2013 Summer Stipend Funding Program and Fellowship Placements
Public Interest Organizations/Not-for-Profit Placements
Adi Assouline L1 New York Legal Assistance Group, Matrimonial & Family Law Unit
Victoriya Baratt L1 Long Term Care Community Coalition
Elysa Baron L2 The New York Peace Institute
Melody Berkovits L2 Center for Court Innovation
Michael Bethoney L1 The Innocence Project
Rebecca Blatt L2 Disability Rights Advocates
Nicholas Bonham L2 San Francisco Public Defender
Ryan Brewer L2 The Bronx Defenders
SukMon Chu L2 New York Legal Assistance Group, Storm Response Unit
Kenneth Contrata L1 Lambda Legal, Fair Court Project
Stephanie Cordero L2 Latino Justice PRLDEF
Andrew daMota L2 Defender Association of Philadelphia
Luisanna Del Rosario L1 Latino Justice PRLDEF
Molly Duane L2 Center for Reproductive Rights, US Legal Program
Morris Dweck L2 Heritage Health and Housing
Stephen Ekblom L1 New York Civil Liberties Union
Alyssa Figueroa L1 Local Initiatives Support Corporation
Brandon Frazer L1 Brooklyn Jubilee
Deborah Frisch L1 The Legal Aid Society, Prisoner's Rights Project
Taylor Gamble L2 The Legal Aid Society, Criminal Defense Practice
Rona Gershon L2 The Legal Aid Society
Kara Goldman L1 The Lawfare Project
Jasmine Gothelf L1 Permanent Mission of Israel to the United Nations
Regine Gustave L2 Brooklyn Defender Services, Family Defense Practice
Brittany Harrison L1 Volunteer Lawyers for Justice
Mallory Harwood L2 Federal Community Defender Office, Capital Habeas Unit (EDPA)
Eric Hassell L2 Volunteer Lawyers for Justice
Cherrelle Herbert L1 Disability Rights Center of the Virgin Islands
Benjamin Herold L2 The Innocence Project
Lauren Herz-DerKrikorianL1 The Innocence Project
Emily Hoffman L2 The Center for Court Innovation
Gilda Holguin L1 Sanctuary for Families, Immigration Intervention Project
Anastasia Holoboff L2 UNHCR Regional Office for the US and the Caribbean, US Protection Unit
Carl Hurvich L2 The Legal Aid Society, Criminal Defense Practice, Parole Revocation Unit
Nadia Jean-Francois L2 Advocates for Justice
James Jimenez L1 Palm Beach County Office of the Public Defender
Alexandra Katich L1 Denver District Attorney's Office
Ashley Katz L2 Boca Raton Regional Hospital
Sarah Kinne L1 CONNECT - Legal Advocacy Program
Jessica Kitzman L1 The Innocence Project
Tammy Kom L2 Partnership for Children's Rights
Michelle Kornblit L2 ACLU, Center for Democracy
Brandy Kuna L1 Prairie State Legal Services, Bloomington Office
Adam Lange L2 Lambda Legal
Jennifer Lee L1 inMotion, Inc.
Suzanne Leinwand L1 Day One
Qifu Li L1 Brooklyn Legal Services Housing Litigation
Matthew Longobardi L2 Brennan Center for Justice, Democracy Program
Emily Lurie L1 The Innocence Project
Anna Maslyanskaya L2 Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, Immigration Legal Services
Jessica Mayer L2 New York Peace Institute, Brooklyn Mediation Center
Maegan McAdam L2 Lawyers for Children
Catherine McKinney L2 New York Legal Assistance Group, Mediation Project
Lindsay Melworm L2 Lawyers for Children
Hallie Mitnick L1 The Innocence Project
Alicia Modeen L2 The Legal Aid Society
Kinte Morgan L2 The Legal Aid Society, The Prisoner's Rights Project
Taylor Napolitano L1 The Innocence Project
Michael Novasky L2 Legal Service NYC - Bronx
Britany Nunez L2 Florence Immigrant and Refugee Project
Mary O'Donnell L1 Housing Conservation Coodinators
Karla Ortiz L2 The Legal Aid Society
Justin Padway L1 The Innocence Project
Elyse Patterson L2 Urban Justice Center, Domestic Violence Project
Drew Pendergrass L1 Make the Road New York
Jacqueline Perez L1 Sanctuary for Families
Lysander Perez L1 The Legal Aid Society of the Orange County Bar Association
Nicholas Phillips L2 ACLU Immigrants Rights Project
Akhtar Qureshi L2 The Federal Defender's Office in Miami
Kristen Ramos L2 Lenox Hill Neighborhood House
Kathleen Rende L1 The Legal Aid Society, Juvenile Rights Practice
Hannah Robbins L1 Tacoma Office of the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project
Sara Rohani L2 NYLAG
Leigh Rome L1 African Services Committee
Zachary Ross L2 NYCLU
Brett Ruber L1 MFY Legal Services, Three Quarter House Project
Priam Saywack L2 Queens Legal Services, Housing Unit
Rachel Schefen L1 Nassau County Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Meryl Schulman L2 The Legal Aid Society, Juvenile Rights Practice
Victoria Serigano L1 Safe Horizon Domestic Violence Law Project
Andrew Sher L1 Missouri State Public Defender
Aarti Sheth L2 North Shore - LIJ Health System
Jacquelyn Shulman L1 The Lawfare Project
Akeem Simpson L1 Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation
Courtney Sirwatka L2 Lambda Legal
Shoshana Smolen L2 Center for Reproductive Rights
Laura Tatelman L2 NJ Office of the Public Defender Appellate Section
Margaret Teich L1 The Legal Aid Society, Juvenile Rights Practice
Sarah Telson L2 The Legal Aid Society, Immigration Law Unit
Casandra Tolentino L1 Advocates for Justice
Tiferet Unterman L2 Urban Justice Center, Domestic Violence Project
Nicole Velazquez L1 The Innocence Project
Garima Vir L2 Chinese-American Planning Council, Inc
Basyah Wiesenfeld L2 Touro College
Government Placements
Name YR Placement
Anna Avruchevsky L1 US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Gillian Bader L2 NJ Attorney General's Office, Government and Health Care Fraud
Nancy Baynard L1 Queens District Attorney's Office
Shawna Benston L2 New York State Task Force on Life and the Law
Steven Berlowitz L1 US Attorney's Office (DNJ)
Gregory Capobianco L2 NYS Attorney General's Office, Internet Bureau
Emily Chalela L1 NJ Bureau of Securities
Nicholas Chionchio L1 NYC Civil Service Commission
Lisa Chodosh L1 NYS Attorney General's Office
Judith Cohen L1 US Social Security Administration, Office of the General Counsel
Michael Cunningham L1 Town of Cortlandt Department of Law
Ariel Diamond L1 NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission
Michael Dishi L1 The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Law Department
Rachel Feingold L1 Queens District Attorney's Office
Naomi Fisher L1 Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities
Caitlin Foran L1 US HUD, Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity
Anthony Ford L1 NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Trials
Afrodite Fountas L1 The Waterfront Commission of NY Harbor
Benjamin Gellis L2 Nassau County District Attorney's Office
Bryson Gillard L1 Muskingum County Ohio Prosecuting Attorney
Alana Glaubiger L1 NYC Civil Service Commission
Shayna Glickfield L2 NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission
Jason Goldman L1 US District Court for the SDNY, Mediation Unit
Liliya Gritsenko L2 US Senate Permanent Subcommittee of Investigations, Minority Side
Lauren Grodentzik L2 City of Newark Department of Law
Jonathan Hagler L1 Medicaid Fraud Control Unit of the NYS Office of AG
Daniel Hakimi L1 US Patent and Trademark Office, Office of Patent Legal Administration
Rebecca Hausner L1 NYS Attorney General's Office, Medicaid Fraud Control Unit
Nathan Hyman L1 The Federal Trade Commission, Northeast Regional Office
Imaribe Iyamu L1 The Waterfront Commission of NY Harbor
Kelly Kantor L1 US Immigration and Custom Enforcement, NY Office of Chief Counsel
Michael Keller L1 NYC Council
Samuel Kilb L1 NYC Department of Homeless Services
Leo Kreizman L1 NYC Health and Hospital Corp.
Tammy Lam L1 Port Authority of NY/NJ
Douglas Lipari L2 The Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor
Rebecca Manning L1 State Attorney's Office, 13th Judicial Circuit, Tampa, Florida
Rebecca Martin L2 City of Minneapolis, City Attorney's Office
Joseph McBride L2 NYC Fire Department's Bureau of Investigations and Trials
Abraham Melamed L2 Office of the Attorney General, State of California
Eduardo Meza L2 NJ Division of Consumer Affairs
Sharon Montazeri L2 US Environmental Protection Agency
Jessica Morak L2 NYS Attorney General's Office, Criminal Prosecutions Bureau
Paige Munson L2 NYS Attorney General's Office, Health Care Bureau
Danielle Petrillo L2 Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Tara Pistilli L2 NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, Region 2
Brian Polivy L1 National Labor Relations Board, NY Division of Judges
Anjana Pottathil L1 NYC Department of Parks and Recreation
Abigail Reich L1 The Waterfront Commission of NY Harbor
Matthew Reisman L2 Mental Hygiene Legal Services, 1st Department
Justin Reiter L1 NYC Department of Homeless Services
Daniel Rifkin L1 US Department of Justice, Civil Division
Kayla Robinson L1 NYS Attorney General's Office, Charities Bureau
Eric Rosoff L2 US Attorney's Office (EDNY)
Arriel Rubinstein L1 NJ Division of Law
Cameron Schur L1 Kings County District Attorney Office
Paula Shulman L1 NJ Division of Law
Yan Slavinskiy L2 US Attorney's Office (SDNY)
Yehoshua Stein L2 Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Ian Steinberg L1 NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission
Bryan Sterba L2 Kings County District Attorney Office
Daniel Sternberg L1 US District Court for the SDNY, Office of Pro Se Litigation
Marina Sukonnik L2 NYC Department of Investigation
Samuel Sverdlov L1 NYC Office of Collective Bargaining
Glenn Thompson L1 US Attorney's Office (EDNY)
Steven Tremblay L2 NYS Attorney General's Office
Lillian Wang L1 US Attorney's Office (SDNY)
Michael Weinstein L2 The Miami Immigration Court
Elizabeth Weyl L1 NYPD Department Advocates Office
John Whelan L1 NYPD Legal Bureau
Jonathan Wilcon L1 NYS Attorney General's Office, Investor Protection Bureau
Cindy Zuniga L1 NYS Attorney General's Office, Internet Bureau
Judicial/Court Placements
Angelo Adam L1 The Honorable Wanny Toussant, NYC Civil Court, Kings County
Brian Bienenfeld L1 The Honorable Miriam Cederbaum, US District Court, SDNY
Natalia Blanco GermosenL1 The Honorable Bruce E. Scheckowitz, NYC Civil Court, Kings County
Jessica Bondy L1 The Honorable James Cott, US District Court, SDNY
Gregory Brown L1 The Honorable Ilana Rovner, US Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit
Shmuel Censor L1 The Honorable Paul A. Kapalko, NJ Superior Court
Matthew Chakmakian L1 The Honorable Mitchel Ostrer, NJ Superior Court, Appellate Division
Emily Chen L1 The Honorable Sandra Townes, US District Court, EDNY
Donovan Cho L2 Newark Municipal Court
Emily Cooper L1 The Honorable Leonard Wexler, US District Court, EDNY
Lindsey Datte L2 The Honorable Jaynee LaVecchia, NJ Supreme Court
Daniel Day L1 The Honorable Alexander Hunter, Jr., NYS Supreme Court, Bronx County
Thomas Decina L1 The Honorable Debra Samuels, NYC Civil Court, NY County
Gabrielle DeNaro L1 The Honorable Gia Morris, NYC Criminal Court, Queens County
Rachel Deutsch L1 The Honorable Richard Lee Price, NYS Supreme Court, Bronx County
Corinne Duym L1 The Honorable Barbara Kapnick, NYS Supreme Court, NY County
Zachary Feinberg L2 The Honorable Joseph J. Dawson, NYC Criminal Court, Bronx County
Daniel Fishbein L1 The Honorable L.D Wexler, US District Court, EDNY
Jonathan Frankel L1 The Honorable Martin Shulman, NYS Supreme Court, NY County
Samantha Frenchman L1 The Honorable Margaret McGowan, NYS Family Court, Queens County
Danielle Garbi-Etedgi L1 The Honorable William Wall, US District Court, EDNY
Ryan Gerber L1 The Honorable Jed Rakoff, US District Court, SDNY
Baruch Gildin L1 The Honorable Leon Ruchelsman, NY Supreme Court, Kings County
Angie Godoy L1 The Honorable Wilma Guzman, NYS Supreme Court, Bronx County
Layla Goldnick L1 The Honorable Judith Lieb, NYS Supreme Court, Bronx County
Julian Gonzalez L1 The Honorable Sandra Wigenton, US District Court, DNJ
Janelle Greene L1 The Honorable Tanya Kennedy, NYS Supreme Court
Joshua Gruenbaum L1 The Honorable David Schmidt NY Supreme Court, Kings County
Melissa Ibrahim L1 The Honorable Arthur M. Schack, NYS Supreme Court, Kings County
Sara Isaacson L1 The Honorable Eileen Rakower, NYS Supreme Court, NY County
Micah Kantrowitz L1 The Honorable Michael A. Hammer, US District Court, DNJ
Corey Katz L1 NYS Supreme Court, Commercial Division
Matthew Kennedy L1 The Honorable Jill Parrish, Utah Supreme Court
Carly Kessler L1 The Honorable Ronald Guzman, US District Court, NDIL
Frank Lamicella L1 The Honorable Robert Miller, NYS Supreme Court, App. Div., 2nd Dept.
Jamie Lipman L2 The Honorable Anthony Frasca, NJ Superior Court
Rebecca Maller L1 The Honorable Berle M. Schiller, US District Court, EDPA
Madison Marcus L2 Kings County Family Court
Elie Margulies L1 The Honorable Denise Sher, NYS Supreme Court, Nassau County
Joseph Mark L1 The Honorable Leon Ruchelsman, NYS Supreme Court, Kings County
Jessica Marshall L2 The Honorable Paul Crotty, US District Court, SDNY
Laurel Mason L2 The Honorable Carolyn Demarest, NYS Supreme Court, Kings County
Elise Michael L1 The Honorable Doris Ling-Cohan, NYS Supreme Court, NY County
Michael Moradi L1 The Honorable Leon Ruchelsman, NYS Supreme Court, Kings County
Todd Neuhaus L1 The Honorable Gerald Lebovits, NYC Civil Court, Bronx County
Daniel Nicholas L2 The Honorable Ellen Kobitz, NJ Superior Court
Khalil Nobles L1 The Honorable Cheryl Chambers, NYS Supreme Court, App. Div.
Kaitlin Olcott L1 The Honorable Susan J. Steele, NJ Superior Court
Alex Parker L1 The Honorable Leon Ruchelsman, NY Supreme Court, Kings County
Emily Pearl L1 The Honorable Margaret Chan, NYS Supreme Court, NY County
Albina Ray L2 The Honorable Bernice Siegal, NY Supreme Court, Queens County
Jonathan Raz L1 The Honorable Ronald Whyte, US District Court, NDCA
Andrew Redd L1 Superior Court of California, LA County
Ashley Reinhardt L1 The Honorable Diccia Pineda-Kirwan, NYS Supreme Court, Queens County
Marc Rosenberg L1 The Honorable Denis Hurley, US District Court, EDNY
Harlan Rosenson L1 NYC Criminal Court
Johanny Santana L1 The Honorable Craig Walker, NYC Criminal Court, Kings County
Hannah Schwager L1 The Honorable David G. Larimer US District Court, WDNY
Jennifer Schwartz L1 The Honorable David Schmidt, NYS Supreme Court
David Shapiro L1 The Honorable Laura Jacobson, NYS Supreme Court, Kings County
Lauren Singer L1 The Honorable Barbara Kapnick, NYS Supreme Court, NY County,
Laura Slavin L1 The Honorable Yvonne Lewis, NYS Supreme Court, Kings County
Courtney Soliday L1 The Honorable Mitchell J. Danziger, NYS Supreme Court
Christine Tsai L1 NYC Criminal Court
Max Vogel L1 The Honorable Lisa Chrystal, NJ Superior Court
Timothy Wall L1 The Honorable Jane Pearl, NYS Family Court, NY County
Maggie Yang L2 The Honorable Claire C. Cecchi, US District Court, DNJ
International Human Rights and Public Service Fellowship
Marco Conner L2 University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Law and Center for European Politics
Brantley Drake L1 The International Criminal Court, Office of Public Counsel for Victims, The Hauge
Anna Shwedel L1 US Department of State Embassy in Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia
Howard M. Squadron Fellowship in Law, Media and Society
Kori Clanton L1 International Advertising Association
David Collado L2 The Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School
Daniel Haley L1 The Programme in Comparative Media Law & Policy at Oxford University
Dani Nolan L2 CBS
Charles H. Revson LSPIN Fellowship
Emily Burgess L2 US Attorney's Office (SDNY)
Michael Gluck L1 The Bronx Defenders
Seth Rosenstein L1 NY State Liquidation Bureau
Lisa Sangoi L1 National Advocates for Pregnant Women
Stela Todeva L1 The Children’s Law Center