A fixture of the legal department since 2008, Esther (she/her) leads a team of staff attorneys to provide advice, legal advocacy services, and free legal representation to Her Justice clients with relief pursuant to the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). She also brings expertise in family and matrimonial law. Esther also trains and mentors volunteer attorneys with dozens of leading NYC firms regarding immigration cases , and litigation strategy, and keeps them current on changes in the law and legal procedures. She develops and implements Continuing Legal Education (CLE) training programs and collaborates with advocates and other community-based organizations to connect clients with legal and social services.
Upon graduating from law school Esther was an Equal Justice Works Fellow at the Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center in Washington D.C. Prior to Her Justice. She then joined Sanctuary for Families, Center for Battered Women’s Legal Services as Supervising Attorney for the Courtroom Advocates Project, prior to joining Her Justice.
Esther is admitted to practice law in New York, Virginia, and California, and she earned her B.A. at Pomona College and her J.D. from Fordham University School of Law.