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HISPANIC BAR ASSOCIATION

OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

DC LATINO

LEGAL SERVICES

REFERRAL DIRECTORY

JANUARY 2003

Introduction

The Hispanic Bar Association of the District of Columbia (HBA-

DC) created this Latino Legal Services Referral Directory to fill a

much-needed information gap in the DC Latino community. Each

week, the HBA-DC receives numerous telephone calls and e-mails

requesting referrals to Spanish-speaking attorneys, non-profit legal

service providers, or governmental services. We hope that this

Referral Directory is widely disseminated and helps, even a little, to

meet the growing and diverse needs of DC’s Latino population.

Users of this Referral Directory should know that this document

is not meant to be exhaustive. The individuals, firms and

organizations listed in the Referral Directory were compiled from

voluntary submissions by HBA-DC members as well as DC’s legal

community generally. Thus, it is meant to be one resource for

members of the Latino community seeking legal services in the DC

metropolitan area.

Users of this Referral Directory also must understand that the

HBA-DC does not endorse any of the individuals, firms or

organizations listed in the Referral Directory. The HBA-DC can only

confirm that the individuals licensed to practice in DC are members

in good standing of the DC Bar as of the time of the publication of

this Referral Directory.

This Referral Directory also may be found on the HBA-DC’s

website at www.hbadc.org.

If you, your firm or your organization would like to be included

in future editions the HBA-DC’s Latino Legal Services Referral

Directory, please contact the HBA-DC at P.O. Box 1011,

Washington, DC 20013-1011, (202) 388-4990, [email protected].

DC Latino Legal Services

Referral Directory

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Private Attorneys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Non-Profit Legal Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

DC Government Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Federal Government Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Non-Legal Related Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Index by Practice Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

HBA-DC Legal Services Referral Directory 1

PRIVATE ATTORNEYS

Jaime Winthuysen Aparisi, Esq.

8630 Fenton Street, Suite 932

Silver Spring, MD 20910-3876

PH (301) 562-1416; FX (301) 562-1417; [email protected]

Practice Areas: Criminal Litigation, Immigration, Bankruptcy

Bars: DC, Maryland

Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

Nelson I. Burgos

Burgos & Burgos

8720 Georgia Avenue, Suite 900

Silver Spring, MD 20910


Practice Areas: Civil Litigation, Criminal Litigation,

Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury

Bars: DC, Maryland

Languages: Spanish

Mayda Colon Tsaknis

Colon Tsaknis & Associates

200 N. Adams Street

Rockville, MD 20850

PH (301) 251-0775; FX (301) 251-5945

Practice Areas: Civil Litigation, Criminal Litigation, Family,

Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Traffic/Transportation

Bars: DC, Maryland

Languages: Spanish

Edward Gonzales, PC

7921 Jones Branch Drive, Suite 530

McLean, VA 22102


Practice Areas: Bankruptcy, Civil Litigation,

Probate/Trusts and Estates, Taxation

Bars: DC, Virginia

Languages: Spanish


PRIVATE ATTORNEYS

Edwin E. Huddleson III, Esq.

316 F Street, NE, Suite 201

Washington, DC 20002


Practice Areas: Civil Litigation, Employment/Labor,

Probate/Trusts and Estates, Public Interest, Small Claims

Bars: DC, Maryland, California

Jenner & Block, LLC

601 13th Street, NW, Suite 1200 South


PH (202) 639-6000; FX (202) 639-6066

Contact: Mark O. Stull

Practice Areas: Criminal Litigation, Employment/Labor,

Family, Immigration, Probate/Trusts and Estates

Bars: DC, Maryland, Virginia

Languages: Spanish

Paul Kiyonaga

Kiyonaga & Soltis

910 17th Street, NW, Suite 800




Employment/Labor, Personal Injury

Bars: DC, New York

Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese

Alex Menendez

McLeod, Watkinson & Miller

One Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 800



Practice Areas: Civil Litigation, Employment/Labor,

Probate/Trusts and Estates, Trademark, Traffic/Transportation

Bars: DC, Maryland, Virginia, Florida


Languages: Spanish

PRIVATE ATTORNEYS

Jack H. Olender

Jack H. Olender & Associates

888 17th Street, NW


PH (202) 879-7777

Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury

Bars: DC, Maryland, Pennsylvania

David M. Orta

Arnold & Porter

555 12th Street, NW




Employment/Labor, Housing, Immigration, Personal Injury,

Probate/Trusts and Estates, Public Interest, Social Security Benefits

Bars: DC, Florida

Languages: Spanish

Passman & Kaplan, PC

1090 Vermont Avenue, NW, Suite 500


PH (202) 789-0100; FX (202) 789-0101

Contact: Daniel A. Perez

Practice Areas: Employment/Labor

Bars: DC, Florida

Languages: Spanish

Dora M. Rodrigues

Koonz, McKenney, Johnson, DePaolis & Lightfoot

2020 K Street, NW, Suite 500



Practice Areas: Personal Injury

Bars: DC, Maryland


Languages: Spanish

PRIVATE ATTORNEYS

Heather Shaner, Esq.

1702 S Street, NW


PH (202) 265-8210; FX (202) 332-8057

Practice Areas: Criminal Litigation

Bars: DC, Pennsylvania

Languages: Spanish, Italian

James W. Tello, Esq.

P.O. Box 66824



Practice Areas: Aviation Law

Bars: DC

Michael E. Veve

Lasa, Monroig & Veve

2121 K Street, NW, Suite 800



Practice Areas: Civil Litigation, Corporate,

Employment/Labor, Government Contracts

Bars: DC, Virginia, Puerto Rico

Languages: Spanish


NON-PROFIT LEGAL SERVICES

AYUDA, Inc.

1736 Columbia Road, NW


PH (202) 387-4848; FX (202) 387-0324

Contact: Yvonne Vega, [email protected]

Practice Areas: Immigration, Domestic Violence

Bars: DC

Languages: Spanish

Bread for the City

1525 7th Street, NW


PH (202) 265-7400; FX (202) 745-1081

Contact: Elizabeth R. Campbell, [email protected]

Practice Areas: Family, Housing, Social Security Benefits

Bars: DC, New York, Connecticut

Languages: Spanish

Catholic Charities Immigration Legal Services

1221 Massachusetts Avenue, NW


PH (202) 628-4262; FX (202) 737-3421

Contact: Nancy Shestack

Practice Areas: Immigration

Bars: DC

Languages: Spanish

Central American Resource Center (CARECEN)

1459 Columbia Road, NW


PH (202) 328-9799; FX (202) 328-0023

Contacts: Saul Solorzano, Kathy Doan, [email protected]

Practice Areas: Immigration

Bars: DC

Languages: Spanish


NON-PROFIT LEGAL SERVICES

DC Employment Justice Center

1350 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 600


PH (202) 828-WORK (9675); FX (202) 828-9190

Contacts: Judy Conti, Kerry O’Brien, [email protected]

Practice Areas: Employment/Labor


Languages: Spanish

University of the District of Columbia

David A. Clarke School of Law Clinical Programs

4200 Connecticut Avenue, NW


PH (202) 274-5576; FX (202) 274-5569

Contact: L. Howells, [email protected]

Practice Areas: AIDS/HIV, Housing, Immigration,

Juvenile and Special Education, Small Claims

Bars: DC

Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights & Urban Affairs

11 Dupont Circle, NW


PH (202) 319-1000; FX (202) 319-1010

Contact: Denise Gilman, [email protected]

Practice Areas: Civil Rights, Employment/Labor, Housing, Immigration

(and Political Asylum)

Bars: DC, Texas

Languages: Spanish

Whitman Walker Clinic

1407 S Street, NW


PH (202) 939-7863; FX (202) 319-7012

Contact: Larry Villegas, Office of Latino Affairs

Practice Areas: AIDS/HIV



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Languages: Spanish


DC GOVERNMENT SERVICES

Child and Family Services Agency

400 6th Street, SW, 5th Floor


PH (202) 442-6000; FX (202) 442-6498

Practice Areas: Child Abuse/Welfare, Family

Department of Employment Services

609 H Street, NE


PH (202) 724-7000; FX (202) 724-5683

Practice Areas: Unemployment, Workers’ Compensation

Office of Citizen Complaint Review



PH (202) 727-3838; FX (202) 727-9182

Practice Areas: Police Misconduct

Office of Corporation Counsel

441 4th Street, NW, 4th Floor


PH (202) 727-3218; FX (202) 727-3745

Contact: Christina A. Lugo, [email protected]

Practice Areas: Criminal Litigation

Bars: DC, Florida

Languages: Spanish

Office of Human Rights

441 4th Street, NW, Suite 570N


PH (202) 727-4559; FX (202) 724-3786

Practice Areas: Employment Discrimination, Housing,

Public Accommodations, Education


DC GOVERNMENT SERVICES

Office of Latino Affairs

2000 14th Street, NW, 2nd Floor


PH (202) 671-2825; FX (202) 673-4557

Practice Areas: Access to Healthcare, Education,

Employment, Social Services

Office of the People’s Counsel



PH (202) 727-3071

Practice Areas: Disputes regarding Utilities,

Telephone Service and Automobile Insurance


FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SERVICES

Government-wide Information and Referral

from the Federal Citizen Information Center

PH (800) 688-9889; (800) 327-2996 (TTY)

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

451 7th Street, SW


PH (202) 708-1112; (202) 708-1455 (TTY)

Practice Areas: Housing

Washington, DC Field Office

820 First Street, NW, Suite 300

Washington, DC 20002-4205

PH (202) 275-9200; FX (202) 275-9212

Fair Housing Information Customer Service Center

PH (800) 767-7468; (800) 877-8339 (TTY)

Multifamily Housing Complaint Line

PH (800) 685-8470

U.S. Department of Justice

950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20530-0001

Practice Areas: Civil Rights, Immigration, Employment

Housing, Voting, etc.

Civil Rights Division

(civil rights issues including employment, voting, etc.)

PH (202) 514-4609; (202) 514-0716 (TTY)

Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related

Unfair Employment Practices

PH (800) 255-7688; (800) 237-2515 (TTY)



U.S. Department of Justice (cont.)

Americans with Disabilities Act Information Line

PH (800) 514-0301; (800) 514-0383 (TTY)

Immigration and Naturalization Service

425 I Street, NW


PH (800) 375-5283; (800) 767-1833 (TTY)

U.S. Department of Labor

200 Constitution Avenue, NW


PH (866) 4-USA-DOL; (877) 889-5627 (TTY)

Practice Areas: Labor and Employment

Washington, DC District Office

S1335 East-West Highway, Suite 200

Silver Spring, MD 20910

PH (301) 713-2000; FX (301) 713-2008

Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs

(for worker’s compensation issues)

PH (202) 513-6816

Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration

(for pension and health plan and related benefits issues)

PH (866) 275-7922; (877) 889-5627 (TTY)

Wage and Hour Division

(for minimum wage and Family Medical Leave Act issues)

PH (866) 4-US-WAGE



U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

1801 L Street, NW


PH (800) 669-4000; (800) 669-6820 (TTY)

Practice Areas: Employment Discrimination

Washington, DC Field Office

1400 L Street, NW, Suite 200


PH (202) 275-7377; (202) 275-7518 (TTY)

U.S. Social Security Administration

Office of Public Inquiries

Windsor Park Building

6401 Security Blvd.

Baltimore, MD 21235

PH (800) 772-1213; (800) 325-0778 (TTY)

Practice Area: Social Security Benefits

U.S. Social Security Local Office

2100 M Street, NW


PH (202) 772-1213; (800) 325-0778 (TTY)


NON-LEGAL RELATED SERVICES

Council of Latino Agencies

2437 15th Street, NW


PH (202) 328-9451; FX (202) 667-6135

Contact: Eugene Arene, [email protected]

Practice Areas: Research, Policy, Advocacy

Bars: N/A

Languages: Spanish

Greater Washington Ibero Institute

1710 H Street, NW


PH (202) 728-0352 x14

Contact: Guadalupe C. Rascon, [email protected]

Practice Areas: Business (Domestic and International)

Bars: N/A

Languages: Spanish, German

The Raben Group, LLC

213 E Street, NE


PH (202) 543-0005

Contact: Robert Raben, Esq., [email protected]

Practice Areas: Legislation

Bars: DC, New York

Languages: Spanish


INDEX BY PRACTICE AREA

AIDS/HIV

University of the District of Columbia Clinics

Whitman Walker Clinic

Aviation

James W. Tello

Bankruptcy

Jaime Winthuysen Aparisi

Edward Gonzales

Civil Litigation

Nelson I. Burgos

Mayda Colon Tsaknis

Edward Gonzales

Edwin E. Huddleson III

Paul Kiyonaga

Alex Menendez

David M. Orta

Michael E. Veve

Civil Rights


Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights

Corporate

Michael E. Veve

Criminal Litigation


Nelson I. Burgos

Mayda Colon Tsaknis

DC Office of Corporation Counsel

Jenner & Block

Paul Kiyonaga

David M. Orta

Heather Shaner



Education

DC Office of Human Rights

DC Office of Latino Affairs



Employment/Labor

DC Department of Employment Services

DC Employment Justice Center




Jenner & Block

Paul Kiyonaga

Alex Menendez

David M. Orta

Passman & Kaplan


U.S. Department of Labor

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Michael E. Veve


Family/Domestic Violence

AYUDA, Inc.

Bread for the City

Mayda Colon Tsaknis

DC Child and Family Services Agency

Jenner & Block

Government Contracts

Michael E. Veve



Housing

Bread for the City


David M. Orta


U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development


Immigration


AYUDA, Inc.

Catholic Charities Immigration Legal Services

Central American Resource Center

Jenner & Block

David M. Orta


U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service



Medical Malpractice/Healthcare

Nelson I. Burgos


Mayda Colon Tsaknis

Jack H. Olender

Patent/Trademark

Alex Menendez

Personal Injury

Nelson I. Burgos

Mayda Colon Tsaknis

Paul Kiyonaga

Jack H. Olender

David M. Orta

Dora M. Rodrigues



Police Misconduct

DC Office of Citizen Complaint Review

Probate/Trusts and Estates

Edward Gonzales


Jenner & Block

Alex Menendez

David M. Orta

Public Interest


David M. Orta

Small Claims



Social Security Benefits

Bread for the City

David M. Orta

Social Security Administration

Taxation

Edward Gonzales

Traffic/Transportation/Automobile Insurance

Mayda Colon Tsaknis

DC Office of the People’s Counsel

Alex Menendez

Utilities/Telephone Service

DC Office of the People’s Counsel

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