Arthur H. Bryant, Executive Director of Public Justice and the Public Justice Foundation, has won major victories and established new precedents in several areas of the law, including constitutional law, toxic torts, civil rights, consumer protection, and mass torts. The National Law Journal has named him one of the 100 Most Influential Attorneys in America.

abryant@publicjustice.net

Jim Hecker, Environmental Enforcement Project Director at Public Justice, received an undergraduate degree with honors from the University of Illinois, and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Jim received his J.D. magna cum laude from the University of Illinois College of Law. He earned distinctions as a member of the Order of the Coif, and as editor of the Law Forum.

jhecker@publicjustice.net

Adele P. Kimmel is the Managing Attorney at the D.C. headquarters of Public Justice. She has served as counsel in a wide variety of precedent-setting cases, with a particular emphasis on civil rights issues. These cases include constitutional and tort cases on behalf of immigrant detainees and prisoners, Title IX sex discrimination class actions on behalf of women intercollegiate athletes, Title IX retaliation cases on behalf of intercollegiate coaches, Title VII employment discrimination cases based on race, national origin and sex, a Title VI race discrimination class action against the National Collegiate Athletic Association, First Amendment/free speech cases, and Fair Housing Act cases on behalf of people with disabilities.

akimmel@publicjustice.net

F. Paul Bland, Jr., a Senior Attorney at Public Justice since 1997, is responsible for developing, handling, and helping Public Justice’s cooperating attorneys litigate a diverse docket of public interest cases. Paul has argued and won more than 20 cases that led to reported decisions for consumers, employees and whistleblowers.

pbland@publicjustice.net

Leslie A. Brueckner is a Senior Attorney at Public Justice. She received her A.B. degree summa cum laude from U.C. Berkeley in 1983, where she was awarded the University Medal for the Most Distinguished Graduating Senior. Leslie is also a 1987 magna cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School. In December 1993, she joined Public Justice.

lbrueckner@publicjustice.net

Victoria W. Ni is a Senior Attorney in the Oakland, CA office of Public Justice. Since she joined the firm in 2000, Vicky has worked on a variety of cases brought to protect consumers’ and victims’ rights, rights of the disabled, free speech, and equal opportunity for women in athletics and in the workplace. She was a cum laude graduate of New York University School of Law.

vni@publicjustice.net

Richard Webster is the Power-Cotchett Attorney in the Environmental Enforcement Project at Public Justice. He had been the Legal Director of the Eastern Environmental Law center, formerly the Rutgers Environmental Law Clinic, since 2005. Before that, Richard was an attorney with the environmental group at Arnold & Porter in New York.

rwebster@publicjustice.net

Leslie A. Bailey joined Public Justice in August 2004 and is a Staff Attorney. Leslie’s practice focuses on consumers’ rights, including fighting abusive mandatory arbitration clauses and federal preemption defenses; civil rights, including the rights of people with disabilities and prisoners; and challenges to unnecessary court secrecy orders.

lbailey@publicjustice.net

Claire Prestel is a Staff Attorney in the national headquarters in Washington, D.C. Before joining Public Justice, she was an Assistant General Counsel for the Service Employees International Union and was associated with the labor and civil rights firm Altshuler Berzon LLP in San Francisco. Claire is a graduate of Harvard Law School and Harvard College.

cprestel@publicjustice.net

Jessica Culpepper is the Food Safety and Health Attorney at Public Justice, where her practice focuses on challenging harmful and deceptive food production and marketing practices. Before joining Public Justice, Jessica was a Staff Attorney at the Humane Society of the United States litigating environmental and food safety cases in the Farm Animals campaign.

jculpepper@publicjustice.net

Amy Radon is the Goldberg Attorney at Public Justice, where she practices in the firm’s Access to Justice, civil rights, and consumer rights litigation areas.

aradon@publicjustice.net

Matt Wessler is the Kazan-Budd Attorney at Public Justice. Before joining Public Justice, Matt was an associate at Williams & Connolly LLP where his work encompassed civil and criminal matters, with an emphasis on post-conviction litigation, ethics, and intellectual property. He also carried a significant pro bono caseload.

mwessler@publicjustice.net