She currently serves as a public defender in Buffalo City Housing Court, defending homeowners with code violations. Additionally, Ms. Kimura defends homeowners in the City of Buffalo’s In Rem Tax Foreclosure process and practices in the areas of landlord/tenant law and fair housing law. Prior to her joining the Legal Aid Bureau, she was a Staff Attorney at Housing Opportunities Made Equal, Inc. (HOME), a nonprofit fair housing organization fighting housing discrimination in Western New York. During her time at HOME, while her main focus was housing discrimination litigation, she also drafted and extensively reviewed and reported on various jurisdictions within Erie County on Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Studies.