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…
Social Work Supervisor Maggie Potter (she/her) is a Social Work Supervisor in the Family Advocacy Unit at Community Legal Services, where she has worked since 2012. Her role includes client casework, supervising FAU Social Workers and MSW student interns, community outreach, and policy advocacy. Some of her particular areas of interest include teen or young…
Senior Attorney William Gibbons (he/him) started at CLS’ Law Center North Central in 1979 as a Managing Attorney. He then transferred to the Domestic Relations Unit and in 1981 co-founded the Dependency Unit, now known as the Family Advocacy Unit (FAU). He currently serves as a senior attorney in the FAU, working with the child…
Staff Attorney Caroline Buck is a staff attorney in the Family Advocacy Unit. She started as a legal fellow with a project focusing on improving family preservation efforts for families with teenaged children at risk of entering out-of-home placement in the child welfare system. Caroline was previously a legal intern in the Family Advocacy Unit…
Senior Attorney Wesley Allen is a senior attorney in the Family Advocate Unit at Community Legal Services. Mr. Allen works with a team of lawyers, paralegals, and social workers who, for more than 25 years, have been helping parents involved with the child welfare system maintain custody of or reunite with their children. Mr. Allen…
