Brianna Dimas is the Managing Director of Communications for Public Justice. She has fifteen years of experience in public affairs, communications, and program management. Most recently, she served at the American Immigration Council and the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in Washington D.C. At the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, she developed several…
Victoria W. Ni, Special Projects Advisor, is based in the Oakland, CA, office of Public Justice. Since joining the organization in 2000, Vicky litigated a wide range of cases focused on protecting and ensuring the rights of consumers, workers, victims, and individuals with disabilities; free speech; and equal opportunity for women in athletics and in…
Paula Athey assists Students’ Civil Rights Project Director Adele Kimmel, Debtors’ Prison Project Attorney Brian Hardingham, Director of the Environmental Enforcement Project Jim Hecker, and Staff Attorney Alexandra Brodsky. She manages the case intake process, including fielding calls, routing requests for assistance to attorneys, tracking case intake activity, and preparing rejection letters. She joined Public Justice…
Sophie Lenihan (she/her) is a Public Service Venture Fund Fellow with the Students’ Civil Rights Project (SCRP). Sophie dedicated her law school career to youth advocacy and civil rights litigation. As a 3L in the Education Law Clinic, she contributed to innovative state constitutional litigation aimed at enforcing students’ right to an adequate education. In…
Leila Nasrolahi (she/her) is a Berkeley Law Public Interest Fellow with the Students’ Civil Rights Project (SCRP). She works on cases across SCRP’s existing docket and engages in case development. Leila dedicated her time in law school to public interest litigation and advocacy. She was a 3L Fellow at the Center for Consumer Law &…
Alexandra Brodsky is the litigation director of Public Justice’s Students’ Civil Rights Project. She supervises the SCRP’s docket of cases challenging sexism, homophobia, transphobia, and racism in schools. Alexandra also collaborates with other Public Justice teams to litigate suits concerning access to justice, workers’ rights, disability discrimination, and civil rights violations within the criminal legal…
Adele P. Kimmel, Director of Public Justice’s Students’ Civil Rights Project, is based in the DC Headquarters of Public Justice. Since joining the law firm in 1994, Adele has worked on wide range of civil rights cases, representing prisoners and immigrant detainees who were beaten, sexually assaulted, denied adequate medical care, and killed; women intercollegiate…
Dan is director of the Environmental Enforcement Project. Previously, he served as the senior attorney. Dan graduated from the University of Oregon School of Law in 2010, Order of the Coif, and has been practicing public interest environmental law ever since. He enforces our nation’s environmental laws against polluters, representing the interests of individuals, local…
Jacqui Oesterblad is a staff attorney with the Debtors’ Prison Project (DPP). She is based in southern Arizona. In her work, Jacqui helps to develop and litigate cases nationwide challenging policies in the criminal legal system that treat people differently as a result of their poverty or homelessness. Jacqui received her J.D. from Yale Law…