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 Chief Counsel
Bert Gall
Managing Vice President and Senior Attorney
Daniel Knepper
CFO and General Counsel
Deborah Simpson
Chief Operating Officer
Dana Berliner
Senior Vice President and Litigation Director
Vice Presidents
John E. Kramer
Vice President for Strategic Relations
Beth Stevens
Vice President for Development
J. Justin Wilson
Vice President for Communications
Attorneys
Robert McNamara
Deputy Litigation Director
Dan Alban
Senior Attorney
Will Aronin
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
Jared McClain
Senior Attorney
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
An Altik
Litigation Fellow
Prashanta Augustine
Bingham Fellow
Bob Belden
Contract Attorney
Jessica Bigbie
Attorney
Caroline Grace Brothers
Attorney
Tate Cooper
Litigation Fellow
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
Christie Hebert
Attorney
Sophia Henderson
Litigation Fellow
David Hodges
Educational Choice Attorney
James T. Knight II
Attorney
John Korevec
Attorney
Christian Lansinger
Attorney
Matt Liles
Litigation Fellow
Evan Lisull
Proofreader & Cite Checker
McCarley Maddock
Litigation Fellow
Katrin Marquez
Attorney and Elfie Gallun Fellow in Freedom and the Constitution
Benjamin K. Marsh
Litigation Fellow
Marie Miller
Attorney
Dylan Moore
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
Attorney
Jaba Tsitsuashvili
Attorney
Marco Vasquez Jr.
Attorney
Daniel Woislaw
Attorney
Carl Wu
Bingham Fellow
Riley Grace Borden
Litigation Fellow
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
Senior 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
Will Lucardi
Litigation Projects and Coordination Manager
Kathryn Wrench
Litigation Operations Manager
Adam Linthicum
Forfeiture Intake Coordinator and Public Records Coordinator
Devon Lussier
Student Outreach Coordinator
Megan Passon
FOIA and Document Specialist
Margaux Scally
Litigation Administrative Assistant
Communications
J. Justin Wilson
Vice President for Communications
Mark Meranta
Director of Video Production
Don Wilson
Senior Creative Director
Andrew Wimer
Director of Media Relations
Dan King
Assistant Director of Media Relations
Rima Gerhard
Senior Web Developer
Adam Gray
Senior Motion Graphics Designer and Editor
Elizabeth Kollmar
Associate Producer
Marianne March
Senior Digital Communications Strategist
Erin Nogle
Graphic Designer
Matt Powers
Reporting and Communications Manager
Marlee Pricher
Communications Assistant
Madelene Sciortino
Digital Media Coordinator
Phillip Suderman
Communications Project Manager
Nathalie Walker
Graphic Designer
Casey Wilson
Cinematographer/Editor
Kate Woods
Producer
Activism
Jennifer McDonald
Director of Activism
Christina Walsh
Senior Director of Activism and Coalitions
Megan Condon
Activism Assistant
Dylan DelliSanti
Activism Policy Associate
Trisha Dey
Activism Coordinator
Ava Garderet
Activism Assistant
Rachel Gonzalez
Activism Associate
Ellen Hamlett
Activism Manager
Kate Harty
Activism Policy Assistant
Laura Kelly
Activism Coordinator
Gabriella Mondelli-Windham
Operations and Events Associate
Ava Mouton-Johnston
City Policy Coordinator
Hiwot Shaw
Activism Fellow
Tom Solomon
Special Projects Coordinator
Zoe Tishaev
City Policy Assistant
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
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
JoJo Tompkins
Legislative and Outreach Coordinator
Alasdair Whitney
Legislative Counsel
IJ Clinic
Beth Kregor
IJ Clinic Director
Catherine Copeland Gryczan
IJ Clinic Associate Director
Noah Bazis
Illinois Legislative Strategist
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 External Relations
Anne-Lise Quinn
Director of Grants
Kenzie Jaicomo
Assistant Director of Development Operations
Jordan Shaffer
Assistant Director of Individual Giving
Tommy Creegan
Grants Manager
Sarah Grassilli
Donor Relations Manager
Jada McClure
Donor Communications Manager
Kristen Sibori
Donor Recruitment and Engagement Manager
Lisa Bergstrom
Digital Communications Manager
Shannon Billups
Grants Coordinator
Anna Black
Monthly and Special Gifts Assistant
Maud Bouma
Development Writer
Robert Cook
Donor Communications Coordinator
Tita Ferede
Membership Assistant
J.R. Goetz
Major Giving Operations Manager
Olivia Jensen
Membership Assistant
William Johnson
Development Research Manager
Lindsey McDonald
Donor Communications and Outreach Coordinator
Alejandro Pinerua
Development Data Management Coordinator
Alex Ramey
Monthly and Special Gifts Coordinator
Lyndsay Von Ehrenhelm
Development Executive Assistant
Ross Ward
Planned Giving Coordinator
Janae Wilkerson
Senior Development Writer
Administration
Matt Corbett
Senior Director of Information Technology
Meghan O'Hair
Senior Director of Administration
Mirela Brown
Director of Salesforce Operations
Abby Halzel
Director of Recruiting
Calvin Bates
Assistant Director of IT
Kelly Broome
Assistant Director of Human Resources
Leah Harrison
Business Operations Manager
Savannah Anchinges
Junior Salesforce Admin & Program Support
Tira Hawkins
HR Assistant
Annadaire Ingram
Office and Facilities Assistant
Genesis Mejia
Data Analytics Coordinator
Lillie Popal
Recruiting Coordinator
Kate Ritterpusch
Events Coordinator
Naomi Simon
Recruiting Project Coordinator
Chelsea Whitney
IT Systems Coordinator
Andy Yu
Systems Coordinator