Thursday, December 28, 2006

NWLS Welcomes New Attorneys to Our Staff

Northwestern Legal Services is pleased to announce the addition of two attorneys to our legal staff.

Jennifer Krause will begin work in November as a staff attorney in the NWLS Erie office. A graduate of Mercyhurst College, she completed her law degree from the University of California, Davis. While in law school, Krause was chairperson of the King Hall Legal Foundation, a non-profit organization that raises funds for public interest legal work.

Prior to joining NWLS, Krause worked as a staff attorney in a private law firm in Erie where she specialized in worker's compensation and social security law. At NWLS she will represent clients in a variety of civil cases, with a special emphasis in areas of employment law.

Tami Chin has accepted the position of staff attorney in the NWLS Meadvillle office. A graduate of Brigham Young University, she completed her legal training at the University of Notre Dame Law School. While in law school she served as executive editor of the Journal of College and University Law.

Attorney Chin will represent clients in civil cases beginning in November.