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Meet Our Legal Aid Team
Our staff is dedicated to helping legal clients through difficult situations and ensuring that all people can obtain legal services regardless of their ability to pay. Northern Nevada Legal Aid provides preeminent legal services in various practice areas in Washoe, Lyon, Humboldt, Pershing, Carson City, Storey, and Douglas counties.
“Many of our clients come into our office already stressed about the situations they are dealing with and feel helpless and discouraged. It is very rewarding to be able to help them alleviate some of that stress by providing the services they need to protect their legal rights, without them worrying about the cost,”
– Melissa Jimenez, Sr. Intake Specialist
Attorneys
Taylor Marie Bassell
Staff Attorney – SLC
Mark Beguelin
Child Advocacy Attorney
Drew Bradley
Child Advocacy Attorney
Jeff Briggs
Child Advocacy Supervising Attorney
Elena Butko
Self-Help Managing Attorney
Emmanuel Calderon
Child Advocacy Attorney
Christina Chiang
Child Advocacy Attorney
Erin Ching
Child Advocacy Attorney
Jennifer Christie
Child Advocacy Attorney
Malachy Coghlan
Adult Guardianship Attorney
Linda Nagy Daykin
Child Advocacy Attorney
Jennifer Jeans
Child Advocacy Attorney
Melody Luetkehans
Consumer & Housing Attorney
Kathleen Robertson
Adult Guardianship Attorney
Dave Russell
Consumer & Housing Attorney – SLC
Alynxandria (Lynn) Sartre
Adult Guardianship Attorney
Dana Sisk
Adult Guardianship Attorney
Dave Spitzer
Director of Operations/Adult Guardianship Supervising Attorney
Brooke Stevenson
Child Advocacy Attorney
Kelly Werth
Child Advocacy Attorney – Yerington
Jill Whitbeck
Director of Intake Programs/DV Supervising Attorney
Colleagues
Marty Acevedo
Consumer & Housing Sr. Legal Assistant
Renee Aguilar
Immigration Specialist
Ana Alvarado
Adult Guardianship Sr. Legal Assistant
Gracie Echeverria-Leyva
Front Desk – Bilingual Intake Specialist
Lee Elkins
Director of Impact Litigation and Strategic Advocacy
Jessica Garza
Office Administrator
Zoie Harmer
Grants & Development Associate
Perla Kramer
Immigration Legal Assistant
Ingrid Maldonado
Immigration Legal Assistant
Lala McGhee
Human Resources Manager
Heidi Meek
Payroll Specialist & HR Assistant
Diana Meza
Bilingual Self-Help Coordinator
Alejandra Ramirez Aguillon
Bilingual Self-Help Facilitator
Megan Reid
Bilingual Self-Help Facilitator
Mike Reynolds
Child Advocacy Sr. Legal Assistant
Jennifer Richards
SLC Supervising Attorney
Alma Rivera
Consumer & Housing Sr. Legal Assistant – SLC
Amanda Stocke
Adult Guardianship Paralegal
Paola Valdez
Consumer & Housing Legal Assistant- SLC
Noemi Valle Diaz
Office Manager/Victim Advocacy & Housing Intake Specialist
Jolie Lopez Vaquiax
Immigration Intake Specialist
Maddy Vargas
Victim Advocacy Sr. Legal Assistant
