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Kelly Shaw-Sutherland
Director of Research and Evaluation
Local Offices
Scott Mertz
Managing Attorney
Omaha office
Email: smertz@legalaidofnebraska.org
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 206
Pat Carraher
Managing Attorney
Lincoln office
Email: pcarraher@legalaidofnebraska.org
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 307
Lori Lee
Managing Attorney
Norfolk office
Email: llee@legalaidofnebraska.org
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 372
Jeffrey (Jeff) Eastman
Managing Attorney
North Platte office
Email: jeastman@legalaidofnebraska.org
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 353
Attorney Directory
Zachary Anderson
Attorney
HELP Project
Email: zanderson@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Lincoln
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 323
Daniel Beckwith
Attorney
Centralized Intake
Email: dbeckwith@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Omaha office
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 262
Mark Bestul
Attorney
Email: mbestul@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Lincoln office
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 303
William (Billy) Boyd
Attorney
Native American Program
Email: wboyd@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Omaha
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 237
Pat Carraher
Managing Attorney
Email: pcarraher@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Lincoln
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 307
Caitlin Cedfeldt
Attorney
Housing Justice Project
Email: ccedfeldt@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Omaha
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 254
Jenessa Cruz-Alfaro
Attorney
Housing Justice Project
Email: jcruzalfaro@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Omaha
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 264
Jacinta Dai-Klabunde
Attorney
Juvenile Justice Project
Email: jdaiklabunde@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Lincoln
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 305
Elaine D'Amato
Attorney
Email: edamato@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Omaha
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 227
Abbie DeWitte
Attorney
Email: adewitte@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Lincoln
Phone: 402.435.2161 ext. 313
Shailana Dunn-Wall
Attorney Fellowship
Tax Law Project
Email: sdunnwall@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Lincoln
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 331
Jeffrey (Jeff) Eastman
Managing Attorney
Email: jeastman@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: North Platte
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 353
Katelyn Ferrari
Client Advocate
Health, Education & Law Project
Email: kferrari@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Omaha
Phone: 402-348-1069 ext. 233
Paula Fritz
Attorney
Centralized Intake
Email: pfritz@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Omaha
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 249
Adam Harper
Attorney
Native American Program
Email: aharper@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Scottsbluff
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 364
Muirne Heaney
Managing Attorney
Access to Justice Program
Email: mheaney@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Omaha
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 219
Ashley Hendry
Attorney
Juvenile Justice Project
Email: ahendry@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Lincoln
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 309
Laurel Johnson
Attorney
CJAE Program
Email: ljohnson@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Lincoln
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 314
April Kirkendall
Project Managing Attorney
UPLIFT Project
Email: akirkendall@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Lincoln
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 304
Abigail (Abby) Kuntz
Attorney
Juvenile Justice Project
Email: akuntz@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Lincoln
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 326
Lori Lee
Managing Attorney
Email: llee@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Norfolk
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 372
Philip Martin
Attorney
Farm and Ranch Project
Email: pmartin@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Omaha
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 231
Jean McNeil
Attorney
Juvenile Justice Project
Email: jmcneil@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Lincoln
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 321
Scott Mertz
Managing Attorney
Housing Justice Project
Email: smertz@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Omaha
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 206
Brandy Mutehart
Managing Attorney
Income & Benefits Unit Director
Email: bmutehart@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Norfolk
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 374
Shirley Peng
Managing Attorney
Debt and Finance Unit Director
Email: speng@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Lincoln
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 302
Brianna Poppert
Attorney
HELP Project
Email: bpoppert@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Omaha
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 373
Noah Rasmussen
Attorney
Housing Justice Project
Email: nrasmussen@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Lincoln
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 332
Danny Reynaga
Managing Attorney
Ag Worker Rights Project
Email: dreynaga@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Scottsbluff
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 368
Hazell Rodriguez
Managing Attorney
Juvenile Justice Project
Email: hrodriguez@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Lincoln
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 312
Emily Sands
Managing Attorney
Pro Bono Development & Engagement Email: esands@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Omaha
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 250
Emily Santa
Managing Attorney
Email: esanta@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Grand Island
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 345
Margaret Schaefer
Managing Attorney
Centralized Intake
Email: mschaefer@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Omaha
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 225
Erin Schmidt
Attorney
HELP Project
Email: eolsen@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Omaha
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 252
Robert (Rob) Schmidt
Attorney
HELP Project
Email: rschmidt@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Omaha
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 229
Andrew Schill
Attorney
HELP Project
Email: aschill@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Omaha
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 210
Jonathan Seagrass
Managing Attorney
Native American Program
Email: jseagrass@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Omaha
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 266
Christine Stolarskyj
Managing Attorney
Private Attorney Involvement
Email: cstolarskyj@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Omaha
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 248
Amy Swoboda
Attorney
Email: aswoboda@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Lincoln
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 310
Roselle Visenio
Client Advocate
HELP Project
Email: rvisenio@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Omaha
Phone: 402-348-1069, ext. 261
Jayne Wagner
Managing Attorney
HELP Project
Email: jwagner@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Omaha
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 293