Pisgah Legal Services Staff

Pisgah Legal Services has a team of 36 dedicated staff members, including 16 staff attorneys.  Many PLS staff members could find less stressful and more lucrative jobs elsewhere, but they choose to work at PLS because they believe deeply that all people deserve access to justice and they see the difference that civil legal aid makes for low-income people who have nowhere else to turn.

 PLS Staff Attorneys

Executive Director

James A. Barrett, 828-210-3408, jim@pisgahlegal.org

Staff Attorneys

Garrett Artz                                                                                       
Anne Bamberger
Judi Bertrand 
Shelley Pew Brown
Laura Collins                                                                               
Mae Creadick
Lynne Davis
Alex Gomes
Robin Jacobs
Martin Jarrard
Julie Klipp Nicholson
Robin Merrell                                                                                     
Curtis Venable
Gabriela Volkomer
Bill Whalen                                                                                   
Erin Wilson

Client Services & Legal Support

Pablo Averza
Yolanda Bopp
Cecelia Colson
Rachel Dievendorf
Aundry Freeman
Joanne Gaylord
Thalia Hoy
Sharon Joyner
Connie Mixson
Lily Peifer
Carol Rogers

Mountain Area Volunteer Lawyer Program

Margo Searson, 828-210-3440, margo@pisgahlegal.org
Carolyn Williams, 828-210-3421, carolyn@pisgahlegal.org

Administration, Accounting & Fundraising

Bryan Klinge, Accountant, 828-210-4326, bryan@pisgahlegal.org
Betsy Fedder, Annual Campaign Manager, 828-210-3444, betsy@pisgahlegal.org
Emily Miller, Office Administrator, 828-210-3425, emilym@pisgahlegal.org
Tina Owen, Capital Campaign Manager, 828-210-3430, tina@pisgahlegal.org
Kit Rains, Grants Manager, 828-210-3410, kit@pisgahlegal.org
Katie Russell Miller, Communications Manager, 828-210-3420, katierm@pisgahlegal.org
Marie Turowski, Database Administrator, 828-210-3414, marie@pisgahlegal.org