About Us

Board of Directors


Kehinde Durowade

ElevateNext Law


Tori Bobryk

King and Spaulding


Daniel Raymer

Proskauer Rose LLP


Natallie Santana

Cipolla Law Group


Tanya Hampton

Seyfarth Shaw LLP


Leadership


Laura J Hoover

Executive Director 

Licensed Attorney

Our Staff

Catherine Arnpriester

Staff Attorney

Unaccompanied Minors

Chasidy Clark

Staff Attorney

Afghan Nationals

Brigitte Kocheny, J.D.

Staff Attorney

Asylum, Minors, and Removal Defense

Kristen Wolfram

Staff Attorney

Guardianship/Domestic Relations

Joshua Filani

Student Staff Attorney

Afghan Nationals 

Oscar Franco

Student Staff Attorney

Unaccompanied Minors

Julisa Garcia

Student Staff Attorney

Unaccompanied Minors

Maria Roman Garcia

Student Staff Attorney

Unaccompanied Minors

Haya Muhammad

Student Staff Attorney

Victims of Crime

Lindsey Sanderson

Student Staff Attorney

Victims of Crime

Amanda Ortiz

Student Staff Attorney

Unaccompanied Minors

Daniela Velasquez-Laverde

Student Staff Attorney

Unaccompanied Minors

Jennifer Vazquez

Senior Law Clerk

Briseida Astorga

Law Clerk

Victims of Crime

Ariana Mendoza

Law Clerk

Rapid Response/Recent Arrivals

Emily Perez

 Law Clerk

Laura Pérez

 Law Clerk

Andrés Rizo

Law Clerk

Unaccompanied Minors

Palwasha Sanie

Law Clerk

Afghan Nationals

Karina Serna

Law Clerk

Alejandro Bello

Social Services Clerk

Unaccompanied Minors

Jaime Alberto Ortiz Zavala

Paralegal

Unaccompanied Minors

Rodolfo René

Paralegal

Unaccompanied Minors

Viridiana Jimenez Manzanarez

Receptionist/Intake Specialist


Gabriella Cruz

Practice Management Specialist

Marco Ortiz

Grant Finance and Data Manager

Sarah Phelps

Program Manager

Lina Perez

Social Worker

Maireli Uribe

Social Worker

 Student Interns from the following schools:

Chicago-Kent College of Law

University of Illinois at Chicago

Northwestern University

Concordia University

DePaul University

New England Law | Boston

Loyola University Chicago

University of Chicago

Our Supporters

Grants

Corporate Donors

Seyfarth Shaw LLP      

Hoover Family Charitable Foundation     

Proskauer Rose Foundation


Private Donors

Ashley Hoover

Jason Varughese

Ann and Robert Cooper

John Duggan

Larissa Kruzel

Victoria Bobryk 

Alexis and Raymond Lavko

Barbara and Paul Fishback

John Harri 

Lisa McNeilley

Lindsey Sandle

Diane Casey

Lynne and Scott Mannard

David H Tente

Thea Kachoris-Flores