Position:
Managing Attorney
Nakia Waggoner is a Managing Attorney at the Neighborhood Legal Services Program. She started at Neighborhood Legal Services as a Westwood Fellow in 2006 and became a Staff Attorney in 2007. Nakia is a general practitioner and handles a wide variety of civil and family law matters.
Nakia graduated from The David A. Clarke School of Law at UDC. While in law school, Nakia served as an editor on the school’s law review and as National Convention Coordinator for the National Black Law Students Association (NBLSA).
Nakia continues to be committed to public interest law, because she believes that all citizens should have access to justice and quality legal representation.