The IJ Team
IJ’s attorneys and staff work on behalf of those with the heart but not the means to fight for their most important rights. We take our clients’ cases before judges and their stories to the general public, and we educate the public, grassroots activists, lawmakers, lawyers and law students, and elite academic audiences about the vital importance of the protections and principles enshrined in the Constitution.
Leadership
Dana Berliner
Senior Vice President and Litigation Director
Scott G. Bullock
President and Chief Counsel
Bert Gall
Managing Vice President and Senior Attorney
Daniel Knepper
CFO and General Counsel
Deborah Simpson
Chief Operating Officer
Vice Presidents
John E. Kramer
Vice President for Strategic Relations
Beth Stevens
Vice President for Development
J. Justin Wilson
Vice President for Communications
Attorneys
Dan Alban
Senior Attorney
Paul Avelar
Managing Attorney of the Arizona Office
Ari Bargil
Senior Attorney
Anya Bidwell
Senior Attorney
Michael Bindas
Senior Attorney
Erica Smith Ewing
Senior Attorney
Renée Flaherty
Senior Attorney
Robert Frommer
Senior Attorney
Sam Gedge
Senior Attorney
Patrick Jaicomo
Senior Attorney
Rob Johnson
Senior Attorney
William R. Maurer
Managing Attorney of the Washington Office
Robert McNamara
Deputy Litigation Director
Arif Panju
Managing Attorney of the Texas Office
Justin Pearson
Managing Attorney of the Florida Office
Jeffrey Redfern
Senior Attorney
Jeff Rowes
Senior Attorney
Paul Sherman
Senior Attorney
Diana Simpson
Senior Attorney
Andrew Ward
Senior Attorney
Kirby Thomas West
Senior Attorney
Joshua Windham
Senior Attorney
Will Aronin
Attorney
Bob Belden
Attorney
Caroline Grace Brothers
Attorney
Nick DeBenedetto
Litigation Fellow
Tahmineh Dehbozorgi
Litigation Fellow
Robert Fellner
Litigation Fellow
Ben Field
Attorney
Joe Gay
Attorney
O.B. Gesese
Attorney-PIA and 4th Amendment Case Investigator
Mike Greenberg
Attorney
Jacob Harcar
Bingham Fellow
Christie Hebert
Attorney
David Hodges
Educational Choice Attorney
James T. Knight II
Attorney
Christian Lansinger
Attorney
Matt Liles
Litigation Fellow
Evan Lisull
Proofreader & Cite Checker
Katrin Marquez
Attorney and Elfie Gallun Fellow in Freedom and the Constitution
Jared McClain
Attorney
Marie Miller
Attorney
Dylan Moore
Litigation Fellow
Brian Morris
Attorney
Keith Neely
Attorney
Daniel Nelson
Research Attorney
Robert Peccola
Special Counsel for Litigation and Development
Michael Peña
Litigation Fellow
Betsy Sanz
Attorney
Suranjan Sen
Attorney
Michael Soyfer
Attorney
Bobbi Taylor
Litigation Fellow
Jaba Tsitsuashvili
Attorney
Paralegals
Gretchen Embrey
Director of Paralegal Services & Senior Paralegal
Ashlynn Acosta
Paralegal (TX Office)
Gabrielle Becker
Paralegal
Sarah Blumhorst
Paralegal
Cara Di Silvio
Paralegal
Kyndra Griffin
Senior Paralegal
Katie Herndon
Paralegal
Hilary Loya
Paralegal
Kendall Morton
Senior Paralegal & Assistant Director of Special Litigation Projects
Jack Nelson
Paralegal
Elina Pavlukhina
Paralegal
Claire Purple
Senior Paralegal
Rebekah Ramirez
Senior Paralegal
Jaida Swain-Mark
Paralegal
Allisia Wild
Paralegal
Legal Staff
Melissa LoPresti
Director of Litigation Operations
Kathryn Wrench
Litigation Operations Manager
Adam Linthicum
Forfeiture Intake Coordinator and Public Records Coordinator
Will Lucardi
Litigation Management Coordinator
Devon Lussier
Student Outreach Coordinator
Megan Passon
FOIA and Document Specialist
Margaux Scally
Litigation Administrative Assistant
Communications
Don Wilson
Senior Creative Director
Laura Maurice-Apel
Assistant Director of Design
Mark Meranta
Director of Video Production
J. Justin Wilson
Vice President for Communications
Andrew Wimer
Director of Media Relations
Rima Gerhard
Web Developer
Adam Gray
Motion Graphics Designer and Editor
Dan King
Communications Project Manager
Marianne March
Digital Marketing and Communications Strategist
Evan Mintz
Digital Media Coordinator
Erin Nogle
Graphic Designer
Matt Powers
Reporting and Communications Manager
Matthew Prensky
Communications Associate
Phillip Suderman
Communications Project Manager
J. Edward Swain
Producer
Nathalie Walker
Graphic Designer
Casey Wilson
Cinematographer/Editor
Kate Woods
Producer
Activism
Jennifer McDonald
Cities Work Director and Assistant Director of Activism
Christina Walsh
Senior Director of Activism and Coalitions
Jordan Banegas
Assistant Director of Activism
Dylan DelliSanti
Activism Policy Associate
Trisha Dey
Activism Coordinator
Rachel Gonzalez
Activism Associate
Ellen Hamlett
Activism Associate
Laura Kelly
Activism Coordinator
Gabriella Mondelli-Windham
Operations and Events Associate
Tom Solomon
Special Projects Coordinator
Sydney Travis
Activism Coordinator
Strategic Relations
John E. Kramer
Vice President for Strategic Relations
Strategic Research
Dick M. Carpenter II, Ph.D.
Senior Director of Strategic Research
Lisa Knepper
Senior Director of Strategic Research
Mindy Menjou
Assistant Director of Strategic Research
Allan Hegedus
Research Assistant
Tony Laudadio
Researcher
Jorge Portillo
Senior Research Analyst
Rose Quinlan
Research Assistant
Elyse Smith Pohl
Legal Research and Policy Attorney
David Warren, Ph.D.
Senior Research Analyst
Matthew West, Ph.D.
Senior Research Analyst
Legislation
Meagan Forbes
Director of Legislation and Senior Legislative Counsel
Courtney Fontaine
Legislative Policy Associate
Samuel Hooper
Legislative Counsel
Sophie Mars
Legislative Coordinator
Alasdair Whitney
Legislative Counsel
IJ Clinic
Beth Kregor
IJ Clinic Director
Catherine Copeland Gryczan
IJ Clinic Associate Director
Noah Bazis
Policy Fellow
Aleksei Kaminski
Operations and Community Relations Coordinator
Center for Judicial Engagement
Anthony Sanders
Director of the Center for Judicial Engagement
John Wrench
Assistant Director of the Center for Judicial Engagement
John Ross
Editor of Short Circuit newsletter and Producer of Bound By Oath podcast
Development
Beth Stevens
Vice President for Development
Kim Norberg
Director of Donor Communications
Anne-Lise Quinn
Director of Grants
Tommy Creegan
Grants Manager
Sarah Grassilli
Donor Relations Manager
Lisa Bergstrom
Digital Communications Manager
Shannon Billups
Grant Assistant
Maud Bouma
Membership Assistant
Robert Cook
Membership Coordinator
Zoe Galinsky
Membership Assistant
J.R. Goetz
Major Giving Operations Manager
Lin Guler
Grant Writer
Kenzie Jaicomo
Assistant Director of Development Operations
William Johnson
Development Research Coordinator
Lindsey McDonald
Donor Relations Assistant
Genesis Mejia
Development Data Management Assistant
Alex Ramey
Monthly and Special Gifts Assistant
Jordan Shaffer
Assistant Director of Individual Giving
Kristen Sibori
Monthly and Special Gifts Manager
Leah Smith
Development Writer
Lyndsay Von Ehrenhelm
Development Executive Assistant
Ross Ward
Planned Giving Coordinator
Janae Wilkerson
Senior Development Writer
Administration
Matt Corbett
Senior Director of Information Technology
Abby Halzel
Director of Recruiting
Meghan O'Hair
Senior Director of Administration
Calvin Bates
Assistant Director of IT
Kelly Broome
Assistant Director of Human Resources
Mirela Brown
Director of Salesforce Operations
Leah Harrison
Business Operations Manager
Savannah Anchinges
Junior Salesforce Admin & Program Support
Cassandra Hoch
HR Coordinator
Annadaire Ingram
Office and Facilities Assistant
Lillie Popal
Recruiting Coordinator
Kate Ritterpusch
Events Coordinator
Naomi Simon
Recruiting Project Coordinator
Chelsea Whitney
IT Systems Coordinator
Andy Yu
Systems Coordinator