Legal Aid DC has hired two experienced legal services leaders and two Navigators to launch the DC Resource Bridge, a new program in partnership with the DC Bar Foundation that will provide low-income DC residents with a one-stop access point to a wide variety of legal services.  

Amy Mix will serve as Director, and David Steib will serve as Deputy Director.

“Amy and David have both been champions for access to justice and bring a wealth of experience in direct legal services, program management, and government,” said Vikram Swaruup, Legal Aid DC Executive Director. “Their leadership will be instrumental in ensuring that the DC Resource Bridge makes it easier for our neighbors to reach a legal services provider that can assist them.”  

The DC Bar Foundation, after overseeing a pilot implemented by Neighborhood Legal Services Program, announced in March that it had selected Legal Aid DC to scale up the program, which aims to streamline the process for accessing legal services by creating a system that will refer applicants to the provider most likely to assist them.  

Amy joins the DC Resource Bridge after serving as Senior Litigation Counsel in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Enforcement Division, where she investigated consumer financial law violations. Before that, she spent nearly 20 years in the DC legal services community in several roles at AARP Legal Counsel for the Elderly, where she represented and advocated for older District residents facing financial exploitation, foreclosure, and other consumer issues. Amy also created the Elder Justice Section at the DC Office of the Attorney General. Amy earned her J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center and B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin.

David comes from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office for Access to Justice, where he held roles as Acting Deputy Director of Programs and as Senior Counsel. Before entering federal service, David spent nearly 10 years at Ayuda as the organization’s Language Access Director, where his duties included overseeing the District-wide Community Legal Interpreter Bank and Victim Services Interpreter Bank. He got his start in public interest law at Legal Aid DC, first as a Skadden Fellow and then as a Staff Attorney in the Housing Law Unit. David attended Yale University for his bachelor’s degree and earned his J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center.

Two Navigators who worked on the pilot, Emma Hersom and Berny Ramirez, are also joining the team as the program expands. In their roles, they conduct trauma-informed screening interviews to understand a potential client’s legal needs and direct their case to a participating organization.

Prior to joining the DC Resource Bridge pilot, Emma worked on public interest issues at the Connecticut Public Interest Group and previously interned with the DC Family Court Self-Help Center and Legal Aid DC. She is a graduate of Trinity College. Berny assisted clients seeking legal help through the Atlanta Bar Association’s Lawyer Referral and Information Service, where he served as a representative for two years. He graduated from Spring Hill College.  

Interested in working on the DC Resource Bridge? Legal Aid DC is recruiting for two additional navigators, who will join the program over the summer.