Degrees
Shana Tomenes is the Co-Executive Director at the Housing Justice Center. As a first-generation college graduate, she is passionate about empowering communities through legal education and strategic litigation that protects and strengthens housing rights.
Shana graduated magna cum laude from the University of St. Thomas School of Law. After law school, she completed a judicial clerkship with Justices G. Barry Anderson and Paul C. Thissen at the Minnesota Supreme Court. She has led state and federal cases to protect community leaders from retaliation and enforce health and safety laws in manufactured home parks. She has also drafted legislation and helped lead state and local housing policy reforms to close gaps in Minnesota’s housing laws and ensure meaningful relief for individuals and families when their rights are violated. Her appellate advocacy includes authoring or contributing to amicus briefs before the Minnesota Court of Appeals, the Minnesota Supreme Court, the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, and the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals.