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Mary E. Howell
Civil Rights Attorney New Orleans, Louisiana
Mary Howell is a graduate of LSU and Tulane Law School. She has been in private practice in New Orleans as a civil rights lawyer for over 40 years. She has handled numerous cases involving police misconduct and prisoners’ rights and has represented New Orleans street musicians for years. She has represented many victims and their families in cases involving federal civil rights violations, hate crimes, homicides and sexual assaults. She has also represented and advised whistleblowers, including police officers, who have spoken out and exposed governmental corruption and wrongdoing. She has been involved for many years in various reform efforts regarding the NOPD and the Orleans Parish jail.
Christy Lopez
Visiting Professor
Georgetown University Law Center
Former Deputy Chief, Special Litigation, Civil Rights Division (USDOJ)
Christy Lopez is a Distinguished Visitor from Practice at Georgetown University Law Center, where she teaches courses on police reform and criminal justice. She also co- leads Georgetown’s Program on Innovative Policing, which recently launched the Police for Tomorrow Fellowship. From 2010-2017, Professor Lopez served as a Deputy Chief in the Special Litigation Section of the Civil Rights Division at the U.S. Department of Justice. Professor Lopez led the Section’s Police Practice Group, which conducted pattern-or-practice investigations of police departments and other law enforcement agencies. Professor Lopez’s police reform efforts involved many law enforcement agencies, including the Chicago Police Department, the New Orleans Police Department, the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, the Newark (New Jersey) Police Department, and the Missoula, Montana police department, campus police, and prosecutor’s office. Professor Lopez received her J.D. from Yale Law School, her undergraduate degree from the University of California at Riverside, and is licensed to practice law in Washington D.C. and California.
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