Technical Assistant Deborah Holden is the Technical Assistant in the CLS Family Advocacy Unit. Honors & Awards Equal Justice Award, Community Legal Services (2012)
Divisional Supervising Attorney Alex Dutton is a Divisional 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…
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 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…
Paralegal Michelle Harper Brix is a paralegal in the CLS Homeownership and Consumer Rights Unit.
Social Worker Allison Schilling (she/her) is a social worker in the CLS Health and Independence Unit where she helps preserve income and independence for older adults. Before CLS, she worked as a Victim Advocate at CARIE, interned at the ACLU, and served with the National Health Corps at a health center in Germantown. She has…
Paralegal Dennisse Bones-Santiago is a paralegal in the CLS Health and Independence Unit.
Li Clavijo Chief Financial Officer CLS Center City Office 1424 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19102 lclavijo@clsphila.org Li Clavijo has been the Chief Financial Officer of Community Legal Services (CLS) since 2019, bringing over 19 years of experience in finance and administration to the role. He has a proven track record of accomplishments and is skilled…
