Meet Our 2025-2026 Board

Madeline Love

  • Madeline Love, a Tennessee native, is a 3L at Texas Law. Madeline was the 2024-25 Co-President of Texas Law’s Plaintiffs’ Advocacy & Litigation Society (PALS), a 2024-25 Deans’ Fellow, and civil procedure teaching assistant. This fall, Madeline will be studying abroad at Bocconi University in Milan, Italy. Madeline received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in Political Science: Law and Courts with a minor in Philosophy. During her 1L summer, Madeline worked as a judicial intern for the Honorable Lee H. Rosenthal of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas and as a law clerk in Arnold & Itkin’s mass tort and catastrophic injury practice. During her 2L summer, Madeline split her time between Arnold & Itkin and Burns Charest in their plaintiffs’ side litigation practice. Before law school, Madeline spent her time teaching swim lessons and working for the American Red Cross and the City of Knoxville as a program coordinator for water safety programming. Madeline is an avid “pet person” (both a dog person and cat person), and loves baking for any and every occasion.

Lainie Hoffer

  • Lainie is a 3L at American University Washington College of Law and currently serves as a Law Clerk at Plaxen Adler Muncy, P.A., a leading high-volume personal injury firm in Maryland. She previously clerked at the firm during both her 1L and 2L summers, where she gained substantial litigation experience by drafting motions, discovery responses, and demands, as well as attending numerous district and circuit court trials, depositions, and mediations. During her 2L year, Lainie also interned for the Honorable Jeannie J. Hong of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, giving her exposure to a criminal docket, further strengthening her understanding of judicial decision-making and trial advocacy. Before entering law school, Lainie served as a personnel officer in the United States Air Force, where she advised senior leadership on multi-million-dollar program management and disciplinary authority. During the final six months of her military service, she transitioned to legal work at Johnson, Fantl & Associates LLP, a boutique trusts and estates firm in Monterey, California, where she preserved decades of client records and assisted with client meetings alongside firm partners. Lainie holds a Bachelor of Science in English from the United States Air Force Academy, where she was a Division I student-athlete and served as captain of the Women’s Swimming and Diving Team. In her free time, she enjoys exploring Maryland’s scenic trails and spending quality time with her family.

Sam Bromer

  • Sam is a 3L at Georgetown University Law Center. As a 2L, he served as the Events Director of the Georgetown Plaintiffs' Law Association, where he helped launched the organization's inaugural plaintiff-side career fair in 2024. He serves as a Research Assistant to Professor Filippo Lancieri, focusing on research related to competition law and corporate capture. Sam competed in the Leahy Moot Court Competition where he advanced to the quarterfinals, and will participate in Georgetown's Civil Justice Clinic in the Fall. He spent his 1L summer working on employment law cases at the New York Legal Assistance Group's Employment Law Project. During his 2L year, he worked as a Legal Extern in the Antitrust and Nonprofit Enforcement Section at the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia in the fall, and as a Legal Extern in the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of the Solicitor, MSH division, in the spring. Sam is currently spending his rising 3L summer working on plaintiff-side securities, corporate governance, and consumer protection cases at Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP. He plays guitar in an indie rock band and has a dog named Sonny (named after Tottenham Hotspur's Heung Min Son).

Jordan Smith

  • Jordan Smith is a 3L at the University of Michigan Law School. Originally from a small town in New Hampshire, she received her B.A. in Political Science from the University of Rochester, where she served as Student Body President. Prior to attending law school, Jordan worked with several non-profit organizations before beginning her legal career as a paralegal for Altshuler Berzon LLP, where she discovered her passion for plaintiff-side law, particularly in labor and employment. At Michigan Law, she has served on the board of the Gender Violence Project for the past two years, and is involved with If/When/How and First Generation Law Students. Jordan spent her 1L summer as a student attorney for the Civil Rights Litigation Initiative, where she spearheaded a pregnancy discrimination case and worked on cases spanning civil rights issues, from housing discrimination and disability rights to racial profiling. Jordan spent her 2L summer as a clerk for the Gender Equity and LGBTQ Rights Program with Legal Aid At Work in San Francisco, where she worked on a range of employment law matters. In her free time, she loves cooking, hanging out with her cat, and going to as many concerts as possible.

Lisa Qian

  • Lisa Qian is a 3L at Stanford Law School. Previously, she served as co-president of the Stanford Plaintiffs’ Law Association, where she organized numerous lunch speakers and job workshops, including the inaugural Plaintiffs’ Law Workshop, all of which has helped dramatically increase interest in plaintiffs’ law on campus. She is passionate about changing perceptions about plaintiffs’ law, both at law schools and among the general public, and aspires to be plaintiffs’ trial attorney.

Julia Gokhberg

  • Julia is one of the original founders of the NPLA and previously served as NPLA’s Executive Creative Director. She graduated from Stanford Law School with Pro Bono distinction in 2024 and is now an Associate at Reid Collins & Tsai in Austin, Texas. In law school, Julia was the Symposium Editor of the Stanford Law Review, Co-President of SLS First Generation & Low-Income Professionals, Events and Communications Chair of SLS Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Association. Before attending law school, she was the Employees’ Rights Litigation Manager for a plaintiffs’-side employment discrimination boutique in New York City. Julia is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Swarthmore College where she obtained her B.A. in Economics and Political Science and was captain of the women’s tennis team. In her free time, she plays pickleball, watches Netflix, and cuddles with her rescue pup, Pepper.

Angie Pati

  • Angie Pati is a rising 2L at Emory Law. Prior to law school, she served as the Director of Strategic Partnerships at National Journal, Executive Director of Nonprofits at Grassroots Analytics, Fulbright Scholar in South Africa, and investigator at a legal aid organization. Deeply committed to civil rights, she spent her 1L summer as an intern in Southern Poverty Law Center’s Inclusion and Anti-Extremism Litigation Unit and hopes to continue to work within race and gender discrimination as a plaintiff-side attorney.

Leo Clarke

  • Leo Clarke is a rising 2L at Maryland Carey Law and the Deputy Membership Director of the National Plaintiff Lawyers Association. Originally from the D.C. area, he studied at McGill University in Montreal before law school. His professional background includes warehousing, retail, a biotech start-up, credit-card sales, and finance. Prior to law school, Leo interned for Judge Beryl Howell on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and at Mughal Law, a small immigration and civil litigation firm in Northern Virginia. In the summer of 2025, he interned for Chief Judge George L. Russell III at the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, and in the summer of 2026, he will join Morgan & Morgan as a summer associate. At Maryland Carey Law, Leo is Vice President of Consumer Justice Advocates, a legal writing fellow, and a competing member of the Thurgood Marshall Trial Team. He speaks German, French, and Spanish, and outside of law school, enjoys running, stand-up comedy, travel, soccer, and basketball.

Owen Robinson

  • Owen is a 2L at Washington University School of Law. He founded the Washington University Plaintiffs’ Law Association during his 1L year and still serves as the organization's co-president. Owen is also a member of the Washington University Jurisprudence Review. He spent his 1L summer working at Spangenberg Shibley & Liber, a personal injury firm in Cleveland, Ohio. Prior to law school, Owen graduated from Sewanee: The University of the South with a B.A. in International and Global Studies. He then spent a year working with a non-profit in Nashville assisting underprivileged highschoolers with their academics and post-graduation plans. In his free time, Owen enjoys reading (especially biographies), spending time with friends, and watching his beloved Cleveland sports teams.

Divya Goel

  • Divya is a 3L at Georgetown University Law Center, where she co-founded the Georgetown Plaintiffs' Law Association and grew it to over 170 members in its first year. Her enthusiasm for tackling economic justice and technology issues is matched only by her enthusiasm for Michigan summer sunsets and dance performances. During her 2L summer, Divya worked at Hausfeld LLP on plaintiffs' side litigation spanning antitrust, data privacy, and human / civil rights matters.

    She has experience working in government, including as a legislative fellow on the Senate Judiciary Committee before law school, and at the DOJ Antitrust Division and DC Attorney General during law school. She also spent three years as an economic consultant, often supporting plaintiffs' side experts. Divya earned her B.S. in Computer Science, Economics, and Data Science from MIT.

Abbey Carbajal

  • Abbey is a Max Berger ’71 Public Interest/Public Service Fellow at Columbia Law School. She graduated with honors from Brown University, where she earned a B.A. in Applied Mathematics and International and Public Affairs. At Columbia, Abbey is the co-president and founder of the Columbia Plaintiffs’ Law Association and serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Columbia Human Rights Law Review. She also held leadership roles in the Human Rights Association, Domestic Violence Project, Peruvian Students Association, and the Human Rights Institute’s Advocates Program. As a 1L, Abbey competed on the Latin American Law Students Association’s specialized moot court team and worked as a research assistant for Visiting Professor Youngjae Lee. During her 2L year, she served as a teaching assistant to Professor Kendall Thomas, joined the Human Rights Clinic, and clerked at a small plaintiff-side firm. Abbey also contributes to appellate litigation and mindfulness scholarship as a research assistant for Professor Dennis Fan and Professor Elizabeth Emens. This summer, she is working on complex civil rights litigation at Neufeld, Scheck, Brustin, Hoffmann & Freudenberger. Abbey is a proud Peruvian-American and the first in her family to attend law school. When she is not talking about plaintiff-side litigation, Abbey enjoys walking her dog Churrito and painting.

Jan Rotich

  • Jan is a 2L at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School from Dallas, Texas. She is the Co-President of the Penn Plaintiff’s Law Association, Associate Editor for the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Law and Social Change, and Director of Partnerships for the Penn Carey Law Texas Club. Jan split her 1L summer between Hausfeld and Burns Charest, where she supported plaintiffs through antitrust, environmental, consumer protection, and human rights litigation. Her dedication for advocacy is reflected in her distinction as a 2025 Susman Godfrey Prize recipient. Jan graduated from the University of Cincinnati with her Master’s in Public Administration, B.A. in Africana Studies, and B.A. in Political Science. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with friends, cooking, and exploring the city.

Katie Hazen

  • Katie Hazen is a rising 3L at Boston College Law School, where she is co-founder and co-chair of the Plaintiffs' Law Association chapter. After graduating cum laude from Smith College, the native Chicagoan worked in New York politics, including as Deputy Press Secretary in the Governor's office during the height of COVID-19. She later worked -- and occasionally continues to moonlight -- as a political consultant, championing progressive bills, candidates and causes in New York City and State. As a political consultant, she helped to pass anti-sexual harassment and abuse bills such as the landmark Adult Survivors Act, which opened a one-year civil lookback window for survivors who were 18+ years old at the time of their abuse, and the groundbreaking Fashion Workers Act, which enshrined basic labor rights for models in the world's fashion capital. She spent her 1L summer in the Charities Bureau of the New York Attorney General's Office. During her 2L summer at plaintiff-side personal injury firm Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger, she supported the passenger sexual assault MDL against Uber. In her spare time, you can find Katie reviewing movies on Letterboxd, watching Bravo, or cooking with friends.

Andrea Subtirelu

  • Andrea is a 2L at Drexel-Kline Law. She is one of the founders and President of Drexel-Kline’s Plaintiffs’ Law Association (DPLA), which aims to educate students about plaintiffs’ side work. A few of Andrea’s other extracurriculars include serving as treasurer of Drexel-Kline’s Latin American Law Student Association (LALSA) and as a competitor on the trial team. Andrea currently works at a plaintiff-side firm in Philadelphia, Wheeler, DiUlio & Barnabei (where she has worked since her first semester of law school), which focuses on using insurance law to resolve property damage disputes. During her free time (which she greatly values), Andrea loves being active (walking, running, lifting, and anything that involves adventuring outside), exploring new movies and TV, cooking, and finding great cafes in Philly.