Desiree Robedeaux joined Disability Rights Advocates in August 2023 as a Wolinsky Fellow. She received a B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley in 2015, and received a J.D from the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco in 2023. At UC Law SF, Ms. Robedeaux was a Staff Editor for the Race … Continue reading “Desiree Robedeaux”
I am a senior paralegal with Starbucks Corporation based in Seattle, Washington and handle litigation cases that include personal injury, commercial, real estate, class action, ADA and discrimination. Prior to moving to Seattle with my husband in 1994, I worked in Los Angeles for 7-years both in the entertainment and legal fields and although born … Continue reading “Tami Hamalian”
Jessie Agatstein joined Disability Rights Advocates in 2018 as a DRA Fellowship Attorney. Ms. Agatstein received her J.D. from Yale Law School, and her M.C.P. and B.S. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Before joining DRA, she clerked for the Honorable Marsha S. Berzon of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and … Continue reading “Jessie Agatstein”
Andrea Kozak-Oxnard joined Disability Rights Advocates in 2018 as a DRA Fellowship Attorney. In 2019, she became a staff attorney. She departed DRA in 2021. Ms. Kozak-Oxnard received her J.D. from Columbia Law School, where she was recognized as a James Kent Scholar and a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, and her B.A. magna cum laude … Continue reading “Andrea Kozak-Oxnard”
Allison May is a retired attorney and former law partner at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP in the Consumer Financial Services Practice Group in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office, where she counseled clients on credit card and payment systems transactions and transactions designed to leverage intellectual property and information technology within the financial services industry. She … Continue reading “Allison May”
Stuart Seaborn is Managing Director of Litigation at Disability Rights Advocates. Mr. Seaborn first joined DRA in 2011 and has been advocating in the public interest for nearly 20 years. He specializes in systemic litigation on behalf of persons with disabilities and has achieved multiple national precedents on matters of first impression in the area … Continue reading “Stuart Seaborn”
Paul Leahy joined Disability Rights Advocates in 2017 as a DRA Fellowship Attorney. Mr. Leahy received his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 2017 and his B.A. with distinction in History from the University of Michigan in 2009. Mr. Leahy served as an associate with the Michigan practice of a national public affairs firm … Continue reading “Paul Leahy”
Melissa Riess joined Disability Rights Advocates as a Staff Attorney in 2017 and became a Senior Staff Attorney in 2021. She has represented DRA’s individual and organizational clients on a wide range of issues, including in litigation challenging discrimination against people with disabilities in immigration detention facilities, fighting for accessible transportation and technology, and improving … Continue reading “Melissa Riess”