Organizations Filed Purposes:
LEGAL AID CHICAGO PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE FREE LEGAL SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES LIVING IN POVERTY AND COMMUNITY GROUPS IN POOR NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT METROPOLITAN CHICAGO. LEGAL AID CHICAGO HELPS PEOPLE RESOLVE CIVIL LEGAL PROBLEMS, INCLUDING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, CONSUMER FRAUD, AND UNFAIR EVICTIONS, AND GETS THEM BACK ON THEIR FEET.
TO PROVIDE FREE CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES TO LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY GROUPS.
THE IMMIGRANTS AND WORKERS' RIGHTS PRACTICE GROUP IS A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM THAT FOCUSES ON FOUR AREAS OF LEGAL EXPERTISE: EMPLOYMENT LAW, IMMIGRATION LAW, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, AND MIGRANT FARMWORKER LAW. IWR CLIENTS ARE U.S. CITIZENS, OFTEN LOW-WAGE WORKERS, AND IMMIGRANTS, BOTH NEWLY-ARRIVED AND LONGSTANDING RESIDENTS OF THE STATE. WE REPRESENT CLIENTS' UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS, WAGE CLAIMS, EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION INCLUDING SEXUAL HARASSMENT, RACIAL AND NATIONAL ORIGIN DISCRIMINATION, DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION, AND WRONGFUL TERMINATION, IN ADDITION TO CLAIMS UNDER THE FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE ACT. THE TEAM ALSO REPRESENTS IMMIGRANT SURVIVORS OF CRIME AND MENTAL CRUELTY TO OBTAIN LEGAL STATUS UNDER THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT, THE U.S. VISA PROCESS, ASYLUM, AND OTHER IMMIGRATION REMEDIES. THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING PROJECT PROVIDES VICTIM ADVOCACY AND REPRESENTATION TO CITIZEN AND IMMIGRANT SURVIVORS OF LABOR AND/OR SEX TRAFFICKING. OUR MIGRANT PROJECT PROVIDES DIRECT LEGAL SERVICES AND OUTREACH TO MIGRANT FARMWORKERS, BOTH DOMESTIC WORKERS TRAVELING IN THE MIGRANT STREAM FROM TEXAS AND OTHER STATES, AND THOSE HERE ON SPECIAL, SHORT-TERM AGRICULTURAL WORK VISAS. OUR IMMIGRATION, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, AND MIGRANT PROJECT EXTEND THROUGHOUT ILLINOIS.
THE PUBLIC BENEFITS PRACTICE GROUP ASSISTS CLIENTS WITH SSI, VETERANS' BENEFITS, MEDICAID, MEDICARE, TANF, SNAP (FORMERLY FOOD STAMPS), CRIME VICTIM BENEFITS, AND SUBSIDIZED CHILD CARE. THE PRACTICE GROUP'S GOALS ARE: 1.) TO OBTAIN, RESTORE OR INCREASE BENEFITS FOR ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES; 2.) TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN TERMS OF PUBLIC BENEFITS AND TO EDUCATE COMMUNITY PARTNERS, AND SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS SO THEY CAN HELP THEIR CLIENTS; AND 3.) TO IDENTIFY EMERGING PUBLIC BENEFITS ISSUES AND TRENDS AND PROACTIVELY LEAD ADVOCACY EFFORTS TO DEAL WITH THEM AND WORK TO ENSURE THAT THE AGENCIES ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC BENEFITS PROGRAMS ARE RESPONSIVE TO CLIENTS AND PROVIDE THE BENEFITS TO WHICH CLIENTS ARE ENTITLED TIMELY AND ACCURATELY.
THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES PRACTICE GROUP HANDLES OUR FAMILY LAW WORK (ALMOST ALL OF WHICH INVOLVES DOMESTIC VIOLENCE) WHICH INCLUDES ORDERS OF PROTECTION, ELDER ABUSE, DIVORCE, CHILD CUSTODY, AND CHILD SUPPORT. ITS ATTORNEYS ALSO WORK ON BEHALF OF RELATIVE CARETAKERS AND FOSTER PARENTS IN ABUSE AND NEGLECT CASES, AND DO SPECIAL EDUCATION WORK FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE WARDS OF THE STATE.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| John Gallo | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 37.5 | $195,983 |
| Richard Wheelock | CHIEF LEGAL COUNSEL | 37.5 | $129,587 |
| Ruby Smith | CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | 37.5 | $128,098 |
| Gloria Friedman | DIRECTOR OF EXTERNAL RELAT | 37.5 | $118,890 |
| Cynthia Sadkin | CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER | 37.5 | $118,230 |
| Jennifer Payne | DIRECTOR OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES | 37.5 | $113,945 |
| Alice Scott | DIRECTOR - NEW | 0.5 | $0 |
| Lorraine Ross | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Tracy Mclellan | DIRECTOR - NEW | 0.5 | $0 |
| Alison Leff | DIRECTOR - NEW | 0.5 | $0 |
| Tim Kincaid | DIRECTOR - NEW | 0.5 | $0 |
| Jaime Jones | DIRECTOR - NEW | 0.5 | $0 |
| Barry Horwitz | DIRECTOR - NEW | 0.5 | $0 |
| Jared Heck | DIRECTOR - NEW | 0.5 | $0 |
| Veronica Gonzalez | DIRECTOR - NEW | 0.5 | $0 |
| Greg Deis | DIRECTOR - NEW | 0.5 | $0 |
| Ledeidre Turner | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Megan Thibert-Ind | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Nancy Temple | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Pete Tarsney | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Amanda Sonneborn | DIRECTOR - OLD | 0.5 | $0 |
| Patrick Salvi | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Avis Reynolds | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Anne Mitchell | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Brian Haussmann | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Virxhini Gjonzeneli | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Mary Dolan | DIRECTOR - OLD | 0.5 | $0 |
| Ted Chung | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Tony Balkissoon | DIRECTOR - OLD | 0.5 | $0 |
| Bobbi Anderson | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Uma Amuluru | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Gary Wachtel | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Howard Spiller | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Holly Snow | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Douglas Sanders | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Jeanette Samules | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Marilyn Ross | SECRETARY | 0.5 | $0 |
| Megan Poetzel | CO-CHAIR-NEW | 0.5 | $0 |
| Jan Peters | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Tom O'Neill | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Chris O'Hara | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Catherine Masters | CO-CHAIR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Tom Marrinson | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Kevin Lorick | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Alex Liberman | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Robert Kriss | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Richard Klawiter | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Julia Johnson | TREASURER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Ted Helwig | CO-CHAIR - OLD | 0.5 | $0 |
| Charles Glick | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Christian Flaherty | DIRECTOR - OLD | 0.5 | $0 |
| Michael Faris | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Maja Eaton | DIRECTOR - OLD | 0.5 | $0 |
| Olivia Dominguez | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Lawrence Desideri | DIRECTOR - OLD | 0.5 | $0 |
| Vincent Davis | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Kenneth Carr | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Kevin Brown | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Claudia Brown | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Nader Boulos | CO-CHAIR - NEW | 0.5 | $0 |
| Leonard Bailey | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Jorge Baez | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
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