Speakers
Executive Director, Michigan Advocacy Program
Ann is Executive Director of the Michigan Advocacy Program (MAP) where she began her legal career as a staff attorney in 1985. Prior to being named Executive Director, Ann served as Deputy Director, coordinating advocacy between offices and other divisions of the program, providing...
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Senior Program Associate, National Legal Aid & Defender Association
A member of NLADA’s Legal Services team, Casey works on NLADA’s Project to Advance Civil Legal Aid Collaborations, helping to increase non-LSC federal funding that supports civil legal aid’s ability to build and sustain cross-sector collaborations to serve low-income and vulnerable...
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Executive Director, Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma Inc
Michael Figgins received his B.A. from Arizona State University in 1977, and his J.D. from the School of Law at Gonzaga University in 1980. Michael has spent 33 of his years in practice as an attorney providing legal services to the poor. He has practiced as both a staff attorney...
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Senior Fellow, Lash Consulting
Karen A. Lash is a senior fellow at American Progress. Lash previously served in the Obama administration in leadership positions at the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office for Access to Justice and as the first executive director of the White House Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable...
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