(This is not a complete list — listing is voluntary.)
CENTRAL OFFICE
Latricia Scott Adams
Department: Volunteer Attorney Project
Position: Director
Year Started 1989
Erin Bartling
Team/Unit: Migrant Farmworkers Project
Position: Project Director
Year Started: 2006
University of Kansas – BA
James Boyce
Team/Unit: Consumer Protection
Position: Staff Attorney
Year Started: 2018
Washington University School of Law – JD
Kayla Brackin
Position: Intake Specialist
Year Started: 2019
Missouri Western State University
Jim Brightman
Team/Unit: Public Benefits
Position: Attorney
Year started: 2016
BS Truman State, JD University of Missouri-Columbia
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
Karen Cutliff
Team/Unit: Development
Position: Marketing Coordinator
Year Started: 2006
Stephens College/George Washington University/Kansas City Art Institute
Garrett Christensen
Team/Unit: School Based Legal Services
Position: Staff Attorney
Year Started: 2020
University of Minnesota Law School
Joseph Dandurand
Team/Unit: Administration
Position: Executive Director
Year Started: 2017
Crissy
Team/Unit: Domestic
Position: Staff Attorney
Year Started: 2012 Practice Area: Family Law
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law – JD/University of Kansas – BA BS
Angela Fitle
Team/Unit: Public Benefits
Position: Staff Attorney
Year Started: 2019
University of Kansas School of Law
Julia Frantze
Team/Unit: Federal Rights
Position: Staff Attorney
Year Started: 2014
University of Oklahoma College of Law – JD/Austin College – BA
Jessica Goatley
Team/Unit: Domestic
Position: Paralegal
Year Started: 2017
Kara Harms
Team/Unit: Federal Rights
Position: Staff Attorney
Year Started: 2011 Practice Area: Social Security
University of Kansas School of Law – JD/Creighton University – BA
Jace Hasterlo
Position: Switchboard/Intake Specialist
Year Started: 2020
Rockhurst University
Vince Hayes
Team/Unit: Federal Rights
Position: Paralegal
Year Started: 1986 Practice Area: Social Security
Missouri Western State University- BS, BA, AS
Merideth Hogan
Team/Unit: Anti-Human Trafficking Project
Position: Staff Attorney (Equal Justice Works Fellow)
Year Started: 2018
Washburn University- BA, Washburn University School of Law – JD
Kathleen Holmes
Team/Unit: Development
Position: Director of Development
Year Started: 2013
Webster University – BA/University of Missouri Kansas City – MA
Diane E. Jimenez
Team/Unit: Public Benefits
Position: Advocates for Family Health Project – Paralegal
Year Started: 2018
Alicia Johnson
Position: Deputy 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
Katy Kettler
Team/Unit: Consumer Protection
Position: Staff Attorney
Year Started: 2019
University of Kansas – JD, MSW
Sandra Kincaid
Team/Unit: Public Benefits Team
Position: Legal Secretary
Year Started: 2000
Lisa Kivett
Team/Unit: Administration
Position: Computer Supervisor
Year Started: 1987
William Jewell College
Carol Klinkenberg
Team/Unit: Domestic
Position: Paralegal
Year Started: 2005 Practice Area: Family Law
Washburn University – BS/Johnson County Community College – Post-Secondary Paralegal Certification
Dan Kordenbrock
Team/Unit: Immigration
Position: Staff Attorney
Year Started: 2019
University of Missouri School of Law – JD
Sara Kosmicki
Team/Unit: Housing Plus
Position: Paralegal
Year Started: 2006
St. Mary’s University – BA
Christine Ladner
Position: Staff Attorney (Equal Justice Works Fellow)
Team/Unit: Anti-Human Trafficking Project
Year Started: 2019
Washburn University School of Law – JD
Julie Larson
Team/Unit: Migrant Farmworkers Project & Anti-Human Trafficking Project
Position: Supervising Attorney
Year Started: 2017
University of Kansas School of Law – JD/North Park University – BA
Ryan
Team/Unit: Domestic
Position: Staff Attorney
Year Started: 2019
Washburn — JD/University of Kansas — MA/Kansas State University — BA
Pat Lukenbill
Team/Unit: Domestic
Position: Legal Secretary
Year Started: 2011
Kate Macan
Team/Unit: Migrant Farmworkers Project/Immigration
Position: Paralegal
Year Started: 2019
University of Notre Dame du lac
Laura McFarland
Team/Unit: Domestic
Position: Staff Attorney
Year Started: 2011
Georgetown University Law Center – JD/Rice University – BA
Mike Miller
Team/Unit: Public Benefits
Position: Staff Attorney
Year Started: 2019
University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Law
Annabelle Mona
Team/Unit: Volunteer Attorney Project
Position: Case Coordinator
Year Started: 2018
Lewis and Clark College – BA
Carley Newberry
Team/Unit: LITC/Consumer Protection
Position: Staff Attorney
Year Started: 2019
University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Law – JD
Madison Peak
Team/Unit: Domestic
Position: Staff 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: Consumer Protection (Foreclosure and LITC)
Position: Legal Secretary
Year Started: 2019
Augustana College/Johnson County Community College
Eric Qualls
Team/Unit: Housing Plus
Position: Staff Attorney
Year Started: 2019
University of Missouri – Kansas City – JD
Kathy Reinke
Team/Unit: Housing Plus
Position: Legal Secretary
Year Started: 2007
Terry Rinehart
Team/Unit: Foreclosure Prevention
Position: Paralegal
Year Started: 2016
University of California-Berkeley-Paralegal Certificate/Northwest Missouri State University-MS,BS/University of Missouri-EDS/Rockhurst University-MBA
Silya Shaw
Position: Staff Attorney
Year Started: 2014
University of Missouri-Kansas City—JD/American University—MA/Park University—BA
Cori Smith
Team/Unit: School Based Legal Services
Position: Project Director – School Based Legal Services
Year Started: 2018
Clark Atlanta University – BA/Florida Coastal School of Law – JD in progress
Gwen Sowder
Team/Unit: Federal Rights
Position: Legal Secretary
Year Started: 2009
Evan Thompson
Team/Unit: Administration
Position: Grants Manager
Year Started: 2015
William Jewell College – BA
Matthew Tran
Team/Unit: LITC
Position: Paralegal
Year Started: 2019
Duke University
Warren Wade
Team/Unit: Domestic
Position: Supervising Attorney
Year Started: 2008 Practice Area: Family Law
University of San Diego School of Law – JD/SUNY at Stony Brook – BS
Maura Weber
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
Jessica Wengronowitz
Team/Unit: Domestic
Position: Staff Attorney
Year Started: 2019
UMKC School of Law – JD
Jane Worley
Team/Unit: Housing Plus
Position: Supervising Attorney
Practice Areas: Subsidized and Public housing, Eviction Defense
Year Started: 1979
University of Kansas – JD. BA
Kimberly Wright
Team/Unit: Domestic
Position: Staff Attorney
Year Started: 2009 Practice Area: Family Law
Washington University in St. Louis School of Law – JD/Xavier University – BA
MUNICIPAL DEFENSE
Danielle Elam-Jobe
Team/Unit: Municipal Defense
Position: Mental Health Court Project Director
Year Started: 2007
University of Missouri Kansas City – JD, Central Missouri State University – BS
Christina Frommer
Office: Central
Team/Unit: Municipal Defense Unit
Position: Paralegal
Year Started: 2011
Warren Hayter
Team/Unit: Municipal Court Unit
Position: Staff Attorney
Year started: 2014
University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Law – JD / University of Missouri – BS
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
Nicole Mosby
Team/Unit: Municipal Defense
Position: Staff Attorney
Year Started: 2019
University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Law – JD
Megan Pierre
Team/Unit: Municipal Defense
Position: Staff Attorney
Year Started: 2012
Florida State University College of Law – JD/Florida State University – BS
Darrion A. Walker
Team/Unit: Municipal Defense
Position: Staff Attorney
Year Started: 2019
University of Missouri School of Law – JD
Colleen Ward
Team/Unit: Municipal Court Defense
Position: Paralegal
Year Started: 2019
University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Law – JD
JOPLIN OFFICE
Jamie Blood
Position: VOCA Paralegal
Year Started: 2018
Missouri Southern State College
Shelley Boston
Position: Intake Specialist
Year Started: 2012
Sarah Canada
Position: Paralegal
Year Started: 2015
Missouri Southern State University
Autumn Deer
Position: Paralegal
Year Started: 2007
Missouri Southern State University – BS
Shannon McKinney
Position: Staff Attorney
Year Started: 2015
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law – JD/Missouri State University – BS
Pamela Roychaudhury
Position: Managing Attorney
Year Started: 2001
University of Missouri-Columbia- BA/University of Missouri School of Law-Kansas City – JD
Jeffiner Thompson
Position: Attorney
Year Started: 2008
University of South Dakota School of Law –JD/Concordia University Nebraska – BA
Matthew Williams
Position: Staff Attorney
Year Started: 2016
University of Missouri – Columbia – BA; University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Law – JD
Heather Walker
Position: STOP VAWA Attorney
Year Started: 2016
Missouri Southern State University –BA/University of Tulsa College of Law – JD
ST. JOSEPH OFFICE
William Kariker
Position: Managing Attorney
Year Started: 2019
Missouri Western State University – BS/Washburn University School of Law – JD
Tiffany H. Sadler
Position: Paralegal
Year Started: 2002
Missouri Western State University – BS
Janice Dydell
Postition: Paralegal
Year Started: 2016
BS, AS: Colorado Technical University
Kenisha Sanderson
Position: Staff Attorney
Year Started: 2016
JD: UMKC /BA: Quinnipac University
Elisa Hamm
Position: Paralegal
Year Started: 2015
Mount San Antonio College – AS/Missouri Western State University – BS
Dennis Chanay
Position: Staff Attorney
Year Started: 2017
Education: New York University School of Law, J.D., 2011; Univ. of Kansas, B.A., 2008
Sophie Nely
Position: Staff Attorney
Year Started: 2019
University of Missouri School of Law – JD
Erin Staggenborg
Team/Unit: Medical-Legal Partnership – Mosaic Life Care
Position: Project Director
Year Started: 2019
Kansas State University—B.S./Baylor University School of Law—J.D.
Ashley Hutson
Team/Unit: Medical-Legal Partnership – Mosaic Life Care
Position: Paralegal
Year Started: 2019
Kailee Jackson
Position: Legal Secretary/Intake Specialist
Year Started: 2019
US Career Institute
WARRENSBURG OFFICE
William Shull
Position: Managing Attorney
Year Started: 1979
Practice Area: Domestic Relations
University of Missouri at Columbia – JD, BA
Kimberly Basinger
Position: Paralegal
Year Started: 2006
Audriana Blair
Position: Paralegal
Year Started: 2019
Paralegal Studies
Susan Hanrahan
Team/Unit: Public Benefits
Position: Paralegal
Virginia Vanegas
Position: VOCA Paralegal
Year Started: 2018
Rockhurst University – BA
David Breon
Position: LAV Staff Attorney
Year Started: 2019
University of Missouri – Kansas City
Courtney Noll
Position: Staff Attorney
Year Started: 2019
UMKC School of Law – JD
Destie Wieligman
Position: Staff Attorney
Year Started: 2019
Education: University of Kansas City School of Law
WEST OFFICE:
Katia Rivera-Cobian
Position: Legal Secretary/Paralegal
Year Started: 2019
Johnson County Community College
Michael Duffy
Position: Managing Attorney of West Office and Economic Development Unit
Year Started: 1977
Tufts University B.A., 1970. Antioch School of Law J.D., 1977.
Kayla Hogan
Team/Unit: Adopt-A-Neighborhood Project
Position: Project Director
Year Started: 2014
Tufts University in 2014, BA
Abby Judah
Team/Unit: Economic Development Unit
Position: Staff Attorney
Year Started: 2016
University of Missouri-Kansas City – B.A., J.D.
Brandon Mason
Team/Unit: Economic Development Unit
Position: Staff Attorney
Year Started: 2018
University of Missouri-Kansas City – B.A., J.D.
Katie Killen
Team/Unit: Economic Development Unit
Position: Staff Attorney
Year Started: 2019
University of Missouri-Kansas City – J.D. / Rockhurst Univ. BA;
Demetria Parks
Position: Paralegal, Economic Development Unit
Year Started: 2017
Education: UMKC, B.A., 2017
Brenda Romo
Position: Paralegal, Economic Development Unit
Year Started: 2015
Education: UMKC, B.A., 2015
Edwin Sagastume
Team/Unit: Immigration
Position: Paralegal
Year Started: 2016
Josh Walburn
Position: Staff Attorney, EDU
Year Started: 2017
Education: Washington Univ. School of Law, J.D.; Princeton Univ. B.A.