ATTORNEYS
STEPHANIE MOES
Director, Legal Aid Society of Southwest Ohio, LLC
Education:
B.S., summa cum laude, Xavier University; M.S.W., Ohio State University; J.D., magna cum laude, University of Cincinnati College of Law
Bar and Court admission:
Ohio, 2003
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio
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Practice areas:
Housing/Consumer
Children & Education
· Special Education Law
· School Discipline Law
Community and Professional Affiliation:
Housing Opportunities Made Equal Board Member (currently serving as Board Vice President); Housing Assistance Legal Foundation, chair; Cincinnati Hamilton County Community Action Agency Board Member (currently serving as Board Secretary)
Honors/Awards:
Xavier University Service Fellow; Ohio State University Fellow; Order of the Coif University of Cincinnati School of Law; Glenn M. Weaver Fellow University of Cincinnati School of Law; Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Judge Gwin of the Northern District of Ohio
JAMIE LANDVATTER
Managing Attorney, Hamilton Office
Team Lead Attorney
Education:
B.S.S.W. & B.A., The Ohio State University; J.D., University of Cincinnati College of Law
Bar and Court admission:
Ohio, 2010
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio, 2015
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Language Proficiency:
Spanish
Practice areas:
Children & Education
· Guardian ad Litem
Family/Immigration
Community and Professional Affiliation:
Butler County Bar Association
RACHEL BARR
Team Lead Attorney
Education:
B.A., Miami University; MSc, London School of Economics and Political Science; J.D., University of Michigan
Bar and Court admission:
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio, 2021
U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
Kentucky, 2019
Ohio, 2018
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Practice areas:
Children & Education
Income, Work & Health
JESSICA RAMOS
Team Lead Attorney
Education:
B.A., Cum Laude, The Ohio State University; M.A., The Ohio State University; J.D., Cum Laude, The University of Toledo
Bar and Court admission:
Ohio, 2009
Northern District of Ohio, 2000
U.S. Tax Court, 2014
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Language Proficiency:
Spanish
Practice areas:
Family & Immigration
Tax Law
Community and Professional Affiliation:
American Immigration Lawyers Association, Ohio Treasurer
Ohio League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), Civil Rights Director (2015-2020)
Honors/Awards:
2020 Ohio AILA Pro Bono Champion
2018 – Testified before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee as an expert on Unaccompanied Minors.
2018 Annual Distinguished Hispanic Ohioan Awards Gala by the Ohio Commission on Hispanic/Latino Affairs – Nuestra Familia Award Recipient
June 2017 Justice in Motion – Woman Crush Wednesday Recognition
2017 Ohio LULAC Woman of the Year Recipient
2015 Dayton Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Advocate of the Year
2015 Dayton LULAC Community Advocate Award Recipient
MICHAEL REISER
Team Lead Attorney
Education:
B.A., John Carroll University; J.D., University at Buffalo School of Law
Bar and Court admission:
New York, 2017
U.S. District Court, Western District of New York, 2019
Ohio, 2024
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Practice areas:
Housing & Consumer
Income, Work & Health
BRIAN J. DAVIDSON
Senior Supervising Attorney
Education:
B.A., Honors, Ohio State University; J.D., Case Western Reserve University
Bar and Court admission:
Ohio, 2000
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio
U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
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Language Proficiency:
Swahili
Practice areas:
Family & Immigration
Children & Education
Community and Professional Affiliation:
Butler County Bar Association
Ohio State Bar Association
TRACY JACKSON
Senior Supervising Attorney
Education:
B.S., SUNY Binghamton; J.D., University of Cincinnati College of Law
Bar and Court admission:
Ohio, 1995
New York
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio
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Practice areas:
Children & Education
Community and Professional Affiliation:
Butler County Bar Association
STACY PURCELL
Senior Supervising Attorney
Education:
B.A., cum laude, Williams College; J.D., summa cum laude, University of Notre Dame
Bar and Court admission:
Ohio, 2019
U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee, 2021
U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 2021
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio, 2023
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Housing & Consumer
Honors & Awards:
The Farabaugh Prize for high scholarship in law at Notre Dame Law School, 2019
ELIZABETH TULL LAUREANO
Senior Supervising Attorney
Education:
B.A., Macalester College; J.D., University of Cincinnati College of Law
Bar and Court admission:
Ohio, 2007
United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio
United States Tax Court
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Practice areas:
Housing/Consumer
Children & Education
Community and Professional Affiliation:
National Association of Consumer Advocates
Equal Justice Works
Cincinnati Bar Association
Honors/Awards:
Cincinnati Academy of Leadership for Lawyers, Class XVIII
KATE WEINLAND
Senior Supervising Attorney
Education:
B.A., Bowling Green State University; J.D., Chicago-Kent College of Law
Bar and Court admission:
Ohio, 2020
Illinois, 2014
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Practice areas:
Housing
Family
DAVID WOVROSH
Senior Supervising Attorney
Education:
B.A., Cum Laude, Heidelberg University; J.D., Cum Laude, University of Cincinnati College of Law
Bar and Court admission:
U.S. Tax Court (2020)
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio (2020)
Kentucky (2020)
Ohio (2019)
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Practice areas:
Housing & Consumer
Community and Professional Affiliation:
Cincinnati Bar Association
Ohio State Bar Association
Kentucky Bar Association
Honors/Awards:
University of Cincinnati Law Review (2017-2019)
Human Rights Quarterly (2016-2019)
BRETT FOSTER
Senior Attorney
Education:
B.A., Wilmington College of Ohio; J.D., Capital University Law School
Bar and Court admission:
Ohio, 1994
Texas (inactive)
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Practice areas:
Housing & Consumer
NICOLE M. STEPHENSON
Senior Attorney
Education:
B.S., Ball State University; J.D., University of Dayton School of Law
Bar and Court admission:
Ohio, 1998
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Practice areas:
Family/Immigration
Children & Education
· Guardian ad Litem Project
Community and Professional Affiliation:
Butler County Bar Association
Ohio State Bar Association
MOLLY BOHANAN
Staff Attorney
Education:
B.A.,Centre College; J.D., University of Cincinnati College of Law
Bar and Court admission:
Ohio, 2022
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Practice areas:
Housing&Consumer
Low Income Tax Clinic
NANCY BRAUN
Staff Attorney
Education:
B.A., Wilson College; J.D., Thomas M. Cooley Law School
Bar and Court admission:
Ohio, 2016
Tennessee, 2010
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Practice areas:
Family & Immigration
AQDAS KHUDADAD
Staff Attorney
Education:
B.A., Centre College; J.D., University of Cincinnati College of Law
Bar and Court admission:
Ohio, 2024
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Practice areas:
Housing & Consumer
Family & Immigration
Honors/Awards:
National Association of Women (NAWL) Outstanding Law Student Award at University of Cincinnati College of Law
Additional Languages Spoken:
Urdu/Hindi
REV. EMILY KVALHEIM
Staff Attorney
Education:
B.A. American University, M.A. Religion Yale University, J.D. George Mason University School of Law
Bar and Court admission:
Ohio, 2021
District of Columbia, 2024
Maryland, 2024
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio
U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan
U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court
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Languages
Spanish
Practice areas:
Family & Immigration
Community and Professional Affiliations
West Ohio Conference of The United Methodist Church, Ordained Deacon;
Task Force on United Methodist Immigration Ministries of Ohio, Co-Chair;
General Board of Church and Society, Board Member;
American Immigration Lawyers Association
LIZ MARCELLI HARPRING
Staff Attorney
Education:
B.A. John Carroll University, J.D. University of Cincinnati College of Law
Bar and Court admission:
Ohio, 2023
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio, 2025
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Practice areas:
Immigration
Consumer
Honors/Awards:
William S. Richardson Champion for Public Service Award at University of Cincinnati College of Law – 2023
PAUL RANDO
Staff Attorney
Education:
B.A., Rutgers University; J.D., University of Cincinnati College Law
Bar and Court admission:
Ohio, 2023
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Practice areas:
Family & Immigration
Honors & Awards:
Arthur Russell Morgan Fellow, Urban Morgan Institute for Human Rights – 2020-23.
Editor-in-Chief, University of Cincinnati Law Review – 2022-23.
PHIL RICH
Staff Attorney
Education:
B.S., Bowling Green State University., Summa Cum Laude; J.D., Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law., Magna Cum Laude
Bar and Court admission:
Ohio, 2022
Southern District Court of Ohio, 2024
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Practice areas:
Housing & Consumer
Income, Work & Health
RACHEL RICHARDSON
Staff Attorney
Education:
B.A., University of Cincinnati; M.A. University of Cincinnati; J.D., Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase College of Law
Bar and Court admission:
Ohio, 2023
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Practice areas:
Children & Education
Housing & Consumer
Community and Professional Affiliations:
CASA for Clermont Kids
Honors & Awards:
UC-Blue Ash College Young Alumnus Outstanding Achievement Award – 2015
KATIE SCHULTE
Staff Attorney, Ohio Access to Justice Foundation Justice for All Fellow
Education:
B.A., summa cum laude, Fordham University; J.D., University of Cincinnati College of Law
Bar and Court admission:
Ohio, 2026
Southern District Court of Ohio, 2026
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Practice areas:
Housing
JOHN E. SCHRIDER, JR
Volunteer Attorney
Education:
B.A., magna cum laude, Villanova University; J.D., cum laude, University of Pennsylvania Law School
Bar and Court admission:
Ohio Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio
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Housing/Consumer
· Community housing development
· Fair housing, landlord-tenant issues
· Predatory lending practices
· Foreclosure prevention
With over 30 years of experience in a broad range of litigation and advocacy representing low income people
Community and Professional Affiliation:
CBA
Board member of local nonprofits, Family Housing Developers and Cincinnatians for Affordable Housing.
Shriver Center faculty
CORT faculty
Honors/Awards:
Ohio Access to Justice Foundation Dennis J. Murphy Award
Housing Opportunities Made Equal (Cincinnati)
Greater Cincinnati Homeless Coalition