Anna Anderson is a Supervising Attorney at Legal Assistance of Western New York (LawNY), where she oversees the Consumer and Economic Justice Unit, serving 14 counties in Western New York. Prior to the formation of the Consumer Unit, Anna served as an Equal Justice Works Fellow at LawNY and helped lay the groundwork for LawNY’s consumer practice. In her current role, Anna continues to manage the program she established during her Fellowship, which has served over 2,000 people to date and helped eliminate more than $1,000,000 in debt for low-income New Yorkers. Anna is admitted to the New York State Bar, Fourth Department (2016), and the United States District Court, Western District of New York (2019). She currently is the co-chair of the Monroe County Bar Association Elder Law Section, and she is the co-founder and chair of the National Coalition of Nursing Home Debt Advocates.
