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Kim Tolliver

Kim joined LAJC in August 2022 as the Office Manager and Paralegal for the Charlottesville office. She is a lifetime resident of the Charlottesville area & has a passion for the community. She brings with her over 20 years of management experience in the customer service areas of both retail & finance. Other work includes […]

Emily Smith

Emily joined LAJC in June 2022. Prior to working at LAJC, she worked for the Legal Aid Society of Eastern Virginia for three years. There, she represented low income clients in a variety of areas, including housing, family, and consumer matters. She was named the Newport News Human Rights Commission Citizen on the Year in […]

LAJC Impact Report 2020 – 2021

Unemployment Insurance Victory

When the pandemic caused mass layoffs in 2020, hundreds of thousands of Virginians found themselves out of work and struggling to pay rent, buy food, afford prescriptions, or make loan payments. The struggle many didn’t expect? Trying to access unemployment insurance funds through the Virginia Employment Commission (VEC). Instead of receiving the emergency help they […]

Mobile Home Park Discrimination Ruling Appealed

DOJ, Immigration & Fair Housing Groups Provide Support The plaintiffs in a long-running housing discrimination case are seeking to overturn a district court ruling that would allow the Waples Mobile Home Park in Fairfax, Virginia, to evict tenants based on a family member’s immigration status. The appeal, which is being led by the Legal Aid […]

John Cano

John Cano is a Ferrum College graduate, holding a BA in Political Science and Spanish, who joined LAJC in August 2022. John has over 6 years of experience organizing in immigrant, linguistic and workers’ rights. Including coordinating statewide and local response to driver privilege cards, eliminating 287(G) in Prince William County and working alongside impacted […]

Majesta-Doré Legnini

Majesta-Doré joined LAJC in 2022 as an Equal Justice Works Fellow in the Economic Justice Program, focusing on health justice in Richmond and Petersburg. She works in a Medical-Legal Partnership in the Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Emergency Department, as well as other health justice projects in the community. She received a B.A. in Political […]

Tenants Rights Information