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)
Staff Attorney Alex Dutton is a Staff 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. Before joining CLS, Alex was an Independence Foundation Public Interest Law Fellow and Staff Attorney at the…
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…
Paralegal Sherlyn Martinez is a paralegal in the CLS Employment Unit.
Paralegal Jessa Boehner is a Paralegal in CLS’ Employment Unit. In her previous role as Special Project Coordinator, she managed the Clean Slate Screening Program (CSSP), which screened thousands of Pennsylvanians for eligibility for criminal record sealing under Pennsylvania’s new Clean Slate Law. As a paralegal, she helps clients access unemployment benefits, clear their criminal…
Managing Attorney of Intake and NPLCManaging Attorney for NPLC and Intake Dawn is a native of Brooklyn, New York. She began her career at Philadelphia Legal Assistance where she was a Staff Attorney in the PLA Consumer Unit. Specializing in consumer bankruptcy ( both Chapter 7 and Chapter 13), mortgage foreclosure defense and anti- predatory…
Paralegal Michael Ruffin is a paralegal in the CLS Homeownership and Consumer Rights Unit.
Paralegal Gigi Nikpour is a paralegal in the CLS Employment Unit.
Divisional Supervising AttorneySenior Staff Attorney Rachel Gallegos is a divisional supervising attorney in the CLS Homeownership and Consumer Rights Unit. Prior to joining CLS, Ms. Gallegos was a law clerk to the Honorable John T. McNeill, III, in the Camden County Superior Court. From there, she went to clerk for the Honorable Annette M. Rizzo…
