Nathan's work focuses on improving representation for Texans who get arrested and cannot afford a lawyer, including by challenging illegal and ineffective indigent defense systems, advocating for improved defense provision, and helping people who have been mistreated or ignored by their local provider. Because this type of work is always a team effort, he also provides advice and legal representation to advocates, attorneys, and organizers seeking to improve their local indigent defense systems. Before moving to Texas, Nathan coordinated intake, appointment of counsel, and post-sentencing services at the Orleans Public Defenders. He is a graduate of Stanford Law School, the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas - Austin, and the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill.

Camilla serves as the Managing Attorney of Litigation and develops and manages TFDP's litigation program, which aims to support the shared goals of TFDP and its community partners in the fight against the criminalization of poverty. Before TFDP, Camilla was an appellate public defender at the Center for Appellate Litigation in New York City, where she brought challenges to debilitating enmeshed consequences of conviction alongside her direct representation work; a trial-level public defender at The Bronx Defenders; and an E. Barrett Prettyman Fellow at the Georgetown University Law Center, where she represented clients charged with misdemeanors and felonies, supervised students representing their own clients, and taught in the Criminal Defense and Prisoner Advocacy Clinic. She graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School and summa cum laude from Yale University.

Katie Kis is Interim Co-Executive Director at Texas Fair Defense Project. She joined TFDP in 2020 to help build internal systems and processes, as well as to support new and existing programs. Prior to joining TFDP she managed an Austin-area AmeriCorps program. She received a B.S. and a graduate certificate from the University of Oregon in 2013.

Yvonne M. London serves as Interim Co-Executive Director. Yvonne, in collaborative efforts with TFDP staff and community partners, works towards advancing the strategic vision for our policy program at the state and local levels that furthers TFDP’s mission of ending the criminalization of poverty. In 2022, Yvonne started working with TFDP in the criminal record clearing program providing direct representation and pro se assistance to individuals who wanted to clear their criminal records. Prior to joining TFDP, she worked as a Staff Attorney at the Earl Carl Institute for Legal & Social Policy, Inc. with their Juvenile Justice Project (JJP). At the Earl Carl Institute, Yvonne provided direct legal representation and advocacy in the areas of juvenile justice, special education, and school discipline. Before moving to Texas, Yvonne worked as an Agency Attorney for the City of New York, handling child protection and special education cases. She is a graduate of Wayne State University School of Law and Rutgers University. Yvonne is a member of the State Bar of Texas and the State Bar of New York.

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