Richard C.
Goemann
Executive Director; B.S. New York
University of Social Work; J.D. New York
University School of Law; LL.M. Georgetown
University Law Center
Rgoemann@dclawstudents.org
Ext. 209
Richard C. Goemann joined the D.C. Law
Students in Court Program, Inc. in April
2010 as its Executive Director. Most
recently, Mr. Goemann served as the
director of Defender Legal Services for
the National Legal Aid & Defender
Association and was an Assistant Federal
Public Defender for the Eastern District
of Virginia. Shortly after completing a
Prettyman Fellowship at Georgetown, Rich,
in a rather prescient move, began his
career in public defense as a staff
attorney in the criminal division at
DCLSIC. He then moved to Virginia as
an assistant and senior assistant public
defender in Alexandria before being
appointed Public Defender for the City and
County of Fairfax. Later, Rich
served as Deputy and then Executive
director of Virginia’s Public Defender
Commission and Executive Director for the
PDC’s successor agency, the Virginia
Indigent Defense Commission. Rich is
thrilled and honored to be back at DCLSIC.
For 12 years,
Mrs. Brooks has been the face of
DCLSIC. She greets all with a warm
smile and offers a helping hand. She
is truly the glue that holds
everyone together. She attended East
State Tennessee University in
Johnson City, TN and worked for the
US Navy as Civilian Recruiter prior
to joining the DCLSIC family.
Wing C. Li Administrative
Director&
Chief Finance Officer; B.A.
University of California, Los
Angeles
Ext. 207
Wing Li joined
D.C. Law Students In Court Program,
Inc. in August 2008 as its
Administrative Director. Prior to
coming to D.C., she was the Office
Manager for Hargreaves Associates, a
landscape architectural firm based
in San Francisco. She was also a
Human Resource Specialist for
Barclays Global Investors, an asset
management firm in San Francisco.
Previously she was an Online Product
Support Coordinator for Google, Inc.
and a Native English Instructor in
Japan. Ms. Li is fluent in Cantonese
and Japanese. She received a B.A. in
Political Science at UCLA. She is an
active member of Young Nonprofit
Professionals Network and serves as
a Leadership Council member on the
Fundraising and Communications
committees to strengthen the
nonprofit sector.
Angela Wang
Development Assistant
awang@dclawstudents.org
Ext 208
Angela Wang joined Law Students In
Court in October 2012. Prior to
joining LSIC, Angela Wang interned at
the United Nations High Level Task
Force on Global Food Security in New
York. Angela received her B.A. in
Political Science at Lawrence
University (Appleton,WI) in June 2012.
While at Lawrence, Angela interned at
United Nations World Food Program. She
assisted the private partners team in
mobilizing support for the 2011 Horn
of Africa Emergency Appeal Campaign.
Before Angela’s UNWFP internship, she
worked for non-profit organizations in
the United States and the United
Kingdom. While studying in the UK,
Angela completed an internship at Asia
House, where she assisted the cultural
program team in managing a wide range
of cultural and diplomatic events. She
also interned at OPERA America and
volunteered at the Municipal Art
Society of New York.
Joan Geiger Wood
Development Consultant
jwood@dclawstudents.org
202-270-6709
Joan Geiger Wood is a Certified
Fundraising Executive with extensive
experience developing and implementing
successful fundraising programs,
having raised over $110 million for
non-profit organizations during a 25+
year career.Joan has raised funds to
provide needed legal services for
needy children and families, to get
help for victims of sexual assault,
for civil rights of women, minorities,
veterans and others and to improve our
public health on issues such as gun
violence, nuclear energy and
preserving our environment. She is an
expert presenter to CEOs, donors,
board members and fundraising
colleagues. A member of the
Association of Fundraising
Professionals and the International
Special Events Society, Joan is a
local Washingtonian and graduate of
the University of Maryland at College
Park.
Kathy Ahn
Adjunct Professor, Supervising Attorney;
B.A. George Mason University, J.D.
University of Miami School of Law
Kathy obtained her J.D. from University of
Miami School of Law, graduating with
distinction. During law school,
Kathy was awarded a fellowship by the
University of Miami Center for Ethics and
Public Service based on her demonstrated
commitment to serving indigent
populations. The Fellowship afforded
her an opportunity to work in the Housing
Division of Legal Services of Greater
Miami where she helped under-privileged
clients secure their property rights and
avoid unlawful eviction or foreclosure.
Also in law school, Kathy
participated in a trial advocacy clinic as
a student attorney with the Miami-Dade
State Attorney?s Office. There, she
prosecuted numerous misdemeanor and
traffic offenses before both judges and
juries.
After graduation from law school, Kathy
was admitted to practice in Virginia and
the District of Columbia. She
entered private practice as an associate
attorney, advocating on behalf of clients
accused of state and federal criminal
offenses and has submitted appellate
briefs in the Supreme Court of Virginia as
well as the Fourth Circuit Court of
Appeals. Subsequently, Kathy served
as a prosecutor where she litigated
countless cases in D.C. Superior Court.
In early 2012, Kathy joined LSIC as a
supervising attorney in the civil
division. She brings with her a
dedication to public service and passion
to teach.
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Marc A. Bentzen
Adjunct Professor, Supervising Attorney
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MaríaG. Mendoza
María G. Mendoza joined the D.C. Law
Students in Court in 2012. Prior to
joining the D.C. Law Students in Court
program, Ms. Mendoza served as a 2009-2010
law clerk to Judge Ruiz of the District of
Columbia Court of Appeals.
Thereafter, she worked at a boutique
federal administrative litigation firm.
During law school, Ms. Mendoza was a
member of the Ninth Circuit Appellate Team
and successfully briefed and argued
Cinapian v. Holder, 567 F.3d 1067 (9th
Cir. 2009), before the Ninth Circuit Court
of Appeals. She served as a summer
associate for Rodey, Dickason, Sloan,
Akin, & Robb, P.A., in her native New
Mexico, interned in Schering Plough's
legal department, and spent a semester
working in the Washington D.C. office of
the Mexican American Legal Defense
Educational Fund. Currently, Ms.
Mendoza serves as a board of director for
the Hispanic Bar Association of the
District of Columbia (HBA-DC). In
that capacity, she co-chairs the HBA-DC's
Task Force on Advancing Latino Attorneys
and she serves on the HBA-DC's endorsement
and legislative affairs committees.
Prior to serving as a Board of
Director for the HBA-DC, she served as the
organization?s Secretary.
Chief of Civil
Division, Adjunct Professor,
Supervising Attorney; B.A. University
of Maryland; J.D. Howard University
School of Law
Ms.
Pettus joined LSIC in August of 2009.
Prior to joining LSIC, Ms. Pettus was in
private practice as a solo practitioner
in Maryland and the District of
Columbia, handling primarily civil cases
such as real estate and domestic
matters. She is a mock trial
coach at various high schools in
Maryland. She is also on the board of
Gabrielle’s Way, a non-profit
organization geared toward the positive
development of minority females in the
Greater Washington Metropolitan area.
Moses A.
Cook
Chief of Criminal Division, Adjunct
Professor, Supervising Attorney; B.A.
University of North Dakota, J.D.
Washington University School of Law,
LL.M. Georgetown University Law Center.
Mr. Cook completed a Prettyman/Stiller
Fellowship from Georgetown University
Law Center in 2005. He litigated
criminal cases, taught advocacy classes
and supervised third-year law students
in its Criminal Justice Clinic.
While in law school he clerked for both
the Missouri State and Federal Public
Defender in St. Louis, MO. He
graduated Washington University School
of Law in 2003. Mr. Cook
became a LSIC supervising attorney in
August 2005.
Cassandra Snyder Adjunct Professor, Supervising
Attorney; B.A. University of
Pennsylvania, J.D. New York University
School of Law, LL.M. Georgetown
University Law Center.
Before
joining LSIC, Ms. Snyder was an E.
Barrett Prettyman Fellow at Georgetown
Law Center where she tried cases and
supervised third-year law students in
the Criminal Defense Clinic. At NYU
Law School, Ms. Snyder was a Root Tilden
Kern Scholar and participated in four
semesters of clinical work for criminal
defendants. She represented defendants
charged with petty offenses in the
Eastern District of New York as part of
the Federal Defender Clinic and was a
member of the Criminal and Community
Defense Clinic where she worked with the
Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem.
She has interned with the Brennan Center
for Justice and the Public Defender
Service for the District of
Columbia. Before law school, Ms.
Snyder worked as delinquency paralegal
at the Juvenile Rights Practice of New
York's Legal Aid Society and as a case
manager at Philadelphia's Juvenile Law
Center.
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