Christopher Schott

Chris became Director of the Fair Housing Project in 2023. He first joined NHLA as an intern in 2017 and became a Staff Attorney in the Portsmouth office in 2018 representing victims of domestic violence in protective order hearings and other family law cases. Chris advocates for tenants facing discriminatory evictions and in seeking affirmative relief from discrimination. He also works to educate partners and the public on fair housing matters. He believes that everyone deserves to live their lives where they want, free of any discrimination, and to that end fair housing is crucial. He is based in the Manchester office.

**Liliana Neumann**

Liliana has been the Bilingual Intake Coordinator and Assistant Testing Coordinator for NHLA since May 2016. In that role, Liliana assists in conducting all the testing for the Fair Housing Project. She is also NHLA’s Spanish interpreter and translator and the Language Access Coordinator. Liliana works in the Manchester office.

Lauren Greenwald

Lauren joined NHLA in 2018 as a Staff Attorney and became Director of the Housing Justice Project in 2022. Lauren represents tenants facing eviction, loss of subsidized housing, and housing discrimination. She brings with her over two decades of litigation experience and commitment to public interest law. Lauren firmly believes that the quality of a person’s legal representation should not be dependent on their wealth. She is based in the Portsmouth office

Ruth Heintz

Ruth is the Managing Attorney of the Berlin office and has been at NHLA since 2004. Ruth practices in a variety of poverty law areas including advocating for domestic violence survivors in family law and civil restraining order cases, disentangling Social Security Disability Insurance and SSI matters for clients with disabilities, and informing and advocating for homeowners so that they receive the property tax relief they are entitled to under New Hampshire law. In her fair housing work, Ruth strives to work closely with the Bureau of Elderly and Adult Services to preserve the subsidized housing tenancies of older and disabled tenants threatened with eviction because they no longer can take adequate care of their apartments and themselves.

Sofia Hyatt

Sofia Hyatt started at NHLA in the Summer of 2020 as an intern at the Manchester office and now works as a Staff Attorney out of the Portsmouth office. Prior to entering the legal profession, Sofia spent six years working in disability and mental health services in New Hampshire. Sofia enjoys working on fair housing cases where she can help connect clients to services in their community to support their ability to live independently.

Stephanie Bray

Stephanie Bray has worked at New Hampshire Legal Assistance since November 2007 and is currently the Managing Attorney for NHLA’s Claremont office. Stephanie represents NHLA clients in cases to prevent evictions, prevent foreclosures, obtain town and city welfare benefits, obtain domestic violence protective orders, solve problems with consumer debt, and obtain property tax relief. Stephanie strongly believes that all people should have secure housing, without fear of discrimination.

Mike Merra

Mike joined NHLA in the spring of 2023 as a staff attorney with the Housing Justice Project in Manchester. Mike practiced in the private sector for more than 35 years representing numerous commercial clients, including serving as litigation counsel to several national banks. After a brief retirement Mike joined NHLA with the goal of representing tenants facing the potential catastrophic loss of housing through eviction or foreclosure as well as assisting clients through enforcement of Federal Fair Housing Laws. Mike firmly believes in a right to counsel for anyone facing a possible loss of housing or housing benefits.

The NHLA Fair Housing Team