Staff

Alison M. Brown is the Supervising Attorney for the Veterans Legal Clinic. Before joining the Veterans Legal Clinic, Ali was a trial attorney with Dependency Legal Group of San Diego. Previously, she was a trial attorney at Hanna, Brophy, MacLean, McAleer & Jensen, LLP. Ali earned her BA in Philosophy and French in 2003 from San Diego State University and her Ph.D. in Philosophy in 2010 from Florida State University. She earned her JD in 2013 from the University of San Diego, where she was chief student comment editor of the San Diego International Law Journal and a member of the Appellate Moot Court Board. Ali is also an adjunct professor of law at the University of San Diego School of Law, where she teaches Fundamentals of Bar Exam Writing.

Deva Robbins is an attorney for the Veterans Legal Clinic. She is the daughter of a retired Gunny and was able to earn her BA in Ethnic Studies from the University of California, Berkeley on the CalVet College Fee Waiver program. Ms. Robbins earned her JD in 2014 from the University of San Diego where she was a board member of the Women's Law Caucus and the Diversity Committee.

Robert F. Muth is the founding professor for the Veterans Legal Clinic. Recently, Muth was named Vice Dean of USD School of Law. Previously, he was a litigation associate at Godes & Preis LLP, a civil litigation firm with offices in Orange and San Diego Counties. Muth was a Captain and Judge Advocate in the U.S. Marine Corps, serving in Iraq and Camp Pendleton in San Diego. While deployed, he served as the Senior Defense Counsel for the Marine Corps in Iraq. Muth was named the Defense Counsel of the Year in 2008-2009 by the Navy-Marine Corps Trial Judiciary, Western Judicial Circuit. The Evans Scholars Foundation named him 2002 National Leader of the Year. He earned his BA in 2002 from Northwestern University and JD in 2005 from Duke University School of Law.

Kelly Hallett brings over 30 years of legal experience ranging from law firm administration, civil, corporate, licensing, conservatorships, probate, and trusts and estates. Kelly is also involved in community volunteer work promoting the arts and literacy in San Diego’s public schools.