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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
Jeff Eastman
Managing Attorney
North Platte office
Email: jeastman@legalaidofnebraska.org
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 353
Mike Meister
Managing Attorney
Scottsbluff office
Email: mmeister@legalaidofnebraska.org
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 389
Attorney Directory
Zachary Anderson
Attorney
HELP Project
Email: zanderson@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Lincoln
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 323
Kelsey Arends
Attorney
HELP Project
Email: karends@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Lincoln
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 324
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 Boyd
Attorney
Native American Program
Email: wboyd@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Omaha
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 237
Emily Briski
Attorney
HELP Project
Email: ebriski@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Omaha
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 294
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
Pat Cohoon
Attorney
Email: pcohoon@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Omaha
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 264
Theresa Cusic
Attorney
Juvenile Justice Project
Email: tcusic@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Lincoln
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 311
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
Jeffrey Eastman
Managing Attorney
Email: jeastman@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: North Platte
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 353
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
Cheree Hatfield
Attorney
HELP Project
Email: chatfield@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Omaha
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 277
Muirne Heaney
Managing Attorney
Access to Justice Program
Email: mheaney@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Omaha
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 219
Fritz Hudson
Volunteer Attorney
Juvenile Justice Project
Email: fhudson@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Lincoln
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 315
Laurel Johnson
Attorney
Juvenile Justice Project
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
Lori Lee
Managing Attorney
Email: llee@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Norfolk
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 372
Timothy Lenaghan
Attorney
Email: tlenaghan@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Omaha
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 274
Ann Mangiameli
Managing Attorney
HELP Project
Email: amangiameli@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Omaha
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 213
Philip Martin
Attorney
Farm and Ranch Project
Email: pmartin@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Omaha
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 231
Amanda McMahon
Managing Attorney
Ag Worker Rights Program
Email: amcmahon@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Lincoln
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 328
Jean McNeil
Attorney
Juvenile Justice Project
Email: jmcneil@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Lincoln
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 321
Michael Meister
Managing Attorney
Email: mmeister@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Scottsbluff
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 389
Scott Mertz
Managing Attorney
Housing Justice Project
Email: smertz@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Omaha
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 206
Michelle Mitchell
Managing Attorney
REACH Initiative
Email: mmitchell@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Grand Island
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 343
Kelsie Myers
Attorney
Native American Program
Email: kmyers@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Norfolk
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 374
Shirley Peng
Managing Attorney
Disaster Relief Project and Tax Law Project
Email: speng@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Lincoln
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 302
Danny Reynaga
Attorney
REACH Initiative
Email: dreynaga@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Scottsbluff
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 368
Sara Rips
Attorney
Housing Justice Project
Email: srips@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Lincoln
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 326
Hazell Rodriguez
Attorney
Juvenile Justice Project
Email: hrodriguez@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Lincoln
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 312
Emily Sands
Attorney
Private Attorney Involvement
Email: esands@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Omaha
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 250
Emily Santa
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
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
Scott Sidwell
Attorney
Juvenile Justice Project
Email: ssidwell@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Lincoln
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 313
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
Jayne Wagner
Attorney
HELP Project
Email: jwagner@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Omaha
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 293
Lea Wroblewski
Managing Attorney
Access to Justice Program
Email: lwroblewski@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Lincoln
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 306
Alexis (Lexi) Zendejas
Attorney
Native American Program
Email: azendejas@legalaidofnebraska.org
Location: Omaha
Phone: 1-888-991-9921 ext 229
