Lilli Paratore (she/her), Director of Legal Services, holds a J.D. from the U.C. Berkeley School of Law and a B.A. in History from Reed College. Lilli began working with UnCommon Law in 2014 as a law student member and Co-Director of the Post-Conviction Advocacy Project (P-CAP). She later became an Equal Justice Works Fellow at UCL, sponsored by Apple, Inc. and Baker McKenzie. Her Equal Justice Works Fellowship explored how the California parole board considers gender-based violence and trauma in parole consideration hearings.

After the conclusion of her Fellowship, Lilli continued her work representing clients in parole consideration hearings at UCL as a Staff Attorney, a Managing Attorney, and now serves as UnCommon Law’s Director of Legal Services. Lilli also currently supervises P-CAP, for which she received the Kathi Pugh Award for Exceptional Mentorship in 2021, and regularly offers trainings on the discretionary parole process in California to law students and attorneys. Her work has also been recognized by the Insight Garden Program, who acknowledged her with an Ecosystems of Care Award in 2022.

Lilli's prior experience includes working with the Death Penalty Clinic, the East Bay Community Law Center’s Clean Slate Practice, the Prison Law Office, and the Orleans Public Defenders. She was admitted to the California State Bar in December 2017.