Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto (CLSEPA) provides legal assistance to low-income individuals and families in East Palo Alto and the surrounding community. Our practice areas include housing, immigration, general civil litigation, and anti-predatory lending.

We opened our doors in September 2002 and currently handle approximately 1,700 cases per year, helping some 1,200 clients. Volunteer attorneys, law students, and community volunteers work with our dedicated staff members to provide life-changing legal services to residents in need.

We are a community-based organization funded by grants and donations from foundations, law firms, legal organizations, and individuals who recognize the importance of providing the protections of the law to those who wouldn’t otherwise have them.

To schedule an appointment, please call our office at 650-326-6440. To volunteer, please send an email to volunteer@clsepa.org.

Michael Armstrong, Esq., Co-Chair Nolan, Armstrong & Barton LLP Nozipo Wobogo, Co-Chair Community Advocate William Byron Webster, Secretary East Palo Alto Rent Stabilization Board Sunil Kulkarni, Esq., Treasurer Morrison & Foerster LLP Stephanie Ahmad Student, Stanford Law School Renee Glover Chantler, Esq. DLA Piper US LLP East Palo Alto Planning Commission Member Angela Dunning, Esq. Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Richard L. Ehrman, Esq. Thoits, Love, Hershberger, & McLean

Allan Johnson JobTrain Kristin Major, Esq. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Marcia Perez, Esq. Allen & Associates Patrick E. Premo, Esq. Fenwick & West LLP Court Skinner, PhD. Consultant, Semiconductor Technology East Palo Alto Planning Commission Member Andrew Thomases, Esq. Dechert LLP Carolyn Tucher Former Board President Palo Alto Unified School District Andrew Valentine, Esq. Managing Partner DLA Piper US LLP

To schedule an appointment, please call our office at 650-326-6440. To volunteer, please send an email to volunteer@clsepa.org.

Candice Greenberg, Esq. Executive Director Erika Rivera, Esq. Immigration Attorney Shirley Hochhausen, Esq. Anti-Predatory Lending Attorney Jeanne Merino, Esq. Supervising Attorney, Housing Julie Hansen Quinlan, Esq. Supervising Attorney, VAP

Marilia Zellner, Esq. Immigration Attorney Victor Ramirez Housing Program Director Jon Frohnmayer VAP Program Director Maricela Castillo Office Manager

To schedule an appointment, please call our office at 650-326-6440. To volunteer, please send an email to volunteer@clsepa.org.

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