Dariely Rodriguez

Dariely Rodriguez is Acting Co-Chief Counsel for the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law where she works closely with the President and Executive Director, managers, and staff to provide strategic guidance for litigation and advocacy projects that advance racial justice. Dariely serves on the organization’s Senior Leadership team and plays a key role in supporting synergy and integration across the organization’s practice areas, and overseeing the professional development of the organization’s legal staff.

Dariely previously served as the Lawyers’ Committee’s Deputy Chief Counsel and Economic Justice Project Director, where her work focused on combatting discrimination in employment, healthcare, and economic opportunities on behalf of communities of color. In this capacity, she served as plaintiff-side counsel in various impact litigation matters. Dariely regularly co-authors or otherwise significantly contributes to amicus briefs before the Supreme Court and other federal courts.

Dariely currently serves as an adjunct professor at GW Law School. She previously served as a political appointee Chief of Staff in the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs at the U.S. Department of Labor under the Biden Administration. Earlier in her career, she was an Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Rights Bureau in the Office of the Attorney General of New York and worked in private practice focusing on labor and employment issues.

Dariely received her J.D. from Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University where she was the recipient of the Dwight L. Greene full tuition scholarship. She received her B.A. from New York University.