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Court Rules on Suspension of Driver’s Licenses

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact Tim Wallace  434-529-1853 twallace@justice4all.org May 23, 2018 – Today a divided panel of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision in Stinnie v. Holcomb, a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Virginia’s statutes automatically suspending driver’s licenses for failure to pay court costs and fines. In a 2 to 1 decision, […]

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Executive Director Mary Bauer to Step Down

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Tim Wallace, Director of Development 434-529-1853 twallace@justice4all.org LEGAL AID JUSTICE CENTER’S MARY BAUER TO STEP DOWN; ORGANIZATION SEEKS NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Charlottesville, Va., April 27, 2018 —  Legal Aid Justice Center (LAJC) Executive Director Mary Bauer has announced plans to step down as Executive Director in mid-summer 2018.  Bauer became Executive […]

Contessa Riggs

Contessa joined Legal Aid Justice Center in April 2017. Prior to joining the LAJC team, she was the Planner for Homeless Services for Prince George’s County, MD where she worked extensively with local and Federal government, community stakeholders, and non-profits on strategies to decriminalize and end homelessness. Prior to her stint in government work, Contessa […]

Kristin Donovan

Kristin joined LAJC in 2017 as a Gallogly Family Foundation Public Interest Fellow focused on providing legal services to immigrant women in Northern Virginia’s cleaning industry. In 2019, she was hired as a staff attorney to provide emergency immigration services to Arlington residents facing imminent deportation. Since 2021, Kristin has served as an attorney with […]

Caroline Klosko

Carrie joined the Charlottesville office of the Legal Aid Justice Center in the summer of 2017. She has represented hundreds of low-income tenants and consumers in state and federal courts throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia. Previously, Carrie worked with the Virginia Legal Aid Society in Danville, and Legal Services of Northern Virginia in Fairfax. Carrie […]

Court green-lights lawsuit challenging ICE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:  Hallie Ryan Managing Attorney, Legal Aid Justice Center 703.226.3426 A federal court has given the green light to a lawsuit challenging ICE’s use of warrantless home invasions and vehicle stops, denying the government’s Motion to Dismiss and allowing the lawsuit to continue into discovery.  This is one of the first rulings […]

2018 Legislative Session Wrap Up

The 2018 Virginia legislative regular session came to a close this month on March 10, but reached its conclusion without the General Assembly passing a biennial budget for 2018-2020.  The main issue preventing agreement on the budget was whether or not Virginia will opt into federal funding to expand our Medicaid program to cover the […]