Oren Sellstrom, Advisory Board Member

Oren Sellstrom has been a Staff Attorney at the Lawyers' Committee since 1997. He coordinates LCCR's Legal Services Clinic; litigates cases on LCCR's poverty and race dockets; and provides legal counsel to community groups advocating for social justice. Representative cases include Mercy Charities v. California Department of Housing & Community Development (challenge to State's planned implementation of regulations that would have unlawfully restricted immigrants' access to affordable housing); Barlow v. Davis (challenge to Governor's failure to collect information on participation of
minority- and women-owned businesses in State contracting); Doe v.
Department of Health Services (challenge to State's planned termination of prenatal care to certain categories of low-income immigrant women). Mr.
Sellstrom also represents minority- and women-owned businesses combating discrimination in public contracting. His work in this area encompasses legislative and administrative advocacy as well as litigation, and he is a frequent speaker on affirmative action and public contracting.

Updated: November 2003