Legal Action Center Staff

Emily Creighton, Staff Attorney
202-507-7500 ext.7505 (ecreighton)

Emily Creighton is a staff attorney at the Legal Action Center. She has represented amicus curiae before Board of Immigration Appeals and in various federal courts around the country. She also contributes to the work of the Legal Action Center's Litigation Clearinghouse. Ms. Creighton joined the Immigration Council in 2006. She graduated cum laude from American University Washington College of Law in 2006. Prior to law school, she served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Ukraine.

Mary Kenney, Senior Staff Attorney
202-507-7500 ext.7512 (mkenney)

Mary Kenney is the senior staff attorney with the Legal Action Center. Ms. Kenney was counsel in Ngwanyia v. Ashcroft, a national asylee adjustment class action. She has litigated cases at the Board of Immigration Appeals and in various federal courts around the country. Prior to joining the American Immigration Council, she spent seven years as the Executive Director for the Texas Lawyers' Committee, a statewide immigrant and refugee rights project. She also was a legal services attorney for eleven years. Ms. Kenney received her J.D. degree from Antioch School of Law.

Beth Werlin, Litigation Clearinghouse Attorney
202-507-7500 ext.7522 (bwerlin)

Beth Werlin is the Litigation Clearinghouse Attorney at the Legal Action Center. The Litigation Clearinghouse serves as a national point of contact for lawyers conducting or contemplating immigration litigation. Ms. Werlin joined the American Immigration Council as a NAPIL Fellow in 2001 and was a staff attorney from 2003 until 2005. She has represented plaintiffs and amicus curiae in immigration litigation in the federal courts and before the Board of Immigration Appeals.

Brian Yourish, Legal Assistant
202-507-7500 ext.7516 (byourish)

Brian Yourish is the Legal Assistant in the Legal Action Center. Prior to the American Immigration Council, he was the Administrator and Outreach Coordinator for the Vancouver, Canada-based David Suzuki Foundation. Mr. Yourish has also worked as a Program Coordinator for a non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C. He received his B.A. in English from the University of Maryland in 2000. Mr. Yourish has also lived in Vancouver for three years.