Tyler Press Sutherland, Esq.
Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles https://lafla.org/management-and-attorneys/tyler-press-sutherland/
About The Lecturer
Tyler Press Sutherland is the Director of Racial Justice and Equity at the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles. She leads LAFLA's racial justice policy work, supports staff in pursuing race-equity-focused systemic changes in law, and leads LAFLA's Race Equity Initiative. Tyler grew up in Los Angeles and has devoted her career to advancing the causes of low-income Angelenos of color.
Tyler joined LAFLA in 2013 as an Equal Justice Works AmeriCorps Legal Fellow in LAFLA’s Veterans’ Justice Center, and in 2014 became a staff attorney in the Economic Stability Work Group where she represented poor and low-income clients in government benefits cases. She’s litigated numerous cases in state and federal court, including the 2020 decision in Ortega v. Johnson, which ensures that recipients of CalFresh food benefits who are victims of electronic theft are reimbursed after they report the theft.
Practice Area(s)
Other
Trial
Education
Tyler received her Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center and her undergraduate degree from Harvard College.
