Divisional Supervising Attorney Tiffany Holland-McAnany is a Divisional Supervising Attorney in the Housing Unit at Community Legal Services (CLS) where her primary focus involves providing legal representation to indigent tenants facing eviction or other landlord-tenant issues. In addition, her principal policy issue centers on the intersection of housing insecurity and domestic violence. Prior to joining…
Staff Attorney Tom Ferrant is a staff attorney in the Homeownership and Consumer Rights Unit at CLS and is a member of the Economic Justice Team. Prior to his current position, he was a staff attorney in the Housing Unit at CLS on the Common Pleas Team and had previously worked as a Lawyer of…
Director of Supervision and Professional DevelopmentDirector of Supervision and Professional Development Jenna Collins (she/her) is the Director of Supervision and Professional Development at Community Legal Services and an attorney in the housing unit. She oversees and supports CLS’s supervision and training systems to ensure all staff have access to excellent supervision and training necessary to…
Paralegal Joan is a paralegal in the housing unit. She is a member of the Common Pleas Team and Co-Chair of the Habitability Team. Joan also focuses on eviction record advocacy and is on the Eviction Sealing Coalition. She graduated from Penn State University in 2010 and attended the Paralegal Studies Program at Community College…
Divisional Supervising Attorney Holly Beck is a Divisional Supervising Attorney in the housing unit at Community Legal Services, where she focuses on providing advice and representation to tenants facing eviction and other forms of housing instability. She also leads the housing unit’s work on the inequitable impacts of eviction records and tenant screening practices. Before joining…
Paralegal Lili Smack is a paralegal in the CLS Family Advocacy Unit (FAU). In the FAU, Lili assists parents who have children in DHS dependency cases. Previous to joining CLS in 2003, Lili worked as a Mental Health Tech at Misericordia Hospital, a Job Coach/Special Service Advisor at Educational Data Systems, and a Case Manager…
Divisional Supervising Attorney Elizabeth Larin (she/her) is a Divisional Supervising Attorney in the Family Advocacy Unit, which represents parents in all stages of dependency proceedings, including adjudication, permanency reviews, termination of parental rights trials and appeals. She joined CLS as a staff attorney in 2013. Prior to joining CLS, Elizabeth served for eight years as…
Technical Assistant Deborah Holden is the Technical Assistant in the CLS Family Advocacy Unit. Honors & Awards Equal Justice Award, Community Legal Services (2012)
Supervising Attorney Alex Dutton is a Supervising Attorney in the Family Advocacy Unit at Community Legal Services. Alex defends parents who are at risk of losing their children to foster care due to allegations of abuse or neglect and to preserve their parental rights when the state seeks to forever sever them. Before joining CLS,…
Social Work Supervisor Ron Ayler is a Social Work Supervisor in the Family Advocacy Unit (FAU) at Community Legal Services (CLS), where he works with attorneys, paralegals, and peer parent advocates as part of legal team advocating for parents involved with the child welfare system. He supervises two FAU social workers as well as graduate…
