ATTORNEYS
Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati
Legal Aid Society of Southwest Ohio
MARY ASBURY
Executive Director
Education:
B.A., Trinity College; J.D., Boston University School of Law
Bar and Court admission:
Massachusetts, 1975 (Inactive)
Ohio, 1980
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Community and Professional Affiliation:
Supreme Court of Ohio Commission on Character and Fitness
Supreme Court of Ohio Task Force on Pro Se and Indigent Representation
American Bar Association Task Force to Revise Standards for the Provision of Civil Aid
Ohio State Bar Association Board of Governors
Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation, Board of Trustees (ex officio)
Vice President, Board of Trustees, Volunteer Lawyers for the Poor Foundation
Honors/Awards:
Ohio State Bar Association, Nettie Cronise Lutes Award 2007
YWCA of Greater Cincinnati – Career Woman of Achievement 2001
Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber /Leadership Cincinnati USA Class XVIII 1994 – 1995
REGINA CAMPBELL
Managing Attorney, Income, Work & Health Practice Group
Education:
B.A., Purdue University; J.D., University of Cincinnati College of Law
Bar and Court admission:
Ohio, 1996
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio
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Practice areas:
Income Work & Health
· Medicaid, Medicare
· TANF/OWF
· Food Stamps
· Unemployment
· Social Security
Community and Professional Affiliation:
United Way of Greater Cincinnati, Financial Stability Council
Clermont County JFS Human Services Planning Committee
Cincinnati Works Legal Advisory Committee
KELLY MALONE
Managing Attorney, Family & Immigration Practice Group
Education:
B.A., University of Dayton; J.D., University of Cincinnati College of Law
Bar and Court admission:
Ohio, 1987
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio
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Practice areas:
Family/Immigration
Community and Professional Affiliation:
Cincinnati Bar Association, Committee on Regional Training Board of Trustees, Bethany House Services’ Social Services Advisory Committee
MATT FITZSIMMONS
Senior Attorney
Education:
B.A., University of Dayton; M.P.A., The John Glenn School of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University; J.D., University of Cincinnati College of Law.
Bar and Court admission:
Ohio, 2013
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio, 2015
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Ohio, 2017
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Practice areas:
Housing & Consumer
Community and Professional Affiliations:
Ohio State Bar Association
Cincinnati Bar Association
Honors/Awards:
Ohio State Bar College, 2016
Ohio State Bar, Leadership Academy, 2017
SARAH FLOHRE
Senior Attorney
Education:
B.A., Princeton University; J.D., UDC David A. Clark School of Law; M.P.H., Harvard School of Public Health
Bar and Court admission:
Ohio, 2021
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio (2021)
District of Columbia, 2008
U.S. District Court, District of Columbia (2010)
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Practice areas:
Children & Education
Income, Work & Health
Honors/Awards:
Olender Fellowship Earl H. Davis Scholarship for Clinical Legal Work (2006)
JESSICA RAMOS
Senior Attorney; Managing Attorney of the Volunteer Lawyers Project
Education:
B.A., Cum Laude, The Ohio State University; M.A., The Ohio State University; J.D., Cum Laude, The University of Toledo
Bar and Court admission:
Ohio, 2009
Northern District of Ohio, 2000
U.S. Tax Court, 2014
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Language Proficiency:
Spanish
Practice areas:
Family & Immigration
Tax Law
Community and Professional Affiliation:
American Immigration Lawyers Association, Ohio Treasurer
Ohio League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), Civil Rights Director (2015-2020)
Honors/Awards:
2020 Ohio AILA Pro Bono Champion
2018 – Testified before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee as an expert on Unaccompanied Minors.
2018 Annual Distinguished Hispanic Ohioan Awards Gala by the Ohio Commission on Hispanic/Latino Affairs – Nuestra Familia Award Recipient
June 2017 Justice in Motion – Woman Crush Wednesday Recognition
2017 Ohio LULAC Woman of the Year Recipient
2015 Dayton Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Advocate of the Year
2015 Dayton LULAC Community Advocate Award Recipient
Nick Zingarelli
Senior Attorney
Education:
B.A., University of Cincinnati; J.D., Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase College of Law
Bar and Court admission:
Ohio, 2005
Kentucky, 2006
U.S. Supreme Court, 2012
Missouri, 2019
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Practice areas:
Housing & Consumer
Children & Education
Community and Professional Affiliation:
Secretary of Cincinnati Bar Association Grievance Committee
Member of National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys
Past Member of University of Cincinnati Arts & Sciences Dean’s Advisory Board, 2015-2021; chair of Board 2018-2021
Honors/Awards:
2021-2023 Ohio Super Lawyer
2014-2019 Ohio Rising Star
2005 American Bankruptcy Institiute Medal of Excellence
JOHN ALTMAN
Staff Attorney
Education:
B.S., Ohio State University; J.D., University of Illinois
Bar and Court admission:
Ohio, 2020
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Practice areas:
Family & Immigration
Housing & Consumer
REBECCA BAIBAK
Staff Attorney
Education:
B.A., Xavier University; J.D., University of Cincinnati College of Law
Bar and Court admission:
Ohio, 2018
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Practice areas:
Family & Immigration
Community and Professional Affiliation:
Cincinnati Bar Association
American Immigration Lawyers Association
Honors/Awards:
Managing Editor, Human Rights Quarterly 2016-2017
University of Cincinnati Law Review 2015-2016
RACHEL BARR
Staff Attorney
Education:
B.A., Miami University; MSc, London School of Economics and Political Science; J.D., University of Michigan
Bar and Court admission:
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio, 2021
U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
Kentucky, 2019
Ohio, 2018
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Practice areas:
Children & Education
Income, Work & Health
JORDAN COTLEUR
Staff Attorney
Education:
B.A., The University of Cincinnati; J.D., The University of Cincinnati College of Law
Bar and Court admission:
Ohio, 2021
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio, 2022
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Practice areas:
Housing & Consumer
ZACHARY FRYE
Staff Attorney
Education:
B.A., Magna Cum Laude, The Ohio State University; J.D., Duke University School of Law
Bar and Court admission:
Ohio, 2019
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Practice areas:
Housing & Consumer
GERRY GREENE
Volunteer Attorney
Education:
B.S., University of Detroit M.S., Purdue University; J.D., University of Dayton
Bar and Court admission:
Ohio, 2002
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio
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Family/Immigration
Community and Professional Affiliation:
Taft Museum of Art – Chair, Board of Directors
ArtsWave – Board of Directors
Cincinnati Bar Association
National Academy of Construction
Honors/Awards:
2020 Ohio Access to Justice Foundation Presidential Award
Association of Fundraising Professionals 2020 Volunteer of the Year Award
Cincinnati Bar Association Warrington Community Service Award
Legal Aid Equal Justice Leadership Award
Construction Industry Institute Leadership Award
Membership in the National Academy of Construction – honorary organization for leaders of the construction industry
DAVID KELLEY
Staff Attorney
Education:
B.A. Northern Kentucky University, M.A. History University of Cincinnati, J.D. University of Cincinnati College of Law
Ohio Bar 1989
Federal Bar 1990
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Practice areas:
Family Law
Veteran’s Benefits
IVORY MCGUIRE
Staff Attorney
Education:
B.A., Centre College; J.D., University of Cincinnati College of Law
Bar and Court admission:
Ohio, 2020
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Practice areas:
Family & Immigration
Income, Work & Health
Phil Rich
Staff Attorney
Education:
B.S., Bowling Green State University; J.D., Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
Bar and Court admission:
Ohio, 2022
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Practice areas:
Housing & Consumer
Income, Work & Health
KRISTIN RIEBSOMER
Staff Attorney
Education:
B.A., with honors, Indiana University; J.D., Indiana University Maurer School of Law, Cum Laude
Bar and Court admission:
Ohio, 2017
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Practice areas:
Family/Immigration
Income/Work/Health
Kristin is also a part of our maternal health law partnership (“M-HeLP”) team.
EMILY ROBERTS
Staff Attorney
Education:
B.A., International Studies, University of Iowa; J.D., University of Cincinnati College of Law
Bar and Court admission:
Ohio, 2018
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Language Proficiency:
Conversational Spanish
Practice areas:
Family/Immigration
Housing & Consumer
Community and Professional Affiliation:
Board Member, The Conscious Connect
Honors/Awards:
Arthur Russell Morgan Fellow at the Urban Morgan Institute for Human Rights at UC Law – 2015-2018.
Michael Schmidt
Volunteer Attorney
Education:
B.A., Xavier University-graduated summa cum laude; J.D., Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase College of Law-graduated Order of the Curia
Bar and Court admission:
Ohio, 1981
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio
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Practice areas:
Housing & Consumer
Community and Professional Affiliation:
Member of the Ohio Bar Association and the Cincinnati Bar Association
Appointed Member of CBA Ethics Committee
Volunteer at St. Vincent de Paul and Cincinnati Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Member of the Rotary Club of Cincinnati
Honors/Awards
Recipient of the Westwood Civic Association “Go Getter” Award
Christina Shoemaker
Staff Attorney
Education:
B.S., University of Cincinnati; J.D., University of Cincinnati College of Law
Bar and Court admission:
Ohio, 2022
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Practice areas:
Family& Immigration
Children & Education
Community and Professional Affiliations:
Governor’s Council on Juvenile Justice
NIARA STITT
Staff Attorney
Education:
B.A., Ohio University; J.D., University of Cincinnati College of Law
Bar and Court admission:
Ohio, 2021
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Practice areas:
Family & Immigration
Income, Work, & Health
Honors/Awards:
Dolores K. Hanna Women in Law Award, 2017
Theodore M. Berry Scholarship Award, 2021
