STAFF
Hayden Anderson, CFRE, Interim Executive Director
Jennifer Bailey, Esq., Staff Attorney
Muna Hassan, Clinic Paralegal
Susan Roche, Esq., Legal Director
Laura Simocko, Office and Development Associate
Craig "CJ" Small, Legal Support Associate
Andi Summers, Accredited Representative & Detention Paralegal
Barbara Taylor, Esq., Staff Attorney
Rachel Watson, Legal Program Associate & Volunteer Coordinator
Noël Young, Esq., Asylum Coordinator Attorney
Hayden Anderson, CFRE, Interim Executive Director
Hayden joined ILAP in December 2009. He has been doing development work since 2000, most recently as the development officer for the College of Science & Engineering at Seattle University in Seattle, WA. Hayden holds a BA from Amherst College and an MA and PhD from the University of Notre Dame, all in Philosophy.
Jennifer Bailey, Esq., Staff Attorney
Jennifer has been with ILAP since January 2008. Jennifer received a law degree from New York University in 1994 and a bachelor’s degree from Tufts University. Jennifer has more than 12 years of experience working on behalf of immigrants, including with ProBAR in Texas, Human Rights Watch and Jesuit Refugee Services in Washington, D.C. Jennifer is admitted to the New York State Bar and her practice in Maine is limited to Immigration and Nationality matters. She is fluent in Spanish.
Muna Hassan, Clinic Paralegal
Muna joined ILAP in July 2010 to manage the application assistance component of ILAP’s Immigration Clinic. Prior to joining ILAP's staff, she was an intake volunteer. Muna is a 2009 graduate of Bowdoin College, where she majored in Government and Legal Studies, and spent her junior year at the American University in Cairo, Egypt. Originally from Somalia, she immigrated to the U.S. as a child. Muna is fluent in Somali and is proficient in Arabic.
Susan Roche, Esq., Legal Director
Sue joined ILAP as a Staff Attorney in August 2000 and became our Supervising Attorney in 2003. In March 2011, she became ILAP's Legal Director. In addition to handling her own case load of full representation cases, Sue supervises attorney and paralegal staff and directs ILAP's legal work. Sue graduated from Northeastern University School of Law in 2000. She is an expert on family based immigration, remedies for noncitizen domestic violence and crime victims, and removal defense, and has been an invited presenter at regional and national conferences of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. Sue is admitted to the Maine Bar and is fluent in Spanish.
Laura Simocko, Office and Development Associate
Laura works with ILAP part-time, providing critically needed office administrative support, and helping keep our development efforts organized. Laura is a 2009 graduate of Colgate University, where she majored in Peace & Conflict Studies. She brings with her a commitment to working in the nonprofit sector and a passion for human rights and international affairs.
Craig "CJ" Small, Legal Support Associate
CJ came to ILAP in August 2011 on a year-long placement with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps. He is a 2011 graduate of Fordham College Rose Hill, where he majored in Latin American/Latino Studies and travelled to El Salvador on a series of outreach trips. During his college career, CJ also interned with the American Bar Association Commission on Immigration and volunteered with the Riverside Church Sojourner Immigration Detention Visitor Project.
Andi Summers, Accredited Representative & Detention Paralegal
Andi joined ILAP’s staff in July 2008 as the Legal Program Associate. In September 2009, Andi became ILAP's paralegal providing assistance to individuals detained by Immigration and assisting attorneys with full representation cases. In January 2011, Andi was accredited by the Board of Immigration Appeals to represent clients without requiring attorney supervision in matters before the various immigration agencies of the Department of Homeland Security and the State Department. Andi has her BA from Brown University and received her MS in Education from the University of Maine. Andi came to ILAP after working in the teaching field for over eight years and is fluent in Spanish.
Barbara Taylor, Esq., Staff Attorney
Barbara came to ILAP in March 2006, after previously working as an intake volunteer and later as an intern through a Maine Association of Public Interest Lawyers Fellowship in the summer of 2003. Barbara graduated cum laude from the University of Maine School of Law in 2005. Before joining ILAP, Barbara clerked with the Maine Superior Court and worked briefly with Legal Services for the Elderly. Barbara also has her Masters from Columbia Teachers College and was involved in education on various levels before switching to a law career. Barbara is admitted to the Maine Bar.
Rachel Watson, Legal Program Associate & Volunteer Coordinator
Rachel joined ILAP's staff in August 2009, after previously serving as an intern. She is a 2009 graduate of Colby College and spent a semester in Quito, Ecuador. Rachel was also a student intern at the Irish Immigration Center in Boston and has worked with Latinos as an ESL tutor. She majored in Spanish and Latin American studies, and is fluent in Spanish.
Noël Young, Esq., Asylum Coordinator Attorney
Noël joined ILAP in June 2011. In addition to managing ILAP’s Pro Bono Panel, Noël provides full representation to a limited number of asylum seekers. Noël graduated summa cum laude from Suffolk University Law School in 2006 with a concentration in International Law. Prior to joining ILAP, Noël was a corporate attorney in the Boston office of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, where she also represented asylum seekers pro bono and supervised other attorneys working on asylum matters. Noël is admitted to the Massachusetts Bar and her practice in Maine is limited to Immigration and Nationality matters. She is proficient in French.