Meet the Team
Our Leadership
Deonne E. Contine
Executive Director
Stephanie R.T. Cook
Deputy Executive Director
Jessica Garza
Office Manager
Catherine Leon
Grant & Development Manager
Our Staff
Renee Aguilar
Legal Assistant, Immigration
Itzel Arzate
Intake Coordinator
Olga Garcia Gurrola
Intake Coordinator, Victim Advocacy Unit
Melissa Jimenez
Intake Assistant
Heidi Meek
Self-Help Center Coordinator
Noah Montague,
Immigration Specialist
Michael Reynolds
Legal Assistant, Child Advocacy
Alma Rivera
Legal Assistant, Senior Legal Center
Amanda Stocke
Legal Assistant, Adult Guardianship
Madai Vargas
Legal Assistant, Victim Advocacy Unit
Teresa Wood, Legal Assistant
Legal Assistant, Consumer & Housing
Our Attorneys
Mark A. Beguelin
Child Advocacy – Carson City
Jeff Briggs
Child Advocacy
Elena Butko
Senior Legal Center
Katie Chadliev
Child Advocacy
Kenneth Ching
Child Advocacy
Jennifer Christie
Child Advocacy
Lisa F. Evans
Adult Guardianship
Rita Greggio
Medical-Legal Partnership
Jennifer Jeans
Child Advocacy
Krista Meier
Adult Guardianship
Faith Mileca
Child Advocacy
Marissa Otteson
Child Advocacy & Pro Bono and Volunteer Coordinator
James Newcomb
Child Advocacy
Dave Russell
Senior Legal Center
Will Shogren
Senior Legal Center
David Spitzer
Adult Guardianship
Caryn Sternlicht
Consumer & Housing
Janet E. Traut
Victim Advocacy Unit
Kelly Werth
Child Advocacy – Lyon County
Jill Whitbeck
Victim Advocacy Unit
Anne Williams
Adult Guardianship
