Attorneys & Staff:


Savonala "Savi" Horne

Executive Director ( )

  • B.A., City College, City University of New York, 1982 (Urban Legal Studies)
  • J.D., Rutgers University, 1990

Dawn Battiste

Deputy Director ( )

  • B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1982 (English)
  • M.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1989 (English)
  • J.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1993

Mary Henderson

Senior Staff Attorney ( )

  • B.A., Brigham Young University, 1998 (Comparative Literature)
  • J.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 2004

Jeffrey Jandura

Senior Staff Attorney ( )

  • B.A., University of North Dakota, 1971 (History)
  • J.D., Drake University, 1976

Andrew L. Fox

Staff Attorney ()

  • B.A., North Carolina State University, 2006 (psychology)
  • J.D., North Carolina Central University, 2011

Ruth Baldwin

Staff Attorney ()

  • B.A., Emory University, 2006 (Environmental Studies and Political Science)
  • J.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2010

Diana Santos Johnson

Staff Attorney ()

  • B.A., Wake Forest University, 2005 (Spanish)
  • J.D., North Carolina Central University, 2009

Omari Wilson

Staff Attorney ( )

  • B.S., Appalachian State University, 2001 (Psychology)
  • J.D., Capital University, 2005


Wendy M. Burnette

Program Manager ()

  • B.A., Texas Tech University, 1996 (Communication Studies)
  • Certificate of Completion, Wake AHEC, 2002 (Levels I, II, III, Interpreter Training)

Andrea Foushee

Administrative Assistant ( )

  • B.S., Livingstone College, 1990 (Psychology)

Barbara C. Taylor

NC Certified Paralegal ()

  • B.S., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1982 (Business Administration)
  • Paralegal Certification, Meredith College, 1984


Title 3

LLPP's pamphlet, "Ten Ways To Save Your Land," is now in its 5th edition. The pamphlet is aimed at limited-resource farmers themselves and gives a broad overview of typical legal issues confronting them. It's available here for free.

Peanuts

Heir Propertyis one of the driving forces behind the precipitous decline of land ownership in the African American community.

Okra

Learn how LLPP is working to promote Environmental Justice in North Carolina

Corn

LLPP's Fair Lending and Home Defense Project takes on Predatory Lending