Staff Attorney Kate Dugan (she/her) is a Staff Attorney in the Homeownership and Consumer Rights Unit at Community Legal Services, where she primarily represents low-income homeowners facing tax and mortgage foreclosure, as well as those with tangled titles. Ms. Dugan started her legal career as a law clerk for the Hon. Rosalyn K. Robinson in…
Senior AttorneySenior Staff Attorney Mr. Madrid is a Senior Attorney in the CLS Homeownership and Consumer Rights Unit where he focuses his practice on representing low-income homeowners facing foreclosure in state court and in Chapter 13 bankruptcy cases. Prior to coming to CLS, Mr. Madrid spent a decade as sole practitioner located in Center City…
Paralegal Dot Goldberger (she/her) is a paralegal in the CLS Homeownership and Consumer Rights Unit, where she focuses primarily on issues surrounding Tangled Titles. Prior to working at CLS, Dot worked at the National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women as the Administrative/Legal Team Assistant from 2013-2019. Dot graduated from Hampshire College in Western…
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…
Paralegal Michael Ruffin is a paralegal in the CLS Homeownership and Consumer Rights 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.
Staff Attorney Ian Charlton is an Attorney in the Homeownership and Consumer Rights unit at Community Legal Services. Ian was previously an Attorney, Attorney Fellow and a legal intern in the Landlord-Tenant Unit at Community Legal Services, the Consumer Housing Unit at Philadelphia Legal Assistance, and the Consumer Bankruptcy Assistance Project. Ian received the Public…
Senior Attorney Monty Wilson is a senior attorney with CLS’s Consumer Housing Unit. His practice focuses largely on municipal tax foreclosure & mortgage foreclosure defense in both state and federal court. He has also worked extensively with local community organizations and the City of Philadelphia to aid Philadelphia homeowners faced with real estate tax lien…
Divisional Supervising Attorney Kerry Smith (she/her) is a Divisional Supervising Attorney in the Homeownership and Consumer Rights Unit at Community Legal Services of Philadelphia where she leads the economic justice practice group. The team represents low-income Philadelphians facing debt collection lawsuits and other predatory financial practices and helps student loan borrowers obtain discharges and affordable…
