Stephanie Fajuri, JD

Stephanie Fajuri, JD, is the director of the Disability Rights Legal Center’s Cancer Legal Resource Center (CLRC) in Los Angeles, California. She provides legal services to people with cancer-related legal issues, and has presented over 100 educational trainings on behalf of the CLRC, primarily focusing on healthcare reform, employment rights, access to health care and government benefits, and advance planning.  She has overseen the counseling of thousands of people with cancer, caregivers and healthcare professionals on the CLRC’s national telephone assistance line, and developed educational materials covering a wide range of cancer-related legal issues, including the CLRC’s Patient Legal Handbook.

Previously, Ms. Fajuri was the CLRC’s supervising attorney, a staff attorney at CLRC, and a development coordinator with Disability Rights Legal Center.  She is a member of the American Bar Association’s Breast Cancer Advocacy Interest Group and the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network’s Legislative Ambassadors program. She is a member of the state bars of California and New York.