Experience

Florida Legal Services, Inc.

• United States
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Director

  • Mar 2016 - Present

  Florida Legal Services is a statewide leader in advancing economic, social and racial justice. We advocate for poor, vulnerable and hard to reach people through impact litigation, legislative and administrative advocacy, education, and strategic partnerships.

• Director of Advocacy

  • Jun 2015 - Feb 2016

• Director - FILS Project

  • Jan 2013 - Jun 2015

  Florida Legal Services is a statewide leader in advancing economic, social and racial justice. We advocate for poor, vulnerable and hard to reach people through impact litigation, legislative and administrative advocacy, education and strategic partnerships.



Florida Institutional Legal Services, Inc.

• Executive Director

  • Apr 1996 - Dec 2012

  Located in Newberry, Florida Institutional Legal Services (FILS) is the only statewide legal services program in Florida dedicated exclusively to advocating on behalf of prisoners and others in government custody. FILS uses its limited resources to advocate for broad improvements in institutional conditions through class action and impact civil rights litigation to serve people institutionalized in Florida. FILS also provides resource information and limited assistance on federal benefits to people who are reentering society from institutions through our Reentry Assistance Project (RAP). Through RAP, we have a toll-free hotline that inmates and people who are recently released from institutions can call to request information about benefits and representation. FILS' priorities include working with women, youth, and other special populations in state custody, providing education and advocacy to parents in prison, and working to improve conditions in immigration detention.