Washington Post Profiles Law Center Attorney
Heather Johnson Discusses Her Passion for Civil Rights Work
January 31, 2012
The Washington region is a magnet for civil rights lawyers
in the public and private sectors. Law Center Civil Rights Attorney Heather Maria Johnson is among the most notable.
After working at Latham & Watkins in environmental law and litigation for several years (mostly with corporate clients), she took on a pro bono assignment with the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty: a legal challenge to a law that made it illegal to be homeless.
" I became engaged in the work the Law Center is doing, " she said, calling it
"more vital, much more interesting. " As she explored a move to the nonprofit world, the Law Center's long-time civil rights attorney, Tulin Ozdeger, departed to spend time with her young son.
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