Kathy Zeisel is the Director of Special Legal Projects where she works to expand Children’s Law Center’s impact through identifying and supporting opportunities across all of their legal programs. She was previously a senior supervising attorney with Healthy Together, a medical-legal partnership which brings Children’s Law Center lawyers side-by-side with pediatricians in health clinics to find and fix the root causes of a child’s health problem. In this role, Kathy represented and advised hundreds of parents in special education cases in DC, and trained and supervised staff and attorneys in special education cases, and mentored pro bono attorneys to represent parents. Kathy is also a Commissioner on DC’s Access to Justice Commission. Prior to joining Children’s Law Center, Kathy was the domestic violence staff attorney at the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty and the Queens supervisor for the Courtroom Advocate’s Project at Sanctuary for Families in New York City. Kathy graduated from New York University School of Law and received her BSFS from Georgetown University.

Chelsea Sullivan is the Georgetown Women's Law and Public Policy Fellow at the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, where she works on matters pertaining to civil rights, education, and disability rights. While at the Committee, Chelsea has worked on numerous special education hearings and represented students with disabilities, including students in Robertson v. District of Columbia, in claims arising under the IDEA at the Office of Dispute Resolution within the District of Columbia Office of the State Superintendent of Education. At the Committee, Chelsea also assists with advocacy efforts in V.C. et al. v. District of Columbia, No. 23-1139 (D.D.C.) (class action complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief regarding medical care treatment at the D.C. Department of Corrections) and Scott et al. v. Robinson, No. 3:12-cv-36 (W.D. Va.) (class action complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief regarding medical care treatment at Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women). Prior to the Committee, Chelsea’s research on the IDEA and the burden of proof in special education hearings was published in the Howard Human and Civil Rights Law Review. Chelsea graduated from George Washington University Law School in 2023.

Evan Monod is the staff attorney at The Arc U.S., where he has worked since March 2024. Prior to joining the Arc, Evan served as the Disability Rights Fellow at Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP from 2022 to 2024. He has experience in complex federal disability rights cases. Evan represented a putative class action of veterans with disabilities in Powers v. McDonough, 2023 WL 8884353 (C.D. Cal. Dec. 14, 2023), including thirteen individual and one organizational plaintiff in bringing Section 504 claims against the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. In Nat’l. Fed. of the Blind of Virginia v. Virginia Dep’t. of Corrs., 2023 WL 6812061 (E.D. Va. Oct. 16, 2023), Evan represented seven individual plaintiffs and one organizational plaintiff in an ADA/Section 504 action against the Virginia Department of Corrections. As a person with a disability, Evan has a passion for using the law to protect and advance the interests of the disabled community. He received his BA with honors from Georgetown University, and his JD with honors from the George Washington University Law School. He is licensed to practice law in the District of Columbia and Maryland. Evan lives in Washington, D.C. with an ever-growing collection of books and two rambunctious cats.