Ohio Poverty Law Center State Support Staff

The Ohio Poverty Law Center (fka State Support) provides assistance to the staff of legal services offices in the six legal services regions in Ohio through co-counseling, specialty assistance and consulting, training, task forces, publications, and to the extent permitted by federal law, legislative and administrative advocacy. OPLC consists of six attorneys. Each staff attorney focuses on one or more substantive areas.

		Eugene King Director 614.221.7201 gking@ohiopovertylaw.org
		Linda Cook Senior Attorney 614.221.7201 lcook@ohiopovertylaw.org
		Joe Maskovyak Staff Attorney 614.221.7201 jmaskovyak@ohiopovertylaw.org
		Michael Smalz Senior Attorney 614.221.7201 msmalz@ohiopovertylaw.org
		Thomas Weeks Executive Director 614.221.7201 tweeks@oslsa.org
		Sarah Biehl Staff Attorney 614.221.7201 sbiehl@ohiopovertylaw.org
		Chris Barley Staff Attorney 614.221.7201 cbarley@ohiopovertylaw.org
		Melissa Lindsay Equal Justice Fellow 614.221.7201 mlindsay@ohiopovertylaw.org
		Brenda Sherrell Legal Secretary 614.221.7201