Staff
Tonia Allison
Member Services Coordinator
tallison@publicjustice.netTonia Allison joined the Foundation staff as Development Processing Assistant in September 2010 and currently serves as the organization's Member Services Coordinator. Before coming to Public Justice, Tonia had three years of gift processing experience with the United States Naval Academy Foundatio Read More...
Paula Athey
Legal Assistant
pathey@publicjustice.netPaula Athey assists Managing Attorney Adele Kimmel, Environmental Enforcement Director Jim Hecker, Power-Cotchett Attorney Richard Webster, Food Safety & Health Attorney David Muraskin, and Thornton-Robb Attorney Gabriel Hopkins. She joined Public Justice in 1995 as the Receptionist and was pro Read More...
Leslie Bailey
Staff Attorney
lbailey@publicjustice.netLeslie A. Bailey is a staff attorney in Public Justice’s Oakland, California office, where she litigates complex public interest cases and appeals involving civil rights and liberties, consumer protection, and court secrecy. She has briefed, argued, and won cases in state and federal appellate cou Read More...
Jennifer Bennett
Staff Attorney
jbennett@publicjustice.netJennifer Bennett is a Staff Attorney at Public Justice, litigating precedent-setting appeals challenging predatory corporate conduct and government abuses. Her practice involves a wide range of issues, including civil rights, workers’ rights, consumer protection, court secrecy, and forced arbitrat Read More...
F. Paul Bland, Jr.
Executive Director
pbland@publicjustice.netF. Paul Bland, Jr., Executive Director, has been a senior attorney at Public Justice since 1997. As Executive Director, Paul manages and leads Public Justice's legal and foundation staff, guiding the organization’s litigation docket and other advocacy. As staff and senior attorney, he was resp Read More...
Leslie A. Brueckner
Senior Attorney
lbrueckner@publicjustice.netLeslie A. Brueckner is a Senior Attorney at Public Justice, where she specializes in cutting-edge appellate litigation in the state and federal courts. A 1987 magna cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School, Leslie’s current areas of practice include class actions, constitutional law, federal pr Read More...
Arthur H. Bryant
Chairman
abryant@publicjustice.netArthur H. Bryant, Chairman of Public Justice, 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 twice named him one of the 100 Most Influenti Read More...
Jason H. Connor
Food Project Fellow
jconnor@publicjustice.netJason Connor is an attorney and the Food Project’s legal fellow. His work at Public Justice centers on developing litigation aimed at increasing transparency in federal and state agricultural regulation and public accountability in Big Ag. Jason is a recent graduate of NYU School of Law, where Read More...
Jessica Culpepper
Food Project Attorney
jculpepper@publicjustice.netJessica Culpepper is the Food Safety & Health Attorney at Public Justice in the national headquarters in Washington, D.C. Before joining Public Justice, Jessica was a Barker Fellow and Staff Attorney at the Humane Society of the United States in the Farm Animal Welfare Division. There sh Read More...
Karla Gilbride
Cartwright-Baron Staff Attorney
kgilbride@publicjustice.netKarla Gilbride joined Public Justice in October 2014 as our Cartwright-Baron staff attorney. Her work focuses on fighting mandatory arbitration provisions imposed on consumers and workers to prevent them from holding corporations accountable for their wrongdoing in court. She has testified befor Read More...
Susan Gombert
Senior Meetings & Events Manager
sgombert@publicjustice.netSusan Gombert, CMP is Senior Meetings & Events Manager at the Public Justice Foundation. She is responsible for all aspects of the Foundation's meetings and special events, and is a staff liaison to the Foundation's Gala Committee. Prior to joining Public Justice, Susan was the Membership Dir Read More...
Brian Hardingham
Debtors' Prison Project Attorney
Brian Hardingham is based in the Oakland, California office of Public Justice. Before joining Public Justice, Brian clerked for Judge Jane Stranch on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals and Judge Cormac Carney in the Central District of California. Brian also spent a year and a half doing pretrial a Read More...
Jim Hecker
Director, Environmental Enforcement Project
jhecker@publicjustice.netJim 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 Read More...
Adele P. Kimmel
Senior Attorney
akimmel@publicjustice.netAdele P. Kimmel, Senior Attorney, 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; Read More...
Neil Levine
Staff Attorney, Environmental Enforcement Project
nlevine@publicjustice.netNeil Levine is a staff attorney on Public Justice’s Environmental Enforcement Project. He joined Public Justice in December 2017 after spending 25 years representing national organizations and community groups throughout the country on a wide range of environmental issues. Neil previously serve Read More...
Kathleen Morris
Legal Assistant/Operations Coordinator
kmorris@publicjustice.netKathleen Morris joined Public Justice in January 2012 and currently serves as Legal Assistant/Operations Coordinator, based in our West Coast office. Prior to coming to Public Justice, Kathy worked as a paralegal for a small civil litigation practice which represented clients in a wide variety of Read More...
David Muraskin
Food Project Attorney
dmuraskin@publicjustice.netDavid S. Muraskin is a Food Project Attorney with Public Justice in Washington, D.C. He focuses on impact litigation to promote sustainable alternatives to the industrial animal agriculture system. His docket consists of constitutional, consumer, worker, and environmental cases. Of particular Read More...
Brent Newell
Food Project Attorney
bnewell@publicjustice.netBrent Newell is a Food Project Attorney with Public Justice in Oakland, California, where he works with the Food Project team to reform the industrial animal agriculture system, support impacted communities, and promote sustainable alternatives. Prior to joining Public Justice in 2018, Brent was Read More...
Victoria W. Ni
Deputy Director
vni@publicjustice.netVictoria W. Ni, Deputy Director, is based in the Oakland, Calif., office of Public Justice. Since joining the firm in 2000, Vicky has litigated a wide range of cases focused on protecting and ensuring the rights of consumers, workers, victims, and individuals with disabilities; free speech; and eq Read More...
Leah M. Nicholls
Staff Attorney
lnicholls@publicjustice.netLeah Nicholls joined Public Justice's D.C. office in September 2012 as the Kazan-Budd Attorney. She was previously senior staff attorney for civil rights and general public interest at the Georgetown University Law Center's Institute for Public Representation. Leah had also been a teaching fellow an Read More...
Ellen Noble
Seneca Falls Fellow
enoble@publicjustice.netEllen Noble is a Fellow at Public Justice in Washington, D.C. She joined Public Justice after serving as a law clerk for Judge Albert Diaz on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit from 2017-2018. Ellen graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center in 2017. Du Read More...
Aidan O’Shea
Deputy Director of Communications
aoshea@publicjustice.netAidan O’Shea, Deputy Director of Communications, is responsible for expanding the reach of Public Justice’s work, particularly through managing website content, social media, and video production, as well as by contributing to messaging, strategy development, and press outreach. He joined Public Read More...
Steve Ralls
Director of External Affairs
sralls@publicjustice.netSteve Ralls, Director of External Affairs, oversees media, messaging and marketing for the organization. Steve joined Public Justice’s Washington, D.C., office in April 2015. Steve has secured prominent media coverage of Public Justice cases, including in NBC News, The New York Times, FOX News Read More...
Ameesha Sampat
Food Project Outreach Manager
asampat@publicjustice.netAmeesha Sampat, Food Project Outreach Manager, is responsible for creating opportunities for Public Justice’s supporters and allies to mobilize around key issues through the development of grassroots and community engagement strategies. She joined Public Justice’s Washington, D.C. office in Octo Read More...
Norma Sapp
Office and Human Resources Manager
nsapp@publicjustice.netNorma Sapp is the Office and Human Resources Manager, located in Public Justice's DC headquarters. Norma has spent much of her career managing office operations for both non-profit organizations and for-profit companies in the Washington, D.C. area. Read More...
Stephanie Shannon
Executive Assistant to the Chairman
sshannon@publicjustice.netStephanie Shannon joined Public Justice’s West Coast Office in June 2018 as the Executive Assistant to the Chairman. Prior to coming to Public Justice, Stephanie completed her Master’s Degree in Human Rights and Democratization at the European Inter-University Center in Venice, Italy, where she Read More...
Kelly Simon
Development Director
ksimon@publicjustice.netKelly Simon joined the Public Justice staff as Director of Development in October 2017. Prior to beginning this role, Kelly served as the Director of Development for the Pro Bono Institute, a legal organization dedicated to enhancing and strengthening pro bono programs of large law firms and legal d Read More...
Yvonne Stewart
Legal Assistant
ystewart@publicjustice.netYvonne Stewart joined Public Justice in 2011 as a Legal Assistant. She assists Executive Director Paul Bland, Staff Attorney Leah Nicholls, Food Safety & Health Attorney Jessica Culpepper and Staff Attorney Karla Gilbride on their many public-interest cases. Yvonne has over 25 years of lega Read More...
Tommy Wrenn
Deputy Director of Development
twrenn@publicjustice.netTommy Wrenn joined Public Justice in August 2016 and currently serves as the organization's Deputy Director of Development. Before coming to Public Justice, Tommy was Program Assistant at The Nexus Fund, a grant making organization dedicated to the prevention of mass atrocities. A graduate of Appala Read More...