Steve Hurley is the National Consumer Law Center's Chief Development Officer. He is responsible for leading NCLC’s development team, which is focused on expanding the organization's impact on economic justice issues by increasing its annual and long-term support through a wide range of sources: individual giving and cy pres awards, foundation grants, conferences and events, [...]
Paul Laurent is National Consumer Law Center’s Director of Leadership Giving and Engagement, working closely with major donors to increase support for NCLC’s activities through individual major gifts, cy pres awards, annual giving, planned giving, special events, law firm and corporate support, and direct mail appeals. Prior to joining NCLC, Paul was Director of Development [...]
Tashia Graham is the National Consumer Law Center’s Human Resources Manager. Tashia joined NCLC in 2016 and is responsible for benefits administration, coordination of personnel policies, assistance with recruitment, and coordination of periodic compensation studies. Tashia has a passion for serving underserved communities, demonstrated through her history of mission-based HR work, and also her volunteer work with local organizations. [...]
SarahEmily is responsible for the overall planning and implementation of conferences, training workshops, webinars, and special events at NCLC. She brings comprehensive knowledge and experience in development and event planning within nonprofit and academic settings. Prior to development work, SarahEmily taught and coordinated programs for adult English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) both overseas [...]
Jenifer Bosco is a staff attorney at NCLC who focuses on two broad areas: energy and utility issues that affect low-income consumers, and medical debt. She has advocated for low-income consumers in utility proceedings in several states, is a contributing author of NCLC’s treatise, Access to Utility Service, and has worked on transportation electrification policy [...]
Established in 2015, the Rising Star award is presented annually by the National Consumer Law Center's Partners Council. The award honors an attorney or attorneys (in practice for 15 years or less) who made major contributions to consumer law within the past two years by trying or settling a case of great success and significance. [...]
Countryman Award Submit a nomination for the 2022 Vern Countryman Award! Since the first award was presented in 1990 to Henry J. Sommer for his leadership in promoting the field of consumer law, the Vern Countryman Award has quickly become the top honor for consumer attorneys. Read more about recent Countryman Award winners >>> Rising [...]
Abby Shafroth is a staff attorney at the National Consumer Law Center and focuses on student loan and for-profit school issues, and on the intersection of criminal and consumer law. She has represented the interests of students and legal assistance organizations on federal and state policy committees, and is the co-author of two reports in [...]
April Kuehnhoff is a staff attorney in the National Consumer Law Center’s Boston office, where she advocates for fair debt collection. She is the co-author of NCLC's Fair Debt Collection and a contributing author to Surviving Debt. Prior to joining NCLC, Ms. Kuehnhoff was an associate at Shapiro Haber & Urmy LLP, a law clerk [...]
The National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) proudly traces its roots to President Lyndon Johnson's declaration of a "War on Poverty." Beginning in 1965, the federal Office of Economic Opportunity began funding legal services offices with two main goals: improving the access of poor people to the legal system and enabling advocates to seek justice wherever [...]
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