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Biography
Cancer Legal Care is staffed with caring professionals who understand the legal issues cancer patients and their families face, and are committed to providing the legal care our clients need.
Maddie Babel joined Cancer Legal Care in February 2025. At CLC, she is managing fundraising initiatives to ensure that CLC's programs can support clients for years to come. Maddie has ten years of non-profit development experience with organizations like the American Cancer Society, The Food Group, and Hennepin Arts, just to name a few. She enjoys developing relationships with supporters, so do not hesitate to give her a call.Maddie can be reached at (651) 917-9000 ext 708 or Maddie@CancerLegalCare.org.
Brent Davis brings years of experience as a lawyer, manager and innovator in the health insurance industry to Cancer Legal Care. Prior to his start in April, 2024, Brent’s practice involved medical cost containment, interpreting plan language and negotiating agreements between insurers and health care providers for clinically complex and financially catastrophic health care matters– many of them involving cancer. Drawing upon this experience, Brent serves CLC’s clients by helping them address the legal challenges and financial complications of living with cancer.
Director of Legal Services & Managing Attorney, ICARE Program
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Erin Hartung joined Cancer Legal Care in June 2020. She earned her BA in Urban Studies from the University of Minnesota in 2009 and went on to earn her JD from the DePaul University College of Law in 2013. Erin comes to Cancer Legal Care after working for several years at a small law firm focusing on healthcare provider revenue cycle consulting and litigation. Erin is excited to be a part of the Cancer Legal Care team, to combine her passion in helping others with her background knowledge of the healthcare industry and experience navigating the world of health insurance claim appeals.
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- Erin Hartung Director of Legal Services & Managing Attorney
- ICARE Program she/her Erin Hartung Erin Hartung joined Cancer Legal Care in June 2020. She earned her BA in Urban Studies from the University of Minnesota in 2009 and went on to earn her JD from the DePaul University College of Law in 2013. Erin comes to Cancer Legal Care after working for several years at a small law firm focusing on healthcare provider revenue cycle consulting and litigation. Erin is excited to be a part of the Cancer Legal Care team
- to combine her passion in helping others with her background knowledge of the healthcare industry and experience navigating the world of health insurance claim appeals. Lindy Yokanovich Founder and Executive Director she/her Lindy Yokanovich Lindy Yokanovich is the founder and executive director of Cancer Legal Care
- a non-profit organization providing free legal care to Minnesotans affected by cancer who also face any number of legal issues surrounding employment
- insurance coverage
- disability
- housing
- and estate planning as a result of their diagnosis and treatment. Compelled to bring Cancer Legal Care to life after witnessing first-hand the many legal questions and difficulties her own loved ones faced after being diagnosed with cancer
- Lindy counts her work with Cancer Legal Care as the most profound and gratifying of her legal career.Lindy was named one of the 100 Most Influential Health Care Leaders in 2024 by Minnesota Physican Publishing
- was awarded the 2017 Women’s Health Leadership TRUST Forum Collaboration & Partnerships Small Company Award
- was a 2016 Women’s Health Leadership TRUST Health & Innovation Award Finalist
- was named a 2015 Unsung Legal Hero by Minnesota Lawyer magazine
- and is a past recipient of the Advocacy Award from Angel Foundation and the Pro Bono Attorney of the Year award by the judges of Minnesota’s 10th Judicial District. Lindy frequently authors articles on cancer related legal topics and has presented over 100 seminars on the intersection of cancer and law to health care providers
- attorneys
- and cancer survivors.A current member of the affiliate faculty of the University of Minnesota Center for Interprofessional Health
- and former member of the adjunct faculty at the University of Minnesota School of Law
- Lindy also serves on the board of directors of GiveMN and the Shannon Leadership Institute
- is a member of the National Cancer Legal Service Network
- and is a recent past
- two-term member of the Minnesota Cancer Alliance's Steering Committee.Lindy received her BA from the University of California
- Irvine and her JD from the University of the Pacific
- McGeorge School of Law.Lindy can be reached at 651-412-8226 or Lindy@CancerLegalCare.org.Lindy directly manages and oversees Cancer Legal Care's grant agreement with MN DEED for outreach
- education
- and direct services regarding Minnesota's new Paid Leave law. LaShaune Johnson
- PhD University of Houston
- Department of Health Systems and Population Health Science LaShaune Johnson
- PhD When LaShaune Johnson was an uninsured high school senior in Oklahoma
- she was diagnosed with Hodgkins lymphoma. After having to navigate the Medicare system as an 18 year old (with the support of her parents)
- she became determined to find a way to share the stories of underserved community members to facilitate change in healthcare. She has a doctoral degree in Sociology and is trained as a Certified Listener Poet. Using sociology and art
- she has spent much of her career teaching in the health professions
- where she is able to teach future providers how to listen and learn from conversations with patients and their support persons. Since her first cancer diagnosis
- she has been diagnosed twice with breast cancer and has lost many family members to cancer. LaShaune joined the board in 2024 and is excited and honored to be a part of the work with the CLC. Lindy Yokanovich Founder and Executive Director Lindy Yokanovich Lindy Yokanovich
- Esq. is the founder and executive director of Cancer Legal Care
- a non-profit organization providing free legal care to Minnesotans affected by cancer who also face any number of legal issues surrounding employment
- insurance coverage
- disability
- housing
- and estate planning as a result of their diagnosis and treatment. Compelled to bring Cancer Legal Care to life after witnessing first-hand the many legal questions and difficulties her own loved ones faced after being diagnosed with cancer
- Lindy counts her work with Cancer Legal Care as the most profound and gratifying of her legal career. Lindy was awarded the 2017 Women’s Health Leadership TRUST Forum Collaboration & Partnerships Small Company Award
- was a 2016 Women’s Health Leadership TRUST Health & Innovation Award Finalist
- was named a 2015 Unsung Legal Hero by Minnesota Lawyer magazine
- and is a past recipient of the Advocacy Award from Angel Foundation and the Pro Bono Attorney of the Year award by the judges of Minnesota’s 10th Judicial District. Lindy frequently authors articles on cancer related legal topics and has presented over 100 seminars on the intersection of cancer and law to health care providers
- attorneys
- and cancer survivors. A member of the adjunct faculty at the University of Minnesota School of Law
- Lindy also serves on the board of directors of GiveMN
- on the Steering Committee of the Health Care Legal Partnership Learning Collaborative
- as a member of the National Cancer Legal Service Network
- and is a recent past two-term member of the Minnesota Cancer Alliance's Steering Committee. Lindy received her B.A. from the University of California
- Irvine and her J.D. from the University of the Pacific
- McGeorge School of Law. Lindy can be reached at 651-917-9000 or Lindy@CancerLegalCare.org