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Margaret Jimenez
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Taylor Poe
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Elizabeth Harrington
Elizabeth is a Poverty Justice Solutions Fellow where she represents low-income Queens tenants in both housing court and administrative proceedings. Elizabeth is returning to NYLAG after a previous internship in the Family Law Unit. Elizabeth has also interned at a number of other non-profit organizations, including the General Counsel’s Office for the Brooklyn Public Library, the Family Center, and the Center for Reproductive Rights. Prior to law school, Elizabeth worked as an AmeriCorps Legal Assistant at Legal Assistance of Western New York. Elizabeth received her J.D. from New York University School of Law and her B.A. from SUNY Geneseo.
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Polliann Hardeo
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Caroline Gottlieb
Caroline is a Poverty Justice Solutions fellow in the Tenants’ Rights Unit where she represents low-income Brooklyn tenants facing eviction in both housing court and administrative proceedings. Prior to joining NYLAG, Caroline was a Georgetown Law sponsored housing fellow in the Economic Justice Project at Sanctuary for Families. Caroline has interned at numerous non-profit organizations including Human Rights First, D.C. Public Defenders and Her Justice. While in law school, Caroline participated in Georgetown’s asylum clinic. Caroline received her J.D. from Georgetown Law and her B.A. from Bates College.
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Shani Adess
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Lauren Clark
Lauren provides support to NYLAG’s Development team in planning and executing all of NYLAG’s major fundraising and cultivation initiatives, including the annual Gala. Prior to joining NYLAG, Lauren served as Program and Development Coordinator at Poets House, a nonprofit literary organization and poetry library. Lauren holds an MFA from the Helen Zell Writers Program at the University of Michigan and a B.A. in Classics from Oberlin College.
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Michael Eatroff
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Ilia Velazquez Llanes
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Kathryn Crisona
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Jesse Daniels
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Lilliana Shvartsmann
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Susan J. Miller
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Sara Feldman
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Maybeline Saharig
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Kyle K. Mann
Kyle is a Staff Attorney with the Immigrant Protection Unit. She represents clients in various immigration matters, including Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) self-petitions, U-visas, battered spouse waivers, applications for adjustment of status, naturalization, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). She earned her B.A. from New York University and her J.D. from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.
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William Meyer
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Jeff Garofano
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Jennifer Pacheco
Jennifer works on-site at the Manhattan Family Justice Center (FJC), providing legal services to immigrant victims of domestic violence. She provides advice and counsel and representation in immigration matters, including VAWA self-petitions, U nonimmigrant status/U-visa applications, battered spouse waivers, adjustment of status, removal defense, T-visas, and Special Immigrant Juvenile Status. Prior to joining NYLAG, Jennifer worked at the Hudson Valley Justice Center in Yonkers, NY through being awarded the Westchester County Bar Foundation (WCBF) Fellowship. Jennifer was also an intern at Empire Justice Center and at John Jay Legal Service’s Immigration Justice Clinic at Pace Law School. She is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. Jennifer received her J.D. from Pace Law School and her B.S. cum laude in Biology from Pace University.
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Rogelio Tec Moo
Rogelio is a paralegal in the Tenant’s Rights Unit where he conducts intakes with clients seeking legal assistance with housing issues within the Manhattan area. In addition to conducting intake, he provides support for attorneys in case by case basis. Rogelio also provides translation assistance with Spanish speaking clients. Prior to joining NYLAG, he served as a Community & Economic Development Intern at Prosperity Now in Washington, DC where he researched and analyzed racial wealth inequality at the national level. Before that, he did extensive organizing work at his college campus in the hopes to promote the advancement of students of color. Rogelio is a graduate of University of California, Santa Barbara, where he studied Global & International Studies with a minor in English.
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