Our Team

Lillian Kang is a Staff Attorney at Legal Link. Prior to Legal Link, Lillian was a supervising attorney and clinical teaching fellow at the Health Justice Alliance Law Clinic at Georgetown University Law Center. She has also worked as a staff attorney at the Homeless Action Center in Oakland and the Disability Advocacy Program of the Urban Justice Center in New York City. In those roles, she advocated for clients with their claims for Social Security disability and other public benefits. Lillian represented clients in administrative hearings, the Appeals Council, and district court, prioritizing barrier-free and trauma-informed advocacy. Lillian has also worked as a staff attorney for the Community Organization Representation Project at the Justice & Diversity Center in San Francisco. In that role, she advocated for local nonprofit organizations with pressing business law needs by placing cases with volunteer attorneys and organizing free legal clinics and workshops. Lillian received her J.D. from University of California, Hastings College of the Law, LL.M in Advocacy from Georgetown University Law Center, and B.A. from UCLA in Sociology and Disability Studies. She is a member of the State Bar of California and the District of Columbia.

Lauren Lofton is a Senior Staff Attorney at Legal Link. Lauren has dedicated their career to social justice nonprofits, and higher education. Lauren specializes in competency/wellness, and implicit bias in the legal profession. Lauren has trained advocates, community organizers, court staff, judges, lawyers, and social workers nationally on providing intersectional and impactful services. Lauren is the primary author of the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) and Racial Justice Toolkit for Civil Legal Aid. They are a recipient of the National Association of Law School Professionals DEI award. They were named by the LGBT Bar Association as a “top 40 under the age of 40 lawyer.” Lauren received their J.D. and their B.A. in psychology, sociology and human development from University of California, Davis. They are a Black (biracial/mixed), out and proud LGBT+, non-binary person and member of the State Bar of California.

Wendy Lopez is the Program Manager at Legal Link. Prior to Legal Link, Wendy spent four years working with vulnerable populations in the Bay Area. Wendy was a fellow at Immigrants Rising and a Client Advocate at the Justice & Diversity Center. Additionally, she worked as a Case Manager at Compass Family Services, one of Legal Link’s long-time partners, where she went through Legal Link’s 2018 Legal First Aid Training Program. Wendy is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, where she studied Media Studies and Human Rights. Wendy is interested in attending Law School and becoming an attorney providing holistic services.

Kate Crowley Richardson is the Co-Executive Director of Legal Link. Kate is the former Legal Director at Swords to Plowshares, a San Francisco-based nonprofit organization that provides holistic, wraparound services to homeless and low-income veterans. She previously worked at Namati, the leading global legal empowerment organization. Prior to law school, Kate spent three years working as an advocate for medical and mental health care for people incarcerated in California state prisons. She has dedicated her legal career to supporting innovative models that work to close the access to justice gap for communities experiencing poverty. Kate received her J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law and her B.A. from the University of Michigan. She is a member of the State Bar of California.

Sacha Steinberger is the Founder and Co-Executive Director of Legal Link. Prior to founding Legal Link, Sacha litigated worker’s rights and civil rights cases at Lewis, Feinberg, Lee, Renaker & Jackson, P.C. in Oakland, clerked for Federal District Court Judge Martin J. Jenkins, and worked with Bay Area legal non-profits on worker’s rights and benefits issues. Prior to law school, Sacha did community, labor, and electoral organizing, and uses her community organizing background to employ the law as a tool to help clients move out of poverty. Sacha received her J.D. from the UC Law SF (Formerly UC Hastings), and her B.A. from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. She is a member of the State Bar of California.

Aurash Gomroki is a LSFN Post-Graduate Legal Fellow at Legal Link. Prior to becoming a Fellow at Legal Link, Aurash was a student at the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco. He also interned at the Department of Police Accountability of San Francisco, and the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, D.C. He is awaiting California bar results.