DC Refers, a 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization, connects qualified lawyers with potential modest-means clients who are seeking reduced fee legal services in the District of Columbia.
DC Refers was created to increase access to justice for persons of modest means in the District of Columbia. Many people in the District of Columbia earn too much to qualify for free legal services from a pro bono lawyer or nonprofit legal aid provider, but do not earn enough to afford to pay the amount that most lawyers charge for legal services. People whose incomes fall between 200-400% of the federal poverty guidelines often have no good options for obtaining legal assistance. We seek to fill that justice gap.
Board of Directors
Meet the members of our all-volunteer Board of Directors.

Susan D. Bennett
Director of the Community and Economic Development Law Clinic and Professor of Law, American University Washington College of Law

Briane Cornish
Legal Tech Consultant

Rhonda Cunningham Holmes
Executive Director, Legal Counsel for the Elderly

Katie Dilks
Executive Director, Oklahoma Access to Justice Commission

Nancy Drane
Executive Director, D.C. Access to Justice Commission

Karen Evans
Partner, The Cochran Firm

Katie Feiock
Legal Counsel for the Elderly, Hotline Attorney and manager of the Reduced Fee Panel

Andrea Ferster
Law Office of Andrea Ferster; Past President, D.C. Bar

David Greisen
Co-founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Director, Open Law Library

Sam Halpert
Director of Public Service Initiatives, NALP

Alan Herman
Mediator, Superior Court Multi-Door Program, Former Supervisory Attorney, Legal Counsel for the Elderly (Hotline, Reduced Fee Panel), Former Clerk, D.C. Court of Appeals, Retired U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate

Christina Steinbrecker Jack
Director of Caselaw and Data Operations, Fastcase

Kareine Johnson
Staff Attorney, Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia

Karen Leichtnam
ADR Training Director, Multidoor Dispute Resolution Division, Superior Court of the District of Columbia

Charlie Lemley
Partner, Wiley Rein

Bridget Bailey Lipscomb
Government lawyer

Nancy Lopez
Executive Director, Washington Council of Lawyers

Jennifer Lyman
Attorney

Alan Morrison
Lerner Family Associate Dean for Public Interest Law, GW Law School

Laura Possessky
Member of the ABA House of Delegates, former President, Women's Bar Association of DC

Avi Sickel
Director of the Family Court Operations Division, Superior Court of the District of Columbia

Annamaria Steward
Executive Director, The National Black Lawyers Top 100
* Employment/organizational affiliation provided solely for identification purposes.
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DC Refers is an online listing of qualified attorneys who are willing to represent modest-means clients at below-market rates.
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