powell
Team/Unit: Administration
Position: Executive Assistant
Year Started: 2021
Northeastern State University University = Tahlequah – BA
Lindsey Praechter (she/her/hers)
Team/Unit: Consumer Protection
Position: Paralegal
Year Started: 2022
Kansas State University – Journalism
Kyle Richardson (he/him/his)
Team/Unit: Consumer Protection Unit
Position: Intake Specialist/Legal Secretary
Year Started: 2021
UMKC
Edwin Sagastume (he/him/his)
Team/Unit: Human Rights Protection
Position: Paralegal
Year Started: 2016
Silya Shaw
Position: Deputy Executive Director
Year Started: 2014
University of Missouri-Kansas City—JD/American University—MA/Park University—BA
Gwen Sowder
Team/Unit: Federal Rights
Position: Administrative Assistant
Year Started: 2009
Emily Swenson (she/her/hers)
Position: Director of Development
Year Started: 2023
University of Missouri – Kansas City
Maura Weber (she/her/hers)
Team/Unit: Public Benefits
Position: Advocates for Family Health Project – Access to Health Attorney
Year Started: 2008
Vanderbilt University – BA/University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Law – JD
Canisha Williams
Position: Intake Specialist
Year Started: 2022
MUNICIPAL DEFENSE
Lanna Allen (they/them/theirs)
Team/Unit: Municipal Defense
Position: Staff Attorney
Year Started: 2021
Washburn University School of Law – JD
Christina Frommer
Team/Unit: Municipal Defense Unit
Position: Paralegal
Year Started: 2011
Warren Hayter
Team/Unit: Municipal Court Unit
Position: Managing Attorney
Year started: 2014
University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Law – JD / University of Missouri – BS
Caitlin Holt
Team/Unit: Municipal Defense Unit
Position: Administrative Assistant
Year Started: 2021
Missouri State University – BS
Christine Ladner
Position: Staff Attorney
Year Started: 2019
Washburn University School of Law – JD
Susan McRill
Team/Unit: Municipal Defense Unit
Position: Attorney
Year Started: 1990
UMKC School of Law – JD/William Jewell College – BS
Dale Meyer
Team/Unit: Municipal Defense Unit
Position: Staff Attorney
Year Started: 1990 Practice Area: Municipal Defense
Central Missouri State University – BA / by Thomas M. Cooley Law School JD
JOPLIN OFFICE
Jamie Blood (she/her/hers)
Position: VOCA Paralegal
Year Started: 2018
Missouri Southern State University – BS
Sarah Canada (she/her/hers)
Position: Paralegal
Year Started: 2015
Missouri Southern State University
Shelley Cox (she/her/hers)
Position: Intake Specialist
Year Started: 2012
Missouri Southern State University
Autumn Deer
Position: Paralegal
Year Started: 2007
Missouri Southern State University – BS
John Boyer
Position: Staff Attorney
Year Started: 2022
Oklahoma City University – JD
Shannon McKinney
Position: Staff Attorney
Year Started: 2015
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law – JD/Missouri State University – BS
Pamela Roychaudhury (she/her/hers)
Position: Managing Attorney
Year Started: 2001
University of Missouri-Columbia- BA/University of Missouri School of Law-Kansas City – JD
Christina Wilson
Position: Social Worker
Year Started: 2022
Missouri Southern State University – BS
ST. JOSEPH OFFICE
William Kariker
Position: Managing Attorney
Year Started: 2019
Missouri Western State University – BS/Washburn University School of Law – JD
Jeremy G. Swenson
Position: Staff Attorney
Year Started: 2021
UMKC School of Law
Tiffany H. Sadler
Position: Paralegal
Year Started: 2002
Missouri Western State University – BS
Jordan Greer
Position: Paralegal
Year Started: 2020
Rebecca L. Courtney
Position: Administrative Assistant/Intake
Year Started: 2022
WARRENSBURG OFFICE
Kimberly Basinger
Position: Paralegal
Year Started: 2006
Judith Hall (she/her/hers)
Position: Paralegal
Year Started: 2023
California State Univerity – BA/Walden University – MS
Katelyn Perales
Position: Paralegal
Year Started: 2023
University of Central Missouri -BA Political Science
Susan Hanrahan
Team/Unit: Public Benefits
Position: Paralegal
Russell K. Jackson
Position: Staff Attorney
Year Started: 2020
University of Toledo – JD
Courtney Noll
Position: Managing Attorney
Year Started: 2019
UMKC School of Law – JD
WEST OFFICE:
Bailey Waddell (she/her/hers)
Position: Administrative Assistant/Paralegal
Year started: 2021
Truman State University – BA
Katia Rivera-Cobian (she/her/hers)
Position: Paralegal
Year Started: 2019
Johnson County Community College
Jocelyn Cobos
Position: Paralegal
Year Started: 2022
Legal Interpreting Certificate
Kayla Hogan (she/her/hers)
Team/Unit: Adopt-A-Neighborhood Project
Position: Project Director
Year Started: 2014
Tufts University in 2014, BA
Emily Joyce (she/her/hers)
Team/Unit: Economic Development Unit
Position: Staff Attorney
Year Started: 2022
University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Law – JD
Erin Kelly (she/her/hers)
Team/Unit: Adopt-A-Neighborhood Project
Position: Staff Attorney
Year Started: 2021
University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Law – JD
Brandon Mason
Team/Unit: Managing Attorney of West Office and Economic Development Unit
Position: Staff Attorney
Year Started: 2018
University of Missouri-Kansas City – B.A., J.D.
Drew Rogers (he/him/his)
Team/Unit: Economic Development Unit
Position: Staff Attorney
Year Started: 2021
University of Missouri School of Law – JD, MBA