Staff

CENTRAL OFFICE

Latricia Scott Adams
Team/Unit: Volunteer Attorney Project
Position: Director
Year Started: 1989
Nazarene University – BA

Christina Albrecht
Team/Unit: Municipal Defense Unit
Position: Paralegal
Year Started: 2016

Erin Bartling
Team/Unit: Migrant Farmworkers Project
Position: Project Director
Year Started: 2006
University of Kansas – BA

Laura Bornstein
Team/Unit: Domestic
Position: Staff Attorney
Year Started: 2011
Georgetown University Law Center – JD/Rice University – BA

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

Tama Byrnes
Team/Unit: Administration
Position: Finance Director
Year Started: 1994
Avila University – BS

Lisa Clark
Position: Program Administrator
Year Started: 1998
Ottawa University – BA

Julia Cotter
Team/Unit: Federal Rights
Position: Staff Attorney
Year Started: 2014
University of Oklahoma College of Law – JD/Austin College – BA

Karen Cutliff
Team/Unit: Development
Position: Marketing Coordinator
Year Started: 2006
Stephens College/George Washington University/Kansas City Art Institute

Joseph Dandurand
Team/Unit: Administration
Position: Executive Director
Year Started: 2017

Effie Day
Team/Unit: Public Benefits Team
Position: Attorney
Year Started: 1970

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

Jaqueline Domian
Team/Unit: Foreclosure Prevention Unit
Position: Staff Attorney
Year Started: 2013
University of Missouri Kansas City – JD, BA

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

Adrian Fitzmaurice
Team/Unit: Administration
Position: Director of Human Resources
Year Started: 2017
Emporia State University – BSE
Kansas University – Graduate Studies

Megan Frederickson
Team/Unit: Municipal Defense
Position: Staff Attorney
Year Started: 2012
Florida State University College of Law – JD/Florida State University – BS

Christina Frommer
Office: Central
Team/Unit: Municipal Defense Unit
Position: Paralegal
Year Started: 2011

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

Vince Hayes
Team/Unit: Federal Rights
Position: Paralegal
Year Started: 1986  Practice Area: Social Security
Missouri Western State University- BS, BA, AS

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

Merideth Hogan
Team/Unit: Migrant Farmworkers 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

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

Susan Kephart
Team/Unit: Foreclosure Prevention Unit
Position: Attorney
Year Started: 1979
University of Missouri-Kansas City – JD, BA

Katie Killen
Team/Unit: Adopt-A-Neighborhood
Position: Paralegal
Year Started: 2018
Rockhurst – BA, University of Kansas – MPA, UMKC School of Law – JD 2019

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

Charlotte A. Krebs
Team Unit: Volunteer Attorney Project
Position: Case Coordinator
Year Started: 2015
Webster University – MA in Management; Drake University – BFA in English/Education

Julie Larson
Team/Unit: Migrant Farmworkers Project
Position: Staff Attorney
Year Started: 2017
University of Kansas School of Law – JD/North Park University – BA

Charity Lindgren
Team/Unit: Administration
Position: Accounting Assistant
Year Started: 2007
William Jewell College – BS

Pat Lukenbill
Team/Unit: Domestic
Position: Legal Secretary
Year Started: 2011

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

Hattie Miles-Polka
Team/Unit: Domestic
Position: Paralegal II
Year Started: 2018
BA & MA in Spanish

Annabelle Mona
Team/Unit: Volunteer Attorney Project
Position: Case Coordinator
Year Started: 2018
Lewis and Clark College – BA

Josh Murphy
Team/Unit: UW Elder Care
Position: Staff Attorney
Year Started: 2015
UMKC School of Law – JD/ Iowa State University – BBA, MBA

Sara Olazar
Team/Unit: Housing Plus
Position: Paralegal
Year Started: 2006
St. Mary’s University – BA

Lana Partridge
Team/Unit: Administration
Position: Assistant to Executive Director
Year Started: 2017
Degree in Paralegal Studies