Our Staff

Administration

  • Dennis Kaufman - Executive Director
  • Samuel Young - Director of Advocacy
  • Karen Kelley - Fiscal Manager
  • Andrea Garvey - Program Administrator
  • Joseph Warren - Director of Technology

Support Staff

  • Jami Freeman - Secretary
  • Tracy Wagner - Receptionist

Legal Staff


Syracuse Office

  • Elaine Amory - Staff Attorney
  • Christopher Cadin -
    Director of Disability Advocacy
  • Adam Crowley - Public Interest Fellow
  • Michele Czornij - Law Assistant
  • Elizabeth Deuel - Law Assistant
  • Crystal Doody - Staff Attorney
  • Ken Ehresman - Staff Attorney
  • Rob Lukow - Staff Attorney
  • Lyndsey McKinstry - Staff Attorney
  • Gigi Meyers - Staff Attorney


  • Julie Morse - Staff Attorney
  • Shelly Tsai - Staff Attorney
  • J. Eric Tohtz -
    Director of Special Advocacy
  • Mary Traynor - Staff Attorney
  • Beth E. Wallbridge - Advocacy Specialist
  • Christine Waters - Staff Attorney
  • Esther Weingarten - Staff Attorney
  • James Williams - Staff Attorney
  • Susan Young - Staff Attorney

Utica Office

  • Melanie Goldberg - Staff Attorney
  • Ellen Sekreta - Staff Attorney

Binghamton Office

  • Russell Dombrow - Staff Attorney
  • Suzanne Myette - Staff Attorney

Cortland Office

  • James T. Murphy - Staff Attorney