Casey Trombley-Shapiro Jonas

Casey Trombley-Shapiro Jonas oversees LAJC’s Health Justice and Public Benefits Program. Before joining LAJC, Casey was a litigator at Zuckerman Spaeder LLP in Washington, D.C., where she handled a wide variety of matters, including supporting family planning providers after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade; seeking compassionate release on behalf of clients denied adequate medical care while incarcerated; and defending statutory programs designed to promote and preserve access to essential health care.

Casey clerked for the Honorable Ketanji Brown Jackson on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and the Honorable Paul J. Watford on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Prior to law school, she worked as an artist, barista, and legislative staff member for former U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer. Casey is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Virginia School of Law.