Jobs at Brooklyn Defender Services

Offers legal help and advocacy for low-income individuals.

In fy25, Brooklyn Defender Services (bds) provided comprehensive legal representation to 28,695 low-income Brooklyn and queens residents who were arrested, 1,610 parents in family court proceedings, 513 clients in detained immigration removal proceedings, and 2,543 clients facing barriers to civil…$78.6M spent in FY2024

From Brooklyn Defender Services's mission and programs on its FY2024 Form 990. See the full report

10 open jobs, and what Brooklyn Defender Services pays its leaders on its Form 990.

Open jobs

+10 this week

Budget

$92.8M

FY2024 revenue

Staff

635

Form 990 Part I

Top pay

$390K

Executive Director

Open jobs

From the org's own careers site

Revenue

$92.8M

FY2024

20192024

Expenses

$89.4M

FY2024

20192024

Net assets

$5M

FY2024

20192024

From Brooklyn Defender Services's IRS Form 990 filings. See the full report

Name and title	Pay	Year
Lisa Schreibersdorf Executive Director	$390,198	2024
Laura Saft Deputy Ed, MD Criminal Defense	$300,578	2024
Lauren a Shapiro MD of Family Defense Practice	$254,606	2024
Kwame Millar Chief Operating Officer	$242,778	2024
Kelli McTaggart General Counsel	$238,667	2024
Chauncey R Walker Managing Director of Criminal Defense · Managing Director	$237,478	2024

Executive directors at $10M+ orgs in Brooklyn, NY make $227,700 median (from 70 Form 990s).

Chief operating officers at $10M+ orgs in Brooklyn, NY make $240,886 median (from 54 Form 990s).

General counsels at $10M+ orgs in Brooklyn, NY make $229,568 median (from 22 Form 990s).

Managing directors at $10M+ orgs in New York make $198,451 median (from 116 Form 990s).

Reported pay from Part VII of the org's IRS Form 990. All 14 people · See the full report