Brittany Castle joined Disability Rights Advocates in 2022 as a Staff Attorney. Prior to joining Disability Rights Advocates, she worked for several years representing immigrants detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, including as an attorney at the American Friends Service Committee and the Immigrant Defense Project. In these roles, she defended noncitizens against deportation … Continue reading “Brittany Castle”
Amy Ollove (she/her) joined Disability Rights Advocates as a paralegal based out of DRA’s New York office in October 2022. Amy received her B.A. summa cum laude from Brandeis University where she studied Theatre Arts and Disability Rights and Culture. For her senior honors thesis, she combined her two passions with a thesis examining how … Continue reading “Amy Ollove”
Jameelah joined Disability Rights Advocates as a Ralph Santiago Abascal Fellow in September 2022. Jameelah received her J.D. from University of California, Hastings College of the Law, where she was a senior staff editor of the Hasting’s Gender and the Law Journal, President of the Women of Color Collective, and on the board of Hastings … Continue reading “Jameelah Najieb”
Amelia graduated from UC Davis School of Law in 2021 with Pro Bono Program and Public Interest Law certificates. She spent the past year as a Chancellor’s Legal Fellow with the UC Davis Office of the Campus Counsel working on a variety of issues, including civil rights compliance. While in law school, she externed with … Continue reading “Amelia Evard”
Josh Rosenthal joined Disability Rights Advocates in 2022 as a Senior Staff Attorney and became Supervising Attorney in 2023. Before joining DRA, Mr. Rosenthal represented people with serious mental illness at Disability Rights New York, the state’s protection and advocacy system. While there, he monitored conditions for people with disabilities who were hospitalized or incarcerated … Continue reading “Josh Rosenthal”
Madeleine Reichman joined Disability Rights Advocates in 2022 as a Staff Attorney after several years of working for tenants’ rights, and became a Senior Staff Attorney in 2023. She started her career defending tenants in eviction proceedings at Mobilization for Justice (formerly MFY Legal Services). Later, she joined the New York City Commission on Human … Continue reading “Madeleine Reichman”
Erin Gallagher joined Disability Rights Advocates in 2021 as a Staff Attorney and became a Senior Staff Attorney in 2023. Prior to joining Disability Rights Advocates, Ms. Gallagher was a Staff Attorney at A Better Childhood where she litigated civil rights class actions seeking to reform state child welfare systems on behalf of children in … Continue reading “Erin Gallagher”