Clients of Just Change benefit from Paula Maccabee's 30 years experience as a public interest lawyer:

• Lawyer/Advocate for Just Change Law for over 15 years, representing individuals, non-profit organizations, businesses and local governments to protect private rights and public interests with a practice focused on environmental, energy and agricultural law, protecting citizens, communities and the environment.
• Saint Paul City Council Member – developing citywide policy on housing, business development and regulation, crime prevention, health and human services, human rights, and environmental protection
• Special Assistant Attorney General – coordinating Attorney General Hubert “Skip” Humphrey's task force on prevention of sexual violence, including leading statewide hearings and mobilizing advocacy resulting in the passage of sentencing reform
• Trial Attorney with Robins Zelle Larson & Kaplan, St. Paul – litigation on behalf of women harmed by defective product; helped build the foundation for trial and settlement of $37 million Dalkon Shield cases
• Project Coordinator, Minnesota Air Toxics Campaign for Sierra Club, Minnesota Chapter – developing and implementing a multi-year campaign to reduce toxic air pollution

• Adjunct Professor at University of St. Thomas – teaching Change Agent Skills and Business Law
• Guardian ad Litem for Ramsey County/ Children's Law Center volunteer attorney – working to protect children from abuse and neglect
• Board member – Harriet Tubman Women's Shelter, City Songs and Environmental Justice Advocates of Minnesota

A graduate of Yale Law School and Amherst College, Maccabee's advocacy has earned awards including:

• “Marvelous Minnesota Woman Award” for coordinating Attorney General's Task Force on the Prevention of Sexual Violence
• Sierra Club North Star Chapter “Achievement” Award for legal representation before the Public Utilities Commission
• “Distinguished Community Builder” Award from the Selby Area Community Development Corporation

Maccabee is married with three children, has earned a Third Degree Black Belt in Taekwondo and is a student of Aikido.