Carol Lani Guinier was an American educator,legal scholar,and civil rights theorist. She was the Bennett Boskey Professor of Law at Harvard Law School,and the first woman of color appointed to a tenured professorship there. Before coming to Harvard in 1998,Guinier taught at the University of Pennsylvania Law School for ten years. Her scholarship covered the professional responsibilities of public lawyers,the relationship between democracy and the law,the role of race and gender in the political process,college admissions,and affirmative action. In 1993 President Bill Clinton nominated Guinier to be United States Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights,but withdrew the nomination.
Warren Minor Christopher was an American lawyer,diplomat and politician. During Bill Clinton's first term as president,he served as the 63rd United States Secretary of State.
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund,Inc. is a leading United States civil rights organization and law firm based in New York City.
Constance Baker Motley was an American jurist and politician,who served as a Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. A key strategist of the civil rights movement,she was state senator,and Borough President of Manhattan in New York City before becoming a United States federal judge. She obtained a role with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund as a staff attorney in 1946 after receiving her law degree,and continued her work with the organization for more than twenty years. She was the first Black woman to argue at the Supreme Court and argued 10 landmark civil rights cases,winning nine. She was a law clerk to Thurgood Marshall,aiding him in the case Brown v. Board of Education. Motley was also the first African-American woman appointed to the federal judiciary,serving as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Jack Greenberg was an American attorney and legal scholar. He was the Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund from 1961 to 1984,succeeding Thurgood Marshall.
Susan Clair Lee is a member of the Maryland State Senate. She was elected to the Maryland State Senate on November 4,2014 and had previously served in the Maryland House of Delegates since 2002.
Robert Lee Carter was an American lawyer,civil rights activist and a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Paul M. Igasaki was the Chair and Chief Judge of the Administrative Review Board at the U.S. Department of Labor. Previously he was the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Equal Justice Works,a national organization that advances public interest law through fellowships,loan repayment programs,pro bono programs,conferences and other methods. Prior to joining Equal Justice Works,he was executive director of the Rights Working Group,a unique nationwide coalition of groups and individuals committed to ensuring liberty and justice for all.
Thelton Eugene Henderson is an inactive Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. He has played an important role in the field of civil rights as a lawyer,educator,and jurist.
In the United States,a legal defense fund is an account set up to pay for legal expenses,which can include attorneys' fees,court filings,litigation costs,legal advice,or other legal fees. The fund can be public or private and is set up for individuals,organizations,or for a particular purpose. These funds are often used by government public officials,civil rights organizations,and public interest organizations.
Thomas Edward Perez is an American politician and attorney who served as the Chair of the Democratic National Committee from February 2017 until January 2021. Perez was previously Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights (2009–2013) and United States Secretary of Labor (2013–2017). He was a GU Politics Fellow at the Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service in 2021.
Elaine R. Jones is an American civil rights attorney and activist. She joined the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) in 1970 and in 1993 became the organization's first female director-counsel and president.
John David Trasviña is a human rights attorney. He is the former dean of the University of San Francisco School of Law. Previous to that,he was assistant secretary of the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development,president and general counsel of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF),and special counsel for Immigration Related Unfair Employment Practices at the U.S. Department of Justice. He was named principal legal advisor at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in January 2021.
Jeffrey Laurence Bleich is an American lawyer and diplomat from California.
Raymond Joseph Lohier Jr. is a Canadian-born American lawyer and jurist who serves as a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Formerly,he was an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and a Senior Trial Attorney in the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division. He was the chief of the securities and commodities fraud task force in the criminal division of the U.S. Attorney's office. He was recommended by New York Senator Charles Schumer for the nomination to the seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit that was vacated by Sonia Sotomayor when she was elevated to the Supreme Court of the United States. Lohier is the first Haitian-American to serve as an Article III Federal Judge and to be confirmed (unanimously) by the United States Senate as a Judge for the Second Circuit in New York.
Judith L. Lichtman is an American attorney specializing in women's rights and an advocate for human and civil rights. Lichtman currently serves as the senior advisor of the National Partnership for Women &Families. She is largely credited with the passage of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993.
Robert L. Lieff is a plaintiff's lawyer and the founder of Lieff Cabraser in San Francisco,New York City,and Nashville.
Eric Stefan Dreiband is an American lawyer. While a partner at Jones Day,he was nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as the United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division. The Senate confirmed his appointment on October 11,2018.
Lieff Cabraser is an American plaintiffs' law firm headquartered in San Francisco. The firm was founded in 1972 by Robert L. Lieff. Elizabeth Cabraser became a partner in 1981.
