Janell Byrd-Chichester

The Cochran Firm, with 26 locations nationwide

Phone Number:

(202) 682-5800

Fax:

(202) 408-8851

Since joining The Cochran Firm's Washington D.C. office, Janell Byrd-Chichester has successfully litigated cases in the areas of police misconduct, personal injury, sexual harassment, and public accommodations discrimination. She received her Juris Doctor from Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley, where she was an associate editor of the California Law Review.

After law school, Janell clerked for the Honorable Cecil F. Poole on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco. She later moved to Washington D.C. to practice corporate and securities law. Janell then joined the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. where she litigated many complex cases, including major affirmative action cases involving admissions and scholarship programs at the University of Georgia, the University of Maryland at College Park, and the University of Texas School of Law. Janell prepared Howard University's amicus brief in the United States Supreme Court regarding the landmark University of Michigan affirmative action cases. That brief received special recognition in The Washington Post.

Janell has appeared on numerous television shows including the Today show, CBS Nightly News, and CNN. She has taught courses at the University of Maryland School of Law and Florida State University School of Law on civil procedure, affirmative action, education, and environmental justice. Janell has served as a member of the Executive Committee of the National Association for Public Interest Law and on the American Bar Association Diversity Task Force. Currently, she serves as chair of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Task Force on Civil Rights Restoration.

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