- Karen A Newton Cole Executive Director
- Carla Adame Intake Specialist/Paralegal
- Khayree Abdullah Compliance and Operations
- Angie Bailey Intake Specialist
- Emily Chong Equal Justice Works Fellow, Sponsored by Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
- Elizabeth Da Victoria Lobo Staff Attorney, Brief Services Unit
- Darryl Daniels Staff Attorney
- Elizabeth Floyd Staff Attorney
- Ashley Graham Senior Staff Attorney, Brief Services Unit
- Shaina Hagen Staff Attorney
- Kathy Hollins Director of Finance and Administration
- Jason Horrell Family Law and Public Benefits Staff Attorney
- Lori Leibowitz Coordinator, Right to Housing Initiative
- Deborah Levine Staff Attorney, Brief Services Unit
- Adam Marshall Staff Attorney, Housing Law
- Ann Newton Staff Attorney
- Leah Quaile Managing Attorney, Family Law Practice
- Maya Sheppard Managing Attorney, Barriers to Employment
- Mark Spira Community Relations, Grants and Development Manager
- Taylor Steffan Loaned associate from Covington & Burling LLP
- Christine Thomas Westwood Fellow
- Bradford Voegeli Managing Attorney
- Elizabeth Vogel Equal Justice Works Fellow Sponsored by the Morrison & Foerster Foundation
- Rachel Weiss Staff Attorney, Barriers to Employment
Maya SheppardManaging Attorney, Barriers to Employment
Maya Sheppard joined NLSP in September of 2015 as the Breaking Barriers to Employment Project Staff Attorney and is currently the Managing Attorney for the project. She is based in the New York Avenue office.
From 2012-2015, Maya worked as an Assistant Public Defender in Knoxville, Tennessee representing both juvenile and adult clients facing delinquency and criminal cases. Prior to that position she worked as an investigator and mitigation specialist, assisting in the defense of clients facing the death penalty. Throughout law school, Maya volunteered with several community-based legal clinics dealing with both civil and criminal issues. She is committed to providing legal resources and support to economically marginalized communities, and communities disproportionately impacted by the criminal justice system.
Maya holds a Bachelor of Arts in Africana Studies from Vassar College and a Juris Doctor from the University of Washington School of Law. During law school, she received a University of Washington Dean’s Grant for her public service work.
