Legal
Adriana Piñon
Legal Director
Adriana Piñon serves as the legal director of the ACLU of Texas, providing strategic leadership and managing the team’s litigation and…
Valeria Alvarado
Paralegal
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Valeria Alvarado is a Texas native proudly raised in Southeast Houston who serves as the legal assistant at the ACLU of Texas. She received a…
Fabiola Alvelais Aldana
Staff Attorney
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Fabiola Alvelais is a Staff Attorney with the ACLU of Texas, where she works to protect and advance civil rights and civil liberties. A native of…
Thomas Buser-Clancy
Senior Staff Attorney
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Tommy Buser-Clancy joined the ACLU of Texas in 2018 as a staff attorney. Prior to joining the ACLU, Tommy was a commercial litigator in private…
Christopher Clay
Senior Manager Legal Operations
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Christopher Clay is the senior manager in charge of legal operations at the ACLU of Texas and joined the legal department in 2013. Before his…
Sarah Corning
Legal Fellow
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Sarah Corning is an attorney and legal fellow at the ACLU of Texas. Her work seeks to protect and expand Texans’ reproductive rights post-Dobbs….
Sophia Howard
Legal Fellow
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Sophia Howard is an LDF Marshall-Motley Fellow at the ACLU of Texas. Their work focuses on the reproductive rights of incarcerated women and…
Chloe Kempf
Staff Attorney
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Chloe Kempf is a staff attorney at the ACLU of Texas. Her work seeks to defend and expand the rights of LGBTQIA+ Texans, to end censorship and…
Brian Klosterboer
Senior Staff Attorney
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Brian Klosterboer is a staff attorney who joined the ACLU of Texas as a Skadden fellow in 2018. Brian focuses on defending and expanding the rights…
Savannah Kumar
Staff Attorney
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Savannah Kumar joined the ACLU of Texas’ legal department in 2020 as the Samuels Family Legal Fellow. Savannah largely focuses on using…
Charelle Lett
Legal Fellow
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Charelle Lett joined the ACLU of Texas as a Samuels Family Fellow in 2023. Prior to joining the ACLU of Texas as a fellow, Charelle gained legal…
Kacy Middleton
Legal Assistant
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Kacy Middleton is a legal assistant for the ACLU of Texas.
Kacy earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin, where she studied Sociology and Rhetoric and Writing. During college, she interned for different non-profits and advocacy centers including Texas Appleseed and the Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Social Justice, where she gained valuable experience in policy and legislative analysis, community-centered advocacy, and civic engagement.
Before joining the ACLU of Texas, Kacy worked for a court and spent time volunteering for Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA). She is passionate about utilizing the legal system to progress the rights of marginalized and underrepresented communities. She is excited to be a part of a dedicated team and eager to contribute to the mission and goals of the ACLU of Texas.
Outside of work, Kacy enjoys spending time with her family and friends, traveling, playing pickleball, and exploring walking trails around the city.
