Victim Advocates & Partners

Network for Victim Recovery of DC 2015 Legal Advocacy Award The Network for Victim Recovery of DC’s legal program started in 2012 with just one full time and one half time attorney and in three years has expanded to a total of seven attorneys who have served over 500...

Janis Puracal Board Member Janis C. Puracal is an appellate attorney at Maloney Lauersdorf Reiner PC.  Ms. Puracal received a BA from New York University in 2001 and a JD from Seattle University School of Law in 2007.  Ms. Puracal served as a judicial clerk in a...

Whitney Magnuson Intern Whitney Magnuson is one of NCVLI’s Legal Externs for the Fall of 2014 and is in her third year at Lewis & Clark School of Law.  She told us a little about her experience as an intern at NCVLI. What did you know about victims’ rights before...

Jennifer Kristiansen Intern Jennifer Kristiansen is one of NCVLI’s Legal Interns for the Fall of 2014 and is in her third year at Lewis & Clark School of Law.   Jennifer Kristiansen grew up in Cottage Grove, Oregon, a rural community just south of Eugene....

Laura Dunn Partner Laura Dunn, JD is the Executive Director of SurvJustice, a nonprofit whose mission is to prevent campus sexual violence and improve campus response to survivors. Laura will be a keynote speaker at NCVLI’s 2015 Conference. Laura is a nationally...

Alexandra Kinsella 2014 Writing Contest Alexandra Kinsella is a writing contest winner for NCVLI’s 2014 Conference. Alexandra is a second year law student at the University of Colorado School of Law.  She is interested in women’s rights, international human rights,...

Susan Nelson 2014 Writing Contest Susan East Nelson is a writing contest winner for NCVLI’s 2014 Conference. She is a third-year law student at Southern University Law Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Through her law education, Ms. Nelson has developed an impressive...

Courtney Kiehl Intern Courtney Kiehl is one of NCVLI’s Legal Interns for the Summer of 2014 and just completed her second year at Pennsylvania State University, Dickinson School of Law. Courtney Kiehl was born and raised in Fremont, California. For the past ten years,...

Victoria Pugh Intern Victoria is one of NCVLI’s Legal Interns for the Summer of 2014 and just finished her first year at North Carolina Central University School of Law. She received her undergraduate degree from Appalachian State University and double majored in...

Elise Pin Intern Elise Pin interned with us in the fall of 2016 from France. Elise told us about herself. What did you like most about working at NCVLI?The people who make up NCVLI are the greatest strength of the organization. Everyone who works for NCVLI is so...

Catherine Harper Lee Catherine Harper Lee Catherine Harper Lee, founder and executive director of The Justice League of Ohio, has spent the last 20 years pursuing her passion: restoring faith and balance in the criminal justice system. She provides free legal...

Elizabeth Morrison 2014 Volunteer of the Year NCVLI’s Volunteer Award recognizes an individual who has demonstrated a deep commitment to victims’ rights by providing significant contributions to NCVLI’s work on behalf of victims. Elizabeth Morrison came to NCVLI in...