From 1999 to 2003, he served on the board of the Seattle Independent Media Center, which produced the Seattle WTO documentary, This is What Democracy Looks Like. At that time, he also served as President of the Olive Ridge Residents Council (Seattle Housing Authority) and worked with KCBA’s Housing Justice Project to secure rent credits for 120 tenants at the property.

In 2005, as a Representative to the SHA-wide Residents Action Council (RAC), he led a challenge to SHA’s imposition of rule changes that denied 4,000 residents’ First Amendment rights. NJP secured a TRO; the SHA appealed and lost at the WA Supreme Court. Rick joined NJP’s board in 2006 and has been an active contributor, having served as treasurer and chaired several committees.

Since 2019, he also serves on the board of North Helpline, a food bank that provides wrap around services in Lake City.

From 2016 until 2021 Dan handled cases before various administrative tribunals, and courts representing state agencies including the Departments of Social and Health Services and Labor and Industries. He went into private practice at Helsell Fetterman as a litigation associate (2021-2023) representing clients in medical malpractice, personal injury, insurance defense, and real estate dispute litigation.

Feeling the need to return to a life of public service, Dan was reappointed as an AAG in February 2023 representing the Department of Labor and Industries. In addition to his litigation roles, Dan has served as President of the Association of Washington Assistant Attorneys Generals, Treasurer of Lawyers Helping Hungry Children, and a board member of QLaw and the KCBA’s Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Luncheon Committee.

Jasmine has spent some time at Skagit Valley College in the city of Mount Vernon, Washington studying music, and is currently aspiring to go back to school to expand her knowledge in many subjects, law being her main focus. No stranger to racial injustice and as a survivor of domestic violence, Jasmine is thrilled to be serving as a client community board member.

After working briefly as a King County Prosecutor, Toni worked at a small law firm in Olympia focused on family law and criminal defense. She transitioned to the government sector, which allows her to influence public policy while protecting consumers and advocating for Washington residents.

Her service in the community includes volunteering with Thurston County Volunteer Legal Services (TCVLS), serving on the board of the Capital Chapter of Washington Women Lawyers (WWL), previously serving as president of the Thurston County Volunteer Legal Clinic (now known as TCVLS), and as Thurston County Bar Association (TCBA) president.

Ms. Pacheco-Jones is a formerly incarcerated individual who has dedicated herself to transforming the criminal legal system to create equity and access to true justice for all who are impacted. She credits treatment and services, not jail, with helping to address the root causes of substance use disorders.

As a teenager, Ms. Pacheco-Jones experienced 13 foster home placements, resulting in homelessness and human trafficking. It was after her children were placed in foster care, and she was released from prison, that she detoxed and has been clean for 20 years. Ms. Pacheco-Jones is a State Certified Trainer in Diversity and Social Cognition, a Certified Forensic Peer Counselor, and a Community Health worker. She earned her BA at Whitworth University and is working on a Master’s degree in Education from Gonzaga University.

He previously practiced at Smith + Malek and the Attorney General’s Office, where he started as an Assistant Attorney General in the Labor & Industries Division after joining the office through the AGO Honors Program then later served as General Counsel of Eastern Washington University.

He received his B.A. from Gonzaga University and J.D. from Villanova University School of Law, where he was a Public Interest Scholar and a member of the Villanova Law Review, Moot Court Board, and Farmworker Legal Aid Clinic. After law school, Boone clerked for Judge Robert E. Lawrence-Berrey of the Washington State Court of Appeals and Judge Robert H. Whaley of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington.

In addition to his work with NJP, Boone currently serves as Vice Chair of the City of Spokane Human Rights Commission, where he’s been a Commissioner since 2021. He has also volunteered with Spokane’s CASA program advocating for children in dependency proceedings, served on the board of a Spokane-area non-profit focused on environmental education, and volunteered to develop a high school youth court program in Norristown, PA in collaboration with a Philadelphia-based non-profit.

Access to Justice for everyone is Laura’s passion and she has spent many hours volunteering her time to help litigants navigate the Courts in both Pierce and King Counties. Laura chose to practice family law and dependency so that she could help those in need to make positive and productive decisions during some of the most difficult times of their lives. For the past 20 years, she has handled complex family law cases, minor guardianship cases, dependency cases, termination cases and cases involving the parental rights of tribal members. She also serves as a Pro Tem Commissioner with the Pierce County Superior Court. She graduated from Eastern Washington University and Seattle University School of Law while raising two small children. Laura has spent her entire life as a Washingtonian and is proud to continue her mission to serve the families of Washington through NJP.

Collin graduated with a B.A. from the University of Washington in 2004, and cum laude from the Seattle University School of Law in 2011. After law school, Collin volunteered with the King County Bar Association’s Neighborhood Legal Clinic program, providing free legal assistance to those who could not otherwise afford it. Like the Northwest Justice Project, Collin is deeply committed to the mission of providing legal assistance to underserved communities and believes that access to the legal system is a fundamental right that should be available to all, regardless of socioeconomic status.

As a queer person denied the right to marry, Catherine wrote an article advocating to add LGBTQ+ couples to the state statute as surrogate decisionmakers, which was published in the Wisconsin Journal of Law, Gender, and Society.

Catherine represented clients at Northwest Justice Project for fifteen years, including seniors, survivors of domestic violence, homeowners and tenants in foreclosure, and patients of Harborview and Seattle Children’s hospitals. At NJP, Catherine served on the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee and as a senior attorney. She was honored with NJP’s Advocacy Award in 2013.

Catherine next joined Legal Voice, a feminist nonprofit law firm, and worked to draft and pass legislation to curb abusive litigation for survivors of domestic violence and to ensure gender-diverse people have access to lifesaving healthcare. At Legal Voice, Catherine worked closely with several community organizations including UTOPIA, the Coalition for Rights and Safety, Diversity Alliance of the Puget Sound, QLaw and Gender Justice League. Catherine also served on a team of attorneys representing a college runner challenging the nation’s first trans athlete ban.

Catherine has volunteered with St. Mary’s food bank, QLaw, Black and Pink, the Latina/o Bar Association, and Northwest Immigrant Rights Project. For the latter, she represented an unaccompanied minor for seven years. During the 2016 election, Catherine was a poll monitor in Arizona.

Currently, she is in her sixth year as a board member of Communities Rise. In 2021, Catherine was diagnosed with a chronic health issue that requires her to take self-care very seriously. She now works for the King County Bar Association advising clients who are caring for relative children. She was drawn to this work as an auntie who has been a kinship caregiver for three niblings. She’s also a proud SEIU union member.

Cindy’s work at NJP earned her the Service and Advocacy Award in 2011. After NJP, Cindy became Assistant Dean of the Access to Justice Institute at Seattle University School of Law. In this role, she advanced the mission of access to justice through strategic leadership, program development, and mentoring future legal professionals. She was recognized as an Access to Justice Leader by Pre-Law Magazine in 2019.

Now the owner of a solo law practice, she continues her commitment to social justice, focusing on guardianship, education law, and housing issues and only charging flat fees. A Seattle University School of Law alumna, she is proud to serve on NJP’s Board of Directors, bringing her passion and expertise to support the organization’s mission of promoting justice for low-income communities across Washington State.