Ramona Morel serves as Pro Bono Counsel at Lawyers Alliance for New York and plays a pivotal role in client screening and intake, volunteer recruitment and support, case management, and program staff supervision. She collaborates closely with pro bono leaders from law firms and corporations to ensure that nonprofits serving NYC communities receive high‑quality legal assistance.
Prior to joining Lawyers Alliance in 2025, Ms. Morel was the Director of the Consumer Bankruptcy Project at the City Bar Justice Center, the pro bono affiliate of the New York City Bar Association, where she assisted consumer debtors with filing for Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 relief, student debt relief and foreclosure prevention. Ms. Morel was instrumental in elevating the services of the project to meet the demands for pro bono assistance by creating bankruptcy legal clinics in partnership with large law firms and in-house corporate counsel. Through the clinic model, Ms. Morel trained and mentored volunteer attorneys and law students to provide advocacy to pro se individuals seeking bankruptcy relief. She also produced consumer‑focused bankruptcy publications, conducted community outreach and presentations on bankruptcy and student loan debt relief, co‑administered the Bankruptcy Pro Bono Panel for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, and served as co‑chair of the NYC Bar Association Bankruptcy Committee’s pro bono committee.
Ms. Morel received her B.A. from New York University and J.D. from Brooklyn Law School.