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Who We Are

Staff
Board of Directors
Advisory Board
New Leadership Council
  
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Hon. Abby Abinanti

Chief Judge
Yurok Tribal Court
Klamath, Del Norte County

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Zakia Afrin

Manager
Client Advocacy Programs, MAITRI
Santa Clara, Santa Clara County

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Cherri Allison

Executive Director
Alameda County Family Justice Center
Oakland, Alameda County

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Nadia Costa

Shareholder
Miller Starr Regalia
Walnut Creek, Contra Costa County

Adv board - Jessica Dayton

 

Jessica Dayton

Partner
ADZ Law
San Mateo, San Mateo County

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Jeffrey L. Edleson

Dean and Professor
UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare
Berkeley, Alameda County

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Mieko Failey

Director of Legal Services 
The LGBTQ Center of Long Beach
Long Beach, Los Angeles County

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Don Falk

Partner
Mayer Brown
Palo Alto, Santa Clara County

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Seth Goldstein

Partner
Law Offices of Seth Goldstein
Napa County & Monterey County

Adv board - Mindy

Mindy Mechanic

Professor of Psychology
California State University, Fullerton
Fullerton, Orange County

Adv board - Protima Pandey (1)

Protima Pandey

Director
Office of Women’s Policy at County of Santa Clara
San Jose, Santa Clara County

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Carolyn Russell

Executive Director
A Safe Place
Oakland, Alameda County

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Joanne Schulman

Attorney at Law
Law Offices of Joanne Schulman
San Francisco, San Francisco County

Adv board - Alex Scott

Alexandrea Scott

FVAP Co-Founder
Staff Attorney
Network for Victim Recovery of DC
Washington, District of Columbia

Adv board - Sudha Shetty

 

Sudha Shetty

Assistant Dean
UC Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy
Berkeley, Alameda County 

Adv board - Craig Stewart

 

Craig Stewart

Partner, Issues and Appeals Practice
Jones Day
San Francisco, San Francisco County

Juvenile Dependency/Child Welfare Advisory Board:

Hon. Leonard Edwards – consultant of California Judicial Council, retired Santa Clara County Superior Court judge

San Francisco, San Francisco County

Anya Emerson – private trial attorney, former FVAP senior staff attorney

Oakland, Alameda County

Andrew Cain – Directing Attorney, Legal Advocates for Children and Youth, a program of the Law Foundation for Silicon Valley

San Jose, Santa Clara County

Cristina Gabrielidis – private appellate attorney

San Diego, San Diego County

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COVID-19 update: While FVAP is open and our services continue to be available, as of March 9, 2020, in order to ensure the safety and well-being of clients and FVAP staff, we are meeting with visitors only by appointment until further notice. Our helpline is (510) 380-6243, and our business line is (510) 858-7358. You may also email us at info@fvaplaw.org.
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