Our Staff

Blue Ridge Legal Services employs a small staff of licensed attorneys, paralegals and support staff in offices located in Winchester, Harrisonburg, Lexington, and Roanoke. Our legal staff is supplemented by the donated services of over 450 private attorneys throughout the Shenandoah Valley and Roanoke Valley who have agreed to assist low-income clients we refer to them on a pro bono basis, without charge.

Staff Directory

Click on staff person's name for a short biographical sketch and contact information.

Program-wide Management

John E. Whitfield, Executive Director/General Counsel

Wanda Holsapple, Program Administrator

Winchester Office

Renae Patrick, Managing Attorney

Jennifer Locke, Domestic Violence Attorney

Debbie Lanham, Referral Coordinator/Secretary

Joan K. Thompson, Intake Paralegal

Harrisonburg Office

Sarah M. Morton, Supervising Attorney

Betzi Bostic, Elderly Services Attorney

Vanessa Keasler Gogia, Referral Coordinator

Anne See, Elderly Services/Public Benefits Paralegal

Courtney Sinnett, Intake Paralegal

Beth D. Wimer, Secretary

Liza Q. Wirtz, Staff Attorney

Dathan J. Young, Staff Attorney

Lexington Office

Robin J. Mayer, Managing Attorney

Shawna Cheney, Staff Attorney

Cricket Chittum, Intake Paralegal/Secretary

Roanoke Office

Susan C. Proctor, Managing Attorney

Lawrence Brewer, Jr., Intake Paralegal

Jean Shultz, Paralegal

Sue O'Bryant, Intake Paralegal