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Monday-Friday: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Tuesday and Thursday: 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.


ELDERLY CLIENTS: (212) 382-6658

FAMILY LAW: (212) 382-6788

FORECLOSURE CASES: (212) 382-6766

IMMIGRATION ISSUES: (212) 382-6710


BOARD OF DIRECTORS

PRESIDENT
Patricia M. Hynes
New York City Bar

CHAIR
Samuel W. Seymour
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

VICE PRESIDENTS
Barbara Berger Opotowsky
New York City Bar
Austin T. Fragomen Jr.
Fragomen, Del Rey,
Bernsen & Loewy, P.C.


SECRETARY
Paul F. Washington
Time Warner, Inc.

TREASURER

Donald S. Bernstein
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

ASSISTANT TREASURER

Carol Rosenbaum
New York City Bar

DIRECTORS

David J.B. Arroyo
Scripps Networks, Inc.

Preeta D. Bansal
Skadden, Arps, Slate,
Meagher & Flom LLP

Nina M. Beattie
Brune & Richard LLP

Barry H. Berke
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Alan Brudner
UBS Investment Bank

Miriam A. Buhl
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Michael J. Chepiga
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Francis S. Chlapowski
Goldman Sachs & Co.

Hon. George B. Daniels
US Federal Court, Southern District of New York

Cheryl R. David
Law Office of Cheryl R. David

Michael B. de Leeuw
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

Jonathan N. Eisenberg
Merrill Lynch

Jeremy G. Epstein
Shearman & Sterling LLP

Conrad A. Johnson
Columbia University School of Law

Edward S. Kornreich
Proskauer Rose LLP

Mei Lin Kwan-Gett
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Grace Lyu-Volckhausen
Tiger Baron Foundation

Ronald L. Marmer
Jenner & Block

Patricia A. McGovern
Ernst & Young

Hazel-Ann Mayers
CBS Broadcasting Inc.

Hon. Juanita Bing Newton
Deputy Chief Administrative Judge for Justice Initiatives and Administrative Judge of the Criminal Court for the City of New York

Erica H. Steinberger
Latham & Watkins LLP

Wanji J. Walcott
American Express

Mary K. Warren
Linklaters

Jane L. Wilton
The New York Community Trust

STAFF

Administration

Executive Director
Lynn M. Kelly
(212) 382-6678
lkelly@nycbar.org


Managing Attorney
Alice Morey
(212) 382-6682
amorey@nycbar.org

Director of Pro Bono Initiatives
Carol Bockner
(212) 382-4714
cbockner@nycbar.org

Administrative Assistant
Helen Poitra-Chalmers
(212) 382-6727
hpoitra-chalmers@nycbar.org

Development Manager
Rebecca Nelson
(212) 382-6661
rnelson@nycbar.org

Director of Communications
Eric Friedman
(212) 382-6754
efriedman@nycbar.org


Cancer Advocacy Project

Laura Mosiello, Director
(212) 382-4785
lmosiello@nycbar.org


Consumer Bankruptcy Project

John McManus, Director
(212) 382-6698
jmcmanus@nycbar.org

Ramona Morel, Staff Attorney
(212) 382-4783
rmorel@nycbar.org

Tamiko Overton, Ch. 13 Bankruptcy Staff Attorney
(212) 382-4729
toverton@nycbar.org


Elderlaw Project

Vivienne Duncan, Director
(212) 382-6601
vduncan@nycbar.org


Foreclosure Project

Lynn Armentrout, Director
(212) 382-6625
larmentrout@nycbar.org

Benjamin Seibel, Coordinator
(212) 382-6648
bseibel@nycbar.org


Family Law Projects

David Gaffner, Director
(212) 382-6720
dgaffner@nycbar.org

Sarah Loeffler, Coordinator
(212) 382-4759
sloeffler@nycbar.org


Immigrant Women and Children Project

Suzanne Tomatore, Director
(212) 382-6717
stomatore@nycbar.org

Michelle Muñoz, Coordinator
(212) 382-4711
mmunoz@nycbar.org


Immigration Outreach–Fragomen Fellow

Elizabeth Reichard
(212) 382-4790
ereichard@nycbar.org


Legal Clinic for the Homeless

Lisa Pearlstein, Director
(212) 382-6709
lpearlstein@nycbar.org


Mary Ashby Brown, Law Graduate
(212) 382-4726
mabrown@nycbar.org

Jessica Swensen, Coordinator
(212) 382-6708
jswensen@nycbar.org


Legal Hotline

Libby Vazquez, Director
(212) 382-6744
lvazquez@nycbar.org


Joe Krummel
jkrummel@nycbar.org

Nicole Rodriguez
nrodriguez@nycbr.org

Ben Mattison
bmattison@nycbar.org

Anna Montbach 
amontbach@nycbar.org

Neighborhood Entrepeneur Law Project

Akira Arroyo, Director
(212) 382-6722
aarroyo@nycbar.org

Marissa Seko, Coordinator
(212) 382-6633
mseko@nycbar.org


Public Service Network and Veterans Assistance Project

Laura Kolesar, Coordinator
(212) 382-6759
lkolesar@nycbar.org


Reentry Law Project

Collin Bull, Director
(212) 382-4724
cbull@nycbar.org

Marissa Seko, Coordinator
(see Neighborhood Entrepreneur Law Project)


Refugee Assistance Project

Jennifer Kim, Director
(212) 382-6757
jkim@nycbar.org

Martin York, Coordinator
(212) 382-6626
myork@nycbar.org



LawHelp

Executive Director
Leah Margulies
(212) 382-4712
lmargulies@nycbar.org




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