JALA’s Valuable Team Members
Meet Our St. Johns County Team
MEGAN WALL, ESQ.
Managing Attorney
Phone: (904) 827-9921, ext. 206
Email: megan.wall@jaxlegalaid.org
Experience:
- St. Johns County Legal Aid (St. Augustine, FL) Managing Attorney and St. Johns Pro Bono Coordinator–January 2005–Present
- Jacksonville Area Legal Aid (Jacksonville, FL)—February 2002-January 2005
- Central Florida Legal Services (Palatka, FL)—August 1994-October 2001
(Attorney and pro bono coordinator for Flagler, Putnam, and St. Johns counties) - Legal Services of Greater Miami (Miami, FL)—Staff attorney–January 1992-August 1994
- University of Florida College of Law (Gainesville, FL)—Research Assist. 1991
- Public Counsel (Los Angeles, CA)—Summer Internship 1991
- Legal Services of Greater Miami (Miami, FL)—Summer Internship 1990
Activities:
- Florida Supreme Court Tobias Simon and Circuit Awards Committee-1997—Present
- Justice Teaching (through the FL Supreme Court)—2007-Present
- Indigency Committee for Seventh Judicial Circuit—2006-Present
- Veterans Treatment Court (VTC) and Drug Court team member—2018-Present
- Unaccompanied Youth Homeless Student Committee—2012-present
- Home Again St. Johns/Homeless Advocacy Continuum of Care Providers Group—2012-present
- University of Florida College of Law Alumni Council—1991-2006
- Florida Bar Ethics Committee, 7th Circuit, Chair—2001-2004
- National African American Archives and Museum Advisory Council—2000-2004
- Florida Legal Services “Workgroups/Umbrella Groups” (legal study and casework)—1992-Present: (Public Benefits, Health/Senior, Pro Bono Coordinators, Disaster, etc.)
- Flagler Co. Bar Assoc., President 2000 (other offices prior years)
- Putnam Co. Bar Assoc., President 1999 (other offices prior years)
- St. Johns County Interagency Council Board of Directors—1997-1998
- Florida Bar Public Interest Law Section: Ex. Council 1994-1998, 1998-2002 (also the Legislative Committee, Amicus Committee, Individual Rights Committee, etc.)
- Judicial Nominating Commission, 7th Circuit, 1994-1998
- Co-founder of the University of Florida College of Law Association For Public Interest Law (APIL)—1990
Honors and Awards:
- St. Johns “Woman of Achievement 2019” award from the Girl Scouts of America
- St. Johns Association For Woman Lawyers “Citizen Attorney of the Year Award 2018-2019”
- EPIC Drug Treatment Center Advocacy Award 2018
- ElderSource Senior Advocacy Luminary Award 2018
- St. Augustine RECORD’s “10 Who Make a Difference” community recognition 2017
- Florence Eveline Williams Angel of the ARC Award 2013
- ARC Florida Ray Watson Brotherhood Memorial Award 2010 and 2005
- Mill Creek Elementary School Outstanding Service for Justice Teaching Award 2009
- Council On Aging Advocacy Award 2007 and 2006
- World AIDS Awareness Week Service Agency of the Year Award 2005
- St. Johns ARC Appreciation Award 2005
- Flagler County Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Project Award 2001
- Flagler County Teen Court Service Award 1999 and 1998
- Department of Children and Families Recognition Award 1998
- Putnam County Bar Association Service Award 1998
Education
- University of Florida—JD 1991
- University of Florida—MA (English)—1987
- University of Florida—BA (English)—1984
CARMEN CURTIS-SKOWRONSKI
HUD Certified Housing Counselor
Phone: (904) 490-6623
ELIZABETH TEELON
Attorney
Phone: (904) 827-9941 ext. 208
Email: elizabeth.teelon@jaxlegalaid.org
Summary:
Elizabeth joined JALA in November, 2020, as a staff attorney at the St. Johns’ County office. She handles tenant rights, housing cases, preventing homelessness, and actively defending tenants in court. Elizabeth also focuses on consumer protection by running the St. Johns’ Consumer Clinic two times per month which helps individuals and families facing foreclosure, being sued as a debtor, and numerous other areas of the law. Prior to working at JALA Elizabeth volunteered as a pro bono attorney for JALA and focused on providing legal advice and representation to those in need since 2015.
Education:
Elizabeth graduated from the University of Florida with her B.A. in Philosophy in 2010, and obtained her juris doctor degree in 2013.
Florida Bar admission in 2014 and has maintained being a member in good standing with the Florida Bar.
PATRICIA CALLAREMI
Paralegal, Family & Victim Advocacy Unit
Phone: (904) 827-9921 ext. 8895
Email: patricia.callaremi@jaxlegalaid.org
SUMMARY:
Patricia Callaremi is a graduate of Perdue University Global where she obtained her bachelor’s degree in Paralegal Studies. She spent 5 years working for a personal injury firm but always knew that she wanted to work in family law. Patricia has been working with Jacksonville Area Legal Aid since 2021 where she assists the St. Johns County, Satellite Office, attorneys in helping clients with all of their family law needs.
HOLLY C. MATHEWS, ESQ.
Attorney, Family & Victim Advocacy Unit
Phone: (904) 356-8371 ext. 352
Email: holly.mathews@jaxlegalaid.org
SUMMARY:
Holly joined JALA in early 2020 as a staff attorney in the Family and Victim Advocacy Unit. Prior to pursuing her interest in family law, Holly worked as an intern, course facilitator, and assistant researcher at Stewart-Marchman Behavioral Health, in Daytona Beach, Florida. There she researched the process of addiction, recovery, and behavioral change while developing course objectives, goals, lesson plans, manuals, visual guides, measuring tools, and assessments for analysis of class and individual participant’s success rates. In addition, she designed and facilitated group counseling classes that, as of 2019, have been utilized by therapists in approximately five locations throughout two counties in Florida serving thousands of individuals. She strives to integrate the law with behavioral models, the process of recovery, and the various disciplines existing within the comprehensive law movement to provide clients with knowledge and understanding to overcome the crises’ many face as they navigate the legal system.
EDUCATION:
Holly received her Bachelor of Science in Health Education and Behavior from the University of Florida and graduated from Florida Coastal School of Law, cum laude/top 8% of her class, in 2018.
COURT ADMISSIONS/MEMBERSHIPS/CERTIFICATIONS:
- The Florida Bar, Admitted in 2018
- The D.C. Bar, Admitted in 2020
- Florida Family Law American Inn of Court
- National Association of Divorce Professionals
- Jacksonville Bar Association
- St. Johns County Bar Association
- The Office of the Attorney General, Florida Crime Prevention Training Institute
Victim Services Professional Development Program, Victim Services Practitioner Designation, March 2020 - U.lab 1x: Leading From The Emerging Future, MIT Sloan School of Management
Leading Change in Business, Government, and Civil Society Contexts Worldwide, certified, December 2019