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Meet the local government leaders fighting for civil rights — in the courtroom and beyond.
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Public Rights Project’s Affirmative Leaders Fellowship equips state, local, and Tribal government attorneys with skills to expand civil rights protections and advance justice.

Since launching in 2019, more than 140 fellows from 70 government offices have completed the program.

2026 fellows

  • Abigail Durkin, Illinois Attorney General’s Office
  • Bailey Axe, City of Philadelphia Department of Law
  • Blake Giosa, Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office
  • Bobby Yu, Pima County Attorney’s Office
  • Bora Lee, Oakland City Attorney’s Office
  • Cindy Nguyen, Pima County Attorney’s Office
  • Cristy Craig, King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office
  • Edward Swidriski, Harris County County Attorney’s Office
  • Elizabeth Oquendo, Bucks County District Attorney’s Office
  • Erin King-Clancy, King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office
  • Etie-Lee Schaub, Providence City Attorney’s Office
  • Hannah Godbey, Santa Clara County Counsel’s Office
  • Hannah Odekirk, San Jose City Attorney’s Office
  • Ida Anbarian, Los Angeles County Counsel’s Office
  • JaCelynn Porter, Fulton Office of the County Attorney’s Office
  • James Kieburtz, City of Rochester Law Department
  • James van Wagtendonk, Pennsylvania Governor’s Office
  • Jason Allen, Alameda County County Counsel’s Office
  • Katrina Tattoli, New Jersey Division on Civil Rights
  • Kyle Johnson, Pima County Attorney’s Office
  • Laura Riba, Bucks County Law Department
  • Lori Yount, Harris County County Attorney’s Office
  • Maria del Pilar Castillo, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Office of General Counsel
  • Megan Corrigan, City of Boston Law Department
  • Michelle Saavedra, Tucson City Attorney’s Office
  • Noah McLaughlin, Austin City Attorney’s Office
  • Psalm Brown, City of Chicago Department of Law
  • Rachel Zemke, City of Chicago Department of Law
  • Rebecca Holschuh, Hennepin County Attorney’s Office
  • Rebecca Salley, City of Cincinnati Solicitor’s Office
  • Ruth Kwon, Los Angeles Mayor’s Office
  • Sarah Chaplin, Bellingham City Attorney’s Office
  • Sylvia Kramarius, Columbus City Attorney’s Office
  • Thomas Broom, City of Boston Law Department
  • Tiffany Tejeda-Rodriguez, Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office
  • Yesica Hernandez, Seattle City Attorney’s Office

2025 fellows

  • Aaron Setliff, El Paso County Attorney’s Office
  • Alex Keiser, Harris County County Attorney’s Office
  • Andrea Velasquez, Sacramento City Attorney’s Office
  • Antonio Favela, Cook County Illinois Clerk’s Office
  • Catherine Twigg, City of Philadelphia Citizens Police Oversight Commission
  • Chelsey Metcalf, City of Chicago Department of Law
  • Danielle Thorne, New Jersey Division on Civil Rights
  • David Aigboboh, Los Angeles County Counsel’s Office
  • Devon King, Albuquerque City Attorney’s Office
  • Elizabeth Walsh, New Jersey Department of Law & Public Safety
  • Fuchieh (Flora) Chang, Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office
  • Hannah Vahl, Austin City Attorney’s Office
  • Jesse Hudson, New York City Law Department
  • Julie Koren, Pittsburgh City Attorney’s Office
  • Katherine Aubuchon-Jones, City of Boston Law Department
  • Katherine Carroll, New York City Commission on Human Rights
  • Kelsey McElveen, St. Paul City Attorney’s Office
  • Kevin Farley, New York City Commission on Human Rights
  • Kevin Roberts, Austin City Law Department
  • Nirali Beri, Oakland City Attorney’s Office
  • Nora Cassidy, Oakland City Attorney’s Office
  • Robert Helwig, Allegheny County Law Department
  • Ryan Bishop, Arizona Attorney General’s Office
  • Stephanie Rivera, New York City Commission on Human Rights
  • William Lowry Jr., Illinois Attorney General’s Office
  • Zenia Laws, District of Columbia’s Attorney General’s Office

2024 fellows

  • Alexis Piazza, California Department of Justice
  • Allyson Bain, Illinois Attorney General’s Office
  • Blake Welborn, Harris County County Attorney’s Office
  • David Rangaviz, Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office
  • Erick Perla, Gaithersburg City Attorney’s Office
  • Gavriel Schreiber, Kansas City Missouri Mayor’s Office
  • Hannah Flores, Los Angeles County Counsel’s Office
  • Kaitlyn Karpenko, Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office
  • Kathryn Boughton, Arizona Attorney General’s Office
  • Kyle Rapinan, New York Attorney General’s Office
  • Lilly Hecht, New Jersey Department of Law & Public Safety
  • Lucy Prather, City of Chicago Department of Law
  • Sarah Silver, Colorado Attorney General’s Office
  • Shilpa Ram, California Civil Rights Department
  • Susan Harris, Brookline Office of Town Counsel

2023 fellows

  • Andrew Cutillo, City of Scranton Law Department
  • Andrew Magida, Albuquerque City Attorney’s Office
  • Bernardo Cruz, El Paso County Attorney’s Office
  • Divya Musinipally, Oakland City Attorney’s Office
  • Elizabeth Jordan, Illinois Attorney General’s Office
  • Ezekiel Rediker, City of Pittsburgh Mayor’s Office
  • Holly Mariella, California Attorney General’s Office
  • Jaclyn Grieser, Bucks County Law Department
  • Joe Mellis, Los Angeles County Counsel’s Office
  • Katie Nichols, Salt Lake City’s Attorney’s Office
  • Leslie Ross, Arizona Attorney General’s Office
  • Lubna Qazi-Chowdhry, New Jersey’s Attorney General’s Office
  • Maggy White, City of Philadelphia Department of Law
  • Matt Sturtz, Columbus City Attorney’s Office
  • Michael Pfautz, City of Philadelphia Department of Law
  • Mitchell Rishe, California Attorney General’s Office
  • Nate Arrowsmith, Arizona Attorney General’s Office
  • Peter Cavanaugh, City of Chicago Department of Law
  • Sarah Utley, Harris County County Attorney’s Office
  • Terrah Dews, Charles County Attorney’s Office
  • Torrey Dixon, North Carolina Department of Justice

2022 fellows

  • Alvar Ayala, Illinois Attorney General’s Office
  • Amalia Mercedes Restucha-Klem, North Carolina Department of Justice
  • Amy Fitzpatrick, Bucks County Counselor’s Office
  • Brandon Livengood, Austin City Attorney’s Office
  • Cesar del Peral, Los Angeles County Counsel’s Office
  • Emily McNally, Pittsburgh City Attorney’s Office
  • Erin McGowan, City of St. Louis Counselor’s Office
  • Iris Bromberg, New Jersey’s Attorney General’s Office
  • Jessica Berger, District of Columbia’s Attorney General’s Office
  • Lee Sherman, Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office
  • Lisa Eisenberg, Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office
  • Marina Pantchenko, Monterey County Counsel’s Office
  • Melissa Walker, New Jersey’s Attorney General’s Office
  • Micah Ince, Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office
  • Sara Gross, Baltimore City Department of Law
  • Sarah Petrie, Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office
  • Scott Brown, Milwaukee County Corporation Counsel’s Office
  • Sean McGrath, City of Philadelphia Department of Law
  • Thomas Webb, Baltimore City Department of Law
  • Tiffany Bingham, Harris County County Attorney’s Office
  • Zarah Rahman, Oakland City Attorney’s Office

2020 fellows

  • Aaron Chait, Illinois Attorney General’s Office
  • Andrew Braver, Santa Monica City Attorney’s Office
  • Aragtonia Weatherington, District of Columbia’s Attorney General’s Office
  • Caitlin Micko, Minnesota Attorney General’s Office
  • Dan Sutton, Rhode Island Attorney General’s Office
  • Daniel N. Lopez, Cameron County Commissioners Court
  • Danielle Kamali Newsome, Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office
  • Danielle Vappie, Los Angeles County Counsel’s Office
  • David Pai, California Department of Justice
  • Emma Sokoloff-Rubin, Yale Law School
  • Erica Faaborg, City of Cincinnati Solicitor’s Office
  • Eve Weissman, New Jersey’s Attorney General’s Office
  • Harpreet Khera, Illinois Attorney General’s Office
  • Jake Hudnut, Jersey City Municipal Prosecutor
  • James (Evan) Farrior, Dallas City Attorney’s Office
  • Jane Lewis, Baltimore City Department of Law
  • Jason Searle, Navajo Nation Department of Justice
  • Jeremiah Miller, Seattle City Attorney’s Office
  • Jilian Lazar, Delaware Department of Justice
  • John Untereker, El Paso County Attorney’s Office
  • Kaitlin Toyama, California Department of Fair Employment and Housing
  • Kenny Minaya, City of NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection
  • Luisanne Liz, New York City Commission on Human Rights
  • Lydia Furst, City of Philadelphia Department of Law
  • M.J. (Jennie) Lusk, New Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office
  • Melanie Ash, New York City Attorney’s Office
  • Meryum Khan, Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office
  • Michelle Danielle Thomas, District of Columbia’s Attorney General’s Office
  • Nailah Asha Freeman, City of Boston Law Department
  • Rebecca Hirsch, City of Chicago Department of Law
  • Rich Coglianese, Columbus City Attorney’s Office
  • Rose Carmen Goldberg, California Department of Justice
  • Ryan Smith, Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office
  • Sara Schaefer, Austin City Attorney’s Office
  • Sarah Anker, Marin County Counsel’s Office

2019 fellows

  • Aaron DeGraffenreidt, Baltimore City Department of Law
  • Aimee Thomson, Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office
  • Allison Parks, Salt Lake City’s Attorney’s Office
  • Autumn Rindels, Santa Monica City Attorney’s Office
  • Benjamin Field, City of Philadelphia Department of Law
  • Charles Campisano, Columbus City Attorney’s Office
  • Connie Chan, Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office
  • Cynthia Cheng-Wun Weaver, New York City Attorney’s Office
  • Eric Lee, New York City Attorney’s Office
  • Erica Franklin, Seattle City Attorney’s Office
  • Erin McSherry, Santa Fe City Attorney’s Office
  • Francisco Balderrama, California Department of Fair Employment and Housing
  • Jessica Mar, California Department of Justice
  • Jessica Scheller, Cook County State Attorney’s Office
  • Jonathan Moler, Minnesota Attorney General’s Office
  • Joshua Perry, Connecticut Attorney General’s Office
  • Katherine McKeon, Los Angeles County Counsel’s Office
  • Malia McPherson, Oakland City Attorney’s Office
  • Megan Hafner, St. Paul City Attorney’s Office
  • Melanie Proctor, California Department of Fair Employment and Housing
  • Melanie Tobias, Columbus City Attorney’s Office
  • Michael Prinz, Santa Fe City Attorney’s Office
  • Peter Lee, Los Angeles County Counsel’s Office
  • Randolph Chen, District of Columbia’s Attorney General’s Office
  • Shafaq Islam, Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office
  • Stephen Kane, City of Chicago Department of Law
  • Tasha Marshall, Holyoke City Attorney’s Office
  • Tony Edwards, St. Paul City Attorney’s Office
  • Torri Jacobus, Albuquerque City Attorney’s Office

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