Our Team

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 Legal Link, Sacha litigated worker’s rights and civil rights cases for seven years at Lewis, Feinberg, Lee, Renaker & Jackson, P.C. in Oakland, and clerked for Federal District Court Judge Martin J. Jenkins. Prior to law school, Sacha spent four years doing 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 University of California, Hastings College of the Law, and her B.A. from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. She is a member of the State Bar of California.

Anna Holt currently attends UC Davis School of Law, where she is focused on access to justice solutions in both criminal and civil contexts. She is particularly interested in the intersection between housing insecurity and access to justice, as well as the intersection between the criminal and civil legal spheres. Anna worked as an extern to the Honorable Judge Allison Williams in the summer of 2022, and as a legal intern at the Sacramento Public Defender’s Office throughout 2023. Prior to law school, Anna spent three years working as a City Coordinator for Greenpeace in Seattle, WA, where she managed campaigns centered around environmental justice. Anna received her B.A. in Sociology from Colorado College and will complete her J.D. in the spring of 2024.

Kevin Navi is a second-year law student at UC Berkeley School of Law. Kevin is originally from Los Angeles and graduated from UC Berkeley with a B.A. in Economics. Before law school, Kevin co-founded Her Lawyer, an online service that connects women with attorneys. Kevin aims to work as an attorney for mission-driven startups, and he is passionate about exploring innovative ways to deliver legal services.