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YOUNG LAWYERS NETWORK LEADERSHIP COUNCIL
The DC Bar Foundation launched the Young Lawyers Network Leadership Council (YLN LC) in November 2011 as an opportunity for younger attorneys to further the goal of access to justice within the community. In recent years, the DC Bar Foundation expanded eligibility criteria to include attorneys over 40 who are at the start of their legal careers.
Members serve renewable, two-year terms as ambassadors in order to promote DCBF’s mission and programs and to help raise additional resources to support local legal aid organizations. YLN LC members sit on various committees, including those that oversee the Foundation’s grantmaking and fundraising efforts. In addition to supporting the Foundation’s primary Call to Action campaign, YLN LC members host an annual fundraiser event, Avenues to Justice, that provides critical financial support to DC residents who are underserved and in need of legal representation.
2025 - 2026 YOUNG LAWYERS NETWORK LEADERSHIP COUNCIL
Jessica Sarkis
Co-Chair
Jones Day
Zenia Wilson-Laws
Co-Chair
Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia
Josette Barsano
Barsano Law
Daraja Carroll
District Legal Group
Kylie Clouse
Steptoe
Bryony Coiner
Legal Counsel for the Elderly
Katherine Dearing
Brown Rudnick LLP
Miranda Dore
Akin Gump
Meryl Grenadier
Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia
Shannon Gonick
Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
Miranda Hallett
Arnold & Porter
Clement Hearey, III
US Committee for Refugees & Immigrants
Alyssa Howard
Zuckerman Spaeder LLP
Emily Lagan
Regan Zambri Long PLLC
Laurel LaMontagne
ArentFox Schiff
Courtney L. Lindsay
Freddie Mac
Rachel May
Krystal Montgomery
DC Children's Law Center
Toccara Nelson
Christian Nestor
Gordon & Partners, PA
Raymond Ngu
Open City Advocates
Priscilla Nyankson
Covington & Burling LLP
Nadiya Pope
Advocates for Justice and Education, Inc.
Cameron Pritchett
Gibson Dunn
Danielle Rowan
Legal Aid DC
Allison Rochford
Securities and Exchange Commission
Emmanuela Saint-Jean
Pillar Protection Law
Danielle Scheer
Latham & Watkins LLP
Lauren Stocks-Smith
American University
Ariana Taylor
Skadden
Evan Warshauer
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Tai Williams
Crowell & Moring LLP
Lori Waichman
Mooney Green Saindon Murphy & Welch PC
Affiliation noted solely for identification.