Professionals

Note: PLA advocates can only accept new clients through the standard intake process. If you need legal assistance and you are not currently a client of Philadelphia Legal Assistance, please do not contact a PLA advocate directly. Instead, please come to walk-in intake or call one of our telephone intake lines.

Attorneys
Department Phone Number Fax Number
Lazlo Beh Low Income Taxpayer Clinic 215.981.3822 215.981.3860
Omeed Firouzi Low Income Taxpayer Clinic 215.981.3833 215.981.3860
Richard Friedman Management and Administration 215.981.3801 215.981.3860
Emilia Golanska Family Law Unit 215.981.3862 215.981.3870
Deeya Haldar Family Law Unit 215.981.3819 215.981.3860
Virginia Halden Pennsylvania Farmworker Project 215.981.3874 215.981.3860
Cynthia Haskin Medical-Legal-Community Partnership 215.685.7534 215.981.3870
David Hill Public Benefits Unit 215.981.3815 215.981.3866
Jane Nylund Consumer Housing Unit 215.981.3873 215.981.3870
Maureen Olives Management and Administration 215.981.3820 215.981.3860
Susan Pearlstein Family Law Unit 215.981.3861 215.981.3860
Jonathan Pyle Management and Administration 215.981.3843 215.981.3870
Margaret Robinson Consumer Housing Unit 215.981.3818 215.981.3860
Angela Ruan Family Law Unit 215.981.3846 215.981.3860
Anita Santos-Singh Management and Administration 215.981.3808 215.981.3870
Julia Simon-Mishel Unemployment Compensation Unit 215.981.3889 215.981.3860
Arly Smith-Pearson Family Law Unit 215.981.3834 215.981.3860
Aaron Sommer Unemployment Compensation Unit 215.981.3890 215.981.3860
James Tiderington Medical-Legal-Community Partnership 215.479.9950 215.981.3860
Irwin Trauss Consumer Housing Unit 215.981.3811 215.981.3870
Ashley Walker Family Law Unit 215.981.3812 215.981.3860
Joanne Werdel Consumer Housing Unit 215.981.3858 215.981.3870

Jesuit Volunteer Fellows
Department Phone Number Fax Number
Victor Jaimes General Intake Unit 215.981.3802 215.981.3860

Paralegals
Department Phone Number Fax Number
Yvette Reyes Family Law Unit 215.981.3831 215.981.3860
Kristy Lopez Family Law Unit 215.981.3897 215.981.3860
Alejandra Alvarez Garcia General Intake Unit 215.981.3882 215.981.3870
Brittany Chung Family Law Unit 215.981.3837 215.981.3860
Betty Green General Intake Unit 215.981.3803 215.981.3860
Lydia Hurtado Pennsylvania Farmworker Project 215.981.3898 215.981.3860
Darline Justinvil Save Your Home Philly Hotline 215.981.3846 215.981.3860
Rachel Lindy Medical-Legal-Community Partnership 215.685.7639 215.981.3860
Anthony Marqusee Low Income Taxpayer Clinic 215.981.3826 215.981.3860
Daisy Mase Save Your Home Philly Hotline 215.981.3835 215.981.3860
Natashia Mitchell General Intake Unit 215.981.3807 215.981.3860
Madeline Pieretti Save Your Home Philly Hotline 215.981.3817 215.981.3860
Michael Riccio Unemployment Compensation Unit 215.981.3825 215.981.3860
Diane Rosario Family Law Unit 215.981.3836 215.981.3860
Daniel Schiano Save Your Home Philly Hotline 215.981.3885 215.981.3870
Ian Skahill Save Your Home Philly Hotline 215.981.3883 215.981.3860
Joyce Smith Save Your Home Philly Hotline 215.981.3824 215.981.3870
Kathleen Taintor Public Benefits Unit 215.981.3816 215.981.3866
Emeli Torres Save Your Home Philly Hotline 215.981.3851 215.981.3860

Staff Members
Department Phone Number Fax Number
Greta Diem Management and Administration 215.981.3863 215.981.3860
Susan Tripp Management and Administration 215.981.3840 215.981.3860
David Williams Management and Administration 215.981.3845 215.981.3860

VISTA Volunteers
Department Phone Number Fax Number
Emma Singer Medical-Legal-Community Partnership 215.981.3886 215.981.3860