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Baher Azmy is the Legal Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights. Baher has pursued constitutional and human rights litigation challenging policies emerging from the so-called “war on terror,” including policies related to indefinite executive…
Dorothee Benz is the Communications Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights. She came to CCR with more than two decades experience as an editor, journalist, web manager and communications strategist working for economic, social…
Kevi Brannelly has been with the Center for Constitutional Rights since 2004. Previously working on the West Coast, she served as Alumni Relations Director at UC Berkeley’s Boalt Hall School of Law and Golden Gate…
Carolyn Chambers joined the Center for Constitutional Rights in 2002. She supervises the Administrative Department, which is responsible for human resources, finances, IT, and facilities management. Prior to her arrival at CCR, Carolyn was the…
Annette Warren-Dickerson, the Director of Education and Outreach at the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), is responsible for overseeing the development of CCR's political and public education strategies as a companion to CCR's litigation. Annette…
Vincent Warren is the Executive Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), a national legal and educational organization dedicated to advancing and defending the rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution and the Universal…
Alexis Agathocleous is a Staff Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and works on CCR’s Government Misconduct and Racial Justice docket. He is lead counsel in Aref v. Holder, challenging policies and…
Amnah Almukhtar joined the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) in December 2011. She was born in Baghdad, Iraq and speaks Iraqi colloquial Arabic. She graduated magna cum laude from Fordham University with departmental honors in…
Sara Beinert brings an extensive background in social justice fundraising both as a professional and a volunteer to her work at the Center for Constitutional Rights. As Associate Director of Development, Individual Giving, Sara holds…
Pam Bradshaw joined the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) in 2012 as a Grant Writer. Pam has a MA in Media Studies from The New School, where she studied documentary film and video and digital…
Gregory Butterfield joined the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) in July 2007 after almost two decades as a radical journalist and organizer. Gregory has held a number of office management positions, but says his most…
Darius Charney is a senior staff attorney in the Racial Justice/Government Misconduct Docket. He is currently lead counsel on Floyd v. City of New York, a federal civil rights class action lawsuit challenging the New…
Claire Daily has been with the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) since January 2006.
J. Wells Dixon joined the Center for Constitutional Rights in 2006. He works on the Guantánamo Global Justice Initiative, challenging the detention of prisoners at Guantánamo Bay. He represents clients in federal court and before…
Abby joined CCR in 2011 as a Legal Worker for the International Human Rights docket and Guantanamo Global Justice Initiative.
Omar Farah joined the Center for Constitutional Rights in 2012 as a staff attorney in the Guantanamo Global Justice Initiative. Omar was previously in private practice, working mostly in the area of international commercial arbitration.…
Katherine Gallagher is a Senior Staff Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), where she focuses on holding individuals, including US and foreign government officials, and corporations, including private military contractors, accountable for serious…
Kevin Gay arrived at the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) in December 2006 and maintains the database of over 13,000 contacts. After completing a B.S. Degree in Computer Science at Purdue University, Kevin developed network…
Lauren Gazzola is CCR’s Communications Associate for Publications. Lauren originally came to CCR as a client when she was a defendant in U.S. v. SHAC 7 (U.S. v. Fullmer), as a result of her work…
Emily Harting joined the development department of CCR in November 2005. Prior to CCR, Emily was the Development Manager for the New York-based Global Nomads Group, a Development Associate for the National Voting Rights…
Ian Head has been a legal worker at CCR since October 2009. He is also a vice president of the National Lawyer's Guild.
Susan Hu is the Bertha Fellow for the Guantánamo Global Justice Initiative at the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR). Her work focuses on challenging the detention of prisoners at Guantánamo Bay and other post-9/11 government…
Aliya Hana Hussain joined CCR in 2010 as a Legal Worker for the Guantanamo Global Justice Initiative and International Human Rights docket. Prior to joining CCR, Aliya was a Legal Assistant for the American Civil…
Like any being that thrives in the urban environment, I'm finding ways to take both the good and bad that is around me and use it all as raw material to survive, to be inspired,…
Shayana Kadidal is senior managing attorney of the Guantánamo Global Justice Initiative at the Center for Constitutional Rights in New York City. He is a graduate of the Yale Law School and a former law…
Leili Kashani advocates for a just closure of the prison at Guantánamo, resettlement for the men still detained, and against illegal detentions more broadly. She is a senior editor at Arab Studies Journal…
Pardiss Kebriaei is a Senior Staff Attorney at the Center Constitutional Rights, which she joined in 2007. Her work focuses on challenging government abuses post-9/11, including in the areas of “targeted killing“ and unjust detentions…
Christine Kim joined the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) in December 2008. Prior to CCR, Christine worked for the International Indigenous Women's Forum, a network of Indigenous women leaders, and interned at MADRE, an international…
Maria LaHood is a Senior Staff Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), which she joined in 2003. She specializes in international human rights litigation, seeking to hold government officials and corporations accountable for…
Ms. Lee received her law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2012. While attending law school, Ms. Lee worked at the Southern Center for Human Rights and the Virginia Capital Conviction…
Lisa Levy has been working at the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) since July 2007. She previously worked as the executive assistant for the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC). Prior to IGLHRC,…
Rachel Meeropol has worked at the Center for Constitutional Rights since 2002. She is the co-editor and primary author of the Jailhouse Lawyers Handbook, a widely-requested resource for prisoners, and the editor of America’s Disappeared:…
Jose Monzon joined the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) in June 2006. He was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, and received his B.A. in Politics from New York University in 2005. Jose is…
Prior to coming to the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) in January 2004, Jen Nessel worked as a writer, editor and organizer. She served as the communications director of the Coalition for the Homeless and…
Sunita Patel is currently a Staff Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights, where she litigates racial profiling, immigrant justice, and other human rights issues. She is counsel for NDLON v. ICE, a FOIA lawsuit seeking…
Ibraham Qatabi joined the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) in September 2008. He is a legal worker for the Guantánamo Global Justice Initiative and helps coordinate a large network of pro bono counsel representing Guantánamo detainees. He works…
Chase Quinn joined CCR in August 2010. Prior to joining CCR, Chase studied Political Science and English Literature at Boston University, interning abroad for six months with the African Foundation for Development in London, England,…
Laura Raymond is the Advocacy Program Manager for CCR’s International Human Rights docket. She joined CCR in 2008 after working with a number of social justice organizations and networks throughout the United States and in…
Meejin Richart joined CCR in 2012. She holds a degree in Critical Social Thought from Mount Holyoke College with a focus on socially constructed inequalities, especially as it pertains to people of color within the…
Jeremy Rye joined the Development Department at the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) in July 2004. Recognizing that many underserved, queer, and people of color communities did not have seasoned fundraisers, Jeremy entered the development…
Ghita Schwarz joined the Center for Constitutional Rights in January 2012. She is lead counsel in Aguilar v. ICE, challenging immigration agents’ widespread practice of conducting warrantless home raids of Latinos in the New York…
Purvi Shah is the Director of the Social Justice Institute at the Center for Constitutional Rights. For the last decade, Purvi has worked for economic and racial justice at various civil rights, organizing, legal, and…
Pam Spees is a senior staff attorney in the international human rights program at the Center for Constitutional Rights. She has a background in international criminal and human rights law with a gender focus, as…
Leah Todd joined CCR as Assistant to the Legal Director in July 2010, where she provides support to the Legal department. She previously worked at the Rubin Museum of Art in the Lighting and Audiovisual…
Jeffrey Weinrich has been at the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) since 2003. Prior to that he worked as finance manager at the National Lawyers Guild-National Office for seven years.
An-Tuan Williams joined the Center for Constitutional Rights in October of 2007, shortly after completing an eight month internship with the Center. He currently holds a degree in Paralegal Studies from the City University of…
Chauniqua Young is the Bertha Fellow for the Government Misconduct/Racial Justice Docket at the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR). Her work focuses on challenging unconstitutional government practices and racial discrimination. Ms. Young received her…
Nahal Zamani is the Advocacy and Program Manager for CCR’s Government Misconduct and Racial Justice docket. Nahal develops and executes CCR’s domestic human rights advocacy campaigns and initiatives. She joined CCR in 2010. Before joining CCR,…
