Meet the Team

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Zanah Ghalawanji, Esq.

Principal Attorney

Zanah Ghalawanji is an accomplished attorney with extensive experience in labor and employment law. Since 2018, she has represented clients before federal and state employment commissions. Her practice also encompasses complex civil rights issues, including first amendment issues, airline and public accommodations discrimination, and FBI and watchlisting matters.

Zanah is licensed to practice law in the District of Columbia and Michigan and has appeared before federal courts nationwide, including the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, the District of Maryland, and the Western District of Texas. She has successfully resolved cases through litigation, mediation, and negotiated settlements, securing meaningful results for her clients.

Her work and advocacy have been recognized nationally. Zanah has been featured in major media outlets including CNN, The Huffington Post, and Al Jazeera, among others, for her contributions to employment and civil rights issues. In recognition of her professional achievements and community leadership, she was honored as one of Arab America’s 40 Under 40 emerging leaders.

Zanah earned her Juris Doctor from Wayne State University Law School, where she was the recipient of multiple academic and public service awards, including the President’s Scholar Award and the Public Interest Law Fellowship. She is fluent in Arabic and conversant in Spanish, enabling her to serve a diverse client base with cultural competence and sensitivity.

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Kimberly Noe-Lehenbauer, Esq.

Of-Counsel

Kimberly Noe-Lehenbauer is a federal civil rights litigator specializing in First Amendment violations and discrimination. She has litigated complex cases in federal courts across the country on issues including free speech and protest rights, religious accommodation and discrimination in public schools, and incarceree rights, as well as challenges to state anti-BDS laws and the federal terrorist watchlist.

Kim brings years of litigation experience at a national civil rights organization, and writing and investigative skills honed by a previous 20-year career in community journalism. 

She is licensed to practice in Oklahoma and is pending admission to the District of Columbia bar.