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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

Josette Barsano

Co-Chair

Barsano Law

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Jessica Sarkis

Co-Chair

Jones Day

Lori Waichman

Mooney Green Saindon Murphy & Welch PC​​​

Tiara Brown

Hogan Lovells US LLP

Daraja Carroll

District Legal Group

Bryony Coiner

Legal Counsel for the Elderly

Miranda Dore

Akin Gump

Jon Dugan

Redgrave LLP ​

Destiny Fullwood-Singh

Solid Ground Law

Meryl Grenadier

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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

Soraya Mohamed

Davis Wright Tremaine

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.

Danielle Rowan

DC Affordable Law Firm​

Allison Rochford

Securities and Exchange Commission

Danielle Scheer

Latham & Watkins LLP

Lauren Stocks-Smith

American University

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Ariana Taylor

Skadden

Evan Warshauer

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

Tai Williams

Crowell & Moring LLP

Zenia Wilson Laws

Affiliation noted solely for identification.

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