Jenadee Nanini

Jenadee Nanini is the Managing Attorney of Family Law and Immigration at the D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center. In this role, she leads the Family Law Assistance Network (FLAN), mentors pro bono attorneys through the Advocacy & Justice Clinic, develops and delivers family law trainings, advances Access to Justice projects with an emphasis on the intersection of law and technology, and leads the quarterly Immigration Clinic.

Jenadee is also an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University Law Center, where she teaches a practicum titled Helping Pro Se Litigants in Family Court. She was appointed to the DC Mayor’s Child Support Guideline Commission and serves on the Access to Justice Commission’s AI and Access to Justice Work Group and the Self-Help Work Group. In addition, Jenadee serves as Co-Chair of the DC Bar Foundation Network Action Team (NAT).

Prior to joining the Pro Bono Center, Jenadee worked as a Senior Associate at the DC Affordable Law Firm (DCALF), a nonprofit providing low bono and pro bono services in the District of Columbia. Before that role, she was a fellow at DCALF. She served clients in immigration, family, and probate law cases, served as a Guardian ad Litem, and trained incoming fellows. During law school, she interned at the NAACP, the White House under President Obama, and represented juveniles in criminal cases through the Juvenile Justice Clinic. Prior to law school, she taught middle and high school math through Teach for America in West Dallas, Texas. After her two-year term with Teach for America, she served as the Math Department Chair at Pinkston High School and taught algebra II in West Dallas, Texas. She also mentored and coached several sports in the community during these three years.

Jenadee holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science, with a third major in Philosophy, from Washington State University – Honors College. She also holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Civil Justice from Georgetown University Law Center and a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center.

Jenadee is a member of the District of Columbia Bar and the United States Supreme Court Bar. She also is a member of the Native American Bar Association, Washington Council of Lawyers, and the American Bar Association. She serves as the Vice Chair of the D.C. Bar Diversity and Inclusion Committee (previously the Chair).