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
Scott G. Bullock
President and General Counsel
Dana Berliner
Senior Vice President and Litigation Director
Bert Gall
Managing Vice President and Senior Attorney
Daniel Knepper
Managing Vice President/CFO
Deborah Simpson
Chief Operating Officer
William H. Mellor
Chairman and Founding General Counsel
Vice Presidents
John E. Kramer
Vice President for Communications
Beth Stevens
Vice President for Development
Attorneys
Dan Alban
Senior Attorney
Paul Avelar
Managing Attorney of the Institute for Justice Arizona Office
Michael Bindas
Senior Attorney
Erica Smith Ewing
Senior Attorney
Robert Frommer
Senior Attorney
Wesley Hottot
Senior Attorney
Rob Johnson
Senior Attorney
William R. Maurer
Managing Attorney of the Institute for Justice Washington Office
Robert McNamara
Senior Attorney
Arif Panju
Managing Attorney of the Texas Office
Justin Pearson
Managing Attorney of the Institute for Justice Florida Office
Jeff Rowes
Senior Attorney
Paul Sherman
Senior Attorney
William Aronin
Attorney
Ari Bargil
Attorney
Bob Belden
Attorney
Anya Bidwell
Attorney
Caroline Grace Brothers
Attorney
Tori Clark
Law & Liberty Fellow
Ben Field
Attorney
Renée Flaherty
Attorney
Joe Gay
Attorney
Sam Gedge
Attorney
Alexa Gervasi
Attorney
Michael Greenberg
Law & Liberty Fellow
David Hodges
Educational Choice Attorney
Joshua House
Attorney
Patrick Jaicomo
Attorney
James T. Knight II
Law & Liberty Fellow
Evan Lisull
Proofreader & Cite Checker
Jared McClain
Attorney
Marie Miller
Attorney
Keith Neely
Attorney
Daniel Nelson
Law & Liberty Fellow
Robert Peccola
Attorney & IJ's Four Pillar Society Special Counsel
Daniel Rankin
Law & Liberty Fellow
Jeffrey Redfern
Attorney
Suranjan Sen
Law & Liberty Fellow
Diana Simpson
Attorney
Jaba Tsitsuashvili
Attorney
Andrew Ward
Attorney
Kirby Thomas West
Attorney
Joshua Windham
Attorney
John Wrench
Attorney
Seth Young
Law & Liberty Fellow
Paralegals
Gretchen Embrey
Senior Paralegal
Kyndra Griffin
Paralegal
Fatiah Ivory
Paralegal
Molly Karten
Office Manager and Paralegal (TX and AZ Office)
Hilary Loya
Paralegal and Office Manager (WA Office)
Kendall Morton
Paralegal and Special Projects Manager (TX Office)
Diana Olazabal
Paralegal
Claire Purple
Paralegal
Rebekah Ramirez
Paralegal and Office Manager (FL Office)
Allisia Wild
Paralegal & Office Manager
Legal Staff
Melissa LoPresti
Assistant Director of Litigation Operations
Adam Linthicum
Forfeiture Intake Coordinator and Public Records Coordinator
Will Lucardi
Litigation Assistant
Communications
John E. Kramer
Vice President for Communications
J. Justin Wilson
Senior Director of Communications
Don Wilson
Senior Creative Director
Laura Maurice
Assistant Director of Design
Mark Meranta
Assistant Director of Video Production
Andrew Wimer
Director of Media Relations
Conor Beck
Communications Project Manager
Rima Gerhard
Web Developer
Adam Gray
Motion Graphics Designer
Dan King
Communications Project Manager
Marianne March
Digital Marketing and Communications Strategist
Erin Nogle
Graphic Designer
Matt Powers
Reporting and Communications Manager
Nick Sibilla
Writer & Legislative Analyst
Joshua Swain
Producer
Nathalie Walker
Graphic Designer
Casey Wilson
Cinematographer/Editor
Activism
Jennifer McDonald
Assistant Director of Activism Special Projects
Chad Reese
Assistant Director of Activism
Christina Walsh
Senior Director of Activism and Coalitions
Jordan Banegas
Activism Manager
Ellen Hamlett
Activism Coordinator
Elliott Hinson
Municipal Policy Assistant
Deanna McCollum
Activism Coordinator
Andrew Meleta
Activism Associate
Alex Montgomery
City Policy Associate
Rachel Williams
Activism Assistant
Strategic Research
Dick M. Carpenter II, Ph.D.
Senior Director of Strategic Research
Lisa Knepper
Senior Director of Strategic Research
Darwyyn Deyo
Senior Research Fellow
Tony Laudadio
Research Assistant
Alec Mena
Research Assistant
Mindy Menjou
Assistant Director of Strategic Research
Kathy Sanchez
Researcher
Elyse Smith Pohl
Legal Research and Policy Attorney
Kyle Sweetland
Researcher
David Warren
Senior Research Analyst
Harrison Weeks
Research Analyst
Legislation
Lee McGrath
Senior Legislative Counsel and Managing Attorney of the Institute for Justice Minnesota Office
Jaimie Cavanaugh
Attorney
Meagan Forbes
Legislative Counsel
Jessica Poitras
Legislative Counsel
IJ Clinic
Beth Kregor
IJ Clinic Director
Catherine Copeland Gryczan
IJ Clinic Assistant Director
Noah Bazis
Policy Fellow
Center for Judicial Engagement
Anthony Sanders
Director of the Center for Judicial Engagement
John Ross
Editor and Producer, Short Circuit
Development
Beth Stevens
Vice President for Development
Matt Bagnoli
Director of Individual Giving
Kim Norberg
Director of Donor Communications
Tommy Creegan
Grants Manager
Lisa Bergstrom
Digital Communications Manager
Robert Cook
Development Assistant
Kenzie Jaicomo
Major Gifts Coordinator
Anne Komer
Special Gifts Coordinator
Owen Mason
Membership Assistant
Anne-Lise Quinn
Director of Grants
Jordan Shaffer
Development Research Manager
Kristen Sibori
Monthly Giving Assistant
Lyndsay Von Ehrenhelm
Development Administrative Assistant
Ross Ward
Donor Relations Assistant
Janae Wilkerson
Development Writer
Administration
Matt Corbett
Senior Director of Information Technology
Abby Halzel
Director of Recruiting
Lorena Lopez
Controller
Meghan O'Hair
Senior Director of Administration
Calvin Bates
Assistant Director of IT
Mirela Brown
Assistant Director of Salesforce Operations
Cara Shaffer
Assistant Controller
Savannah Anchinges
Project Assistant
Kelly Broome
HR Manager
Leah Harrison
Business Services Coordinator
Cassandra Hoch
HR Assistant
Savannah Rupp
Recruiter
Jennifer Smith
Accounting Manager
JoJo Tompkins
Events Coordinator
Kat Wrench
Student Programs Coordinator and Legal Recruiter
Andy Yu
Systems Coordinator