Paralegal Nicole Quiñones is a paralegal in the CLS Health and Independence Unit.
Dacil KeoParalegal Dacil Keo is a paralegal in the Medical-Legal Partnership and Energy Unit.
Staff Attorney / Duffy Fellow Sarah Martinez is a Staff Attorney in the Health and Independence (H&I) Unit where she assists clients in accessing and maintaining eligibility for federal and state administered public benefits such as SSI, SNAP, Medical Assistance, and Home & Community Based Services. Sarah joined the H&I Unit in the summer of…
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…
Supervising Attorney Maripat Pileggi joined Community Legal Services Inc. in 2007 as a staff attorney in the Health and Independence Unit. She works with clients to resolve legal problems that arise in many different government benefit programs run by the Social Security Administration, Department of Public Welfare, and the Department of Insurance. Ms. Pileggi worked…
Supervising Attorney Louise Hayes (she/her) has been an attorney at CLS’s North Philadelphia Law Center since 1997, when she joined CLS as an Independence Foundation Fellow. While helping CLS clients get and keep a range of public benefits, her expertise is in SNAP and cash assistance programs, including programs to help clients move toward self-sufficiency. …
Senior Attorney Richard P. Weishaupt has worked at Community Legal Services for more than 40 years, where he is currently a Senior Attorney for Health and Human Services. He specializes in public benefits and health law and has written extensively in the field. Mr. Weishaupt has designed and taught substantive law and legal skills programs…
Supervising Attorney Pamela Walz is a Supervising Attorney in the Health and Independence Unit at CLS. Ms. Walz’s practice includes representation of older adults and younger individuals with disabilities in matters involving nursing home and personal care home residents’ rights, access to home and community based long term services and supports, public benefits and guardianship,…
Staff Attorney Kate Vengraitis is an attorney in the SSI and Health and Independence Units at Community Legal Services. Ms. Vengraitis began her career at CLS as a law student intern in 2013. Her practice focuses on representing adults and children facing issues attaining and maintaining Supplemental Security Income benefits. She also assists older adults…
Of Counsel Amy Hirsch is Of Counsel at Community Legal Services. Prior to her retirement, she served as the Managing Attorney for the CLS Health and Independence Unit. In her positions at CLS, Ms. Hirsch has worked on state and federal civil litigation and policy advocacy with particular concentrations on welfare, health, and food stamps;…
