Jennifer Geller

Jennifer Geller is a lawyer, nonprofit leader, and higher education administrator. Currently, she is the Managing Director of the Public Law and Policy Program at University of Oregon School of Law, a role that supports and facilitates Oregon Law students and alums engaged in public interest and public service legal work.

Jennifer brings decades of experience serving on and leading boards and political campaigns, often with a focus on public libraries and schools. Her longstanding commitment to expanding educational opportunities has led to organizing parents to advocate for policies that support students; helping to lead numerous successful school and library bond and levy campaigns; and serving on her local school board.

Prior to working at Oregon Law, Jennifer was a Washington State Assistant Attorney General and a faculty member in an undergraduate support program for underrepresented Oregonians. Jennifer attended University of Washington School of Law."

Theresa Hassler

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Theresa has spent more than two decades working at the intersection of government and public service. She has served in senior-level positions on political campaigns and in local and state government. Her vast experience has extended to nonprofit management and as a registered lobbyist, championing policy positions that uplift Black and traditionally underserved communities.

Karen Huber

Karen Huber was raised in Ohio and has lived in Georgia since 2007. A French historian, she researched women facing trial for abortion and infanticide in France during the early twentieth century. Appalled by the threats the Trump administration posed to equality and bodily autonomy, Karen resigned her tenured faculty position and retrained as a lawyer. She completed her JD and LLM in International and Comparative Law at Duke, where she was able to participate in clinics focused on international human rights and on poverty law and housing justice. Karen clerked with a judge on the European Union Court of Justice General Court, then joined Shearman & Sterling's litigation practice in New York. Karen worked at Shearman from 2021 through 2023 and was named a Pro Bono All Star each year. In 2024 Karen will join a litigation boutique in Washington, DC.

GRETA MARTIN

Greta Kemp Martin is the Litigation Director for Disability Rights Mississippi, the protection and advocacy agency for the state of Mississippi, tasked with legal representation and advocacy for individuals with disabilities. Born, raised, and educated in Mississippi, Greta is a 2007 graduate of the University of Mississippi and a 2010 graduate of Mississippi College School of Law. Immediately after graduation, Greta worked in private practice with former Supreme Court Justice Chuck McRae and with Langston & Langston, PLLC in the areas of civil rights, personal injury, medical malpractice, and bad faith insurance claims. She has practiced before numerous judges and juries in the state of Mississippi and at the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Greta is a Past President of the Mississippi Association for Justice (formerly the Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association). She has been an active member of MAJ since law school, having served in various leadership roles for the association, including New Lawyer’s Division Chair and Women’s Caucus Chair. She is a past recipient of the Margaret P. Ellis Legacy of Leadership as well as MAJ’s Woman of Achievement Award. Greta is a former President of the Mississippi Women Lawyers’ Association (2014-15). She also serves on the Mississippi Access to Justice Commission – a task force that focuses on bringing legal services to underserved communities in Mississippi. She is an active member of the Mississippi Bar and has served on various bar committees, including the Women in the Profession and Litigation Sections. She is a 2015 graduate of the Mississippi Bar Leadership Forum. In 2023, Greta ran as the Democratic nominee for Mississippi Attorney General.

Greta was born and raised in Belmont, Mississippi (Tishomingo County) where most of her family still resides.  Greta currently lives in Jackson, Mississippi with her husband, Drew, and her three step-children – Turner, McNeil, and Harrison – and their dogs Arya, Biden, & Dolly."

Jennifer Mercer

Jennifer is a Staff Attorney at Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland, where she represents low-income residential tenants facing eviction as part of Maryland's innovative Access to Counsel in Evictions program. Previously, she was a Staff Attorney at the Women’s Law Center of Maryland, where she represented survivors of intimate partner violence seeking civil protective orders. She is a 2012 graduate of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and a 2015 graduate of the University of Maryland School of Law. She was admitted to the Maryland Bar in 2015.

Jennifer is driven by her intersectional feminism, her desire to learn, and a deep love for her home state of Maryland. Outside of work, she serves on the Board of Directors of Pro-Choice Maryland Action 501(c)(4) as a Co-Chair of the Policy & Endorsement Committee. In her spare time, she enjoys gardening, weightlifting, fishing trips with her wife, and rock music.

Karen Nally

Ms. Karen E. Nally of the Law Office of Karen E. Nally, PLLC has practiced in the area of Water Rights, Natural Resources, and Utilities encompassing all facets of Arizona water law for over thirty years. Ms. Nally also has a long history of representing special governmental districts including flood control and irrigation providers. She has substantial experience in performing the tasks that are required of general counsel for such entities, including working cooperatively as a team with boards of directors, staff, and technical consultants and preparing and working with a budget for legal services. 

Her experience representing special districts has allowed her to develop particular knowledge of the state’s open meeting and public records laws, labor issues, municipal services, rights-of-way, and election law.

She also regularly counsels clients on structuring and forming business entities and drafting governing agreements tailored to suit client-specific objectives with a focus on maximizing liability protection while maintaining operational flexibility.

Lindsay Polega

Lindsay holds leadership positions in the American Bar Association and is an active member of the St. Petersburg Bar Association. She currently serves as a Vice Chair to the Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Digital Rights Committee. She volunteers regularly with immigration and asylum assistance organizations, including Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) and VECINA. In these roles, Lindsay assists Afghan parolees seeking asylum status prepare for asylum interviews and assists children who have been placed into U.S. based refugee resettlement centers be reunified with family members residing in the U.S. She is also a proud volunteer with Floridians Protecting Freedom (a citizen-led ballot initiative seeking to block the implementation of laws that prohibit, delay, or restrict abortion access through a state constitutional amendment), the Jane Network (an organization that works to pair pro bono attorneys with minors in need of legal assistance in obtaining judicial bypasses for abortion care), and the St. Petersburg Chapter of the League of Women Voters (a nonpartisan organization that encourages participation in government, works to increase understanding of policy issues, and influences policy through education and advocacy). 

ANETTE SIKKA

Anette Sikka is an attorney and rule of law consultant living in Birmingham, Alabama. She received a J.D. from Dalhousie University in Canada and a Doctor of Laws (LLM/LLD) from the University of Ottawa. She was admitted to the Alabama Bar in 2015. For several years she worked with the UN in Bosnia and Kosovo monitoring and training law enforcement on gender-based violence issues, later becoming a research and training consultant for governmental and non-governmental organizations. She worked extensively on policing with the U.S. Dept of State in Iraq and conducted projects across North America and the MENA region focusing on gender, anti-corruption, human trafficking, Indigenous rights, and labor exploitation. Dr. Sikka was an Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois Springfield from 2015-2020, teaching immigration, international, and constitutional law. She previously taught at Arizona State University College of Law and the University of Alabama Law School.

Netta Squires

Netta Squires, JD, MSL, CEM, CCRP, is a Maryland-based attorney, educator, and public safety professional. Appointed by Governor Hogan as the first Director of Local Cybersecurity at the Maryland Department of Information Technology, she brings a wealth of expertise in emergency management and public safety. Netta serves as an adjunct professor specializing in criminal justice, emergency management, and cybersecurity. Netta chairs the legislative committee for the Maryland Emergency Management Association, championing legislation at both local and state levels. Netta is committed to public service in the intersection of law, technology, and public safety.