<p>One of the most highly accomplished public figures in America today, Former Attorney General Loretta Lynch has been a leading progressive voice during her 30+ year highly distinguished career.</p><p>She is the first female African American Attorney General of the United States, appointed by President Barack Obama in 2015. She also served as the head of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York twice, under both President Clinton and President Obama. Described by President Obama as “the only lawyer in America who battles mobsters, drug lords and terrorists, and still has the reputation for being a charming ‘people person,” she has been instrumental in shaping the direction of the nation on a number of tough issues. She improved the relationship between local law enforcement and the communities they serve, and she has taken bold stances on criminal justice reform. </p><p>Lynch has spent years in the trenches rising through the ranks as a prosecutor, aggressively fighting terrorism, financial fraud and cybercrime -- all while vigorously defending civil and human rights.</p><p>While leading the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York, she became known for the high-profile civil rights conviction of two Brooklyn police officers who brutally assaulted Haitian immigrant Abner Louima. </p><p>While in private practice, Lynch served as a volunteer legal advisor for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, established to prosecute those responsible for human rights violations in the 1994 genocide in that nation.</p><p>Born in Greensboro, NC, the daughter of a school librarian and fourth generation Baptist minister, Lynch was also inspired by stories about her grandfather, a sharecropper in the 1930s, who helped members of his community who had no recourse under the Jim Crow system.</p><p>In 2019, Lynch joined the law firm of Paul, Weiss, where she is a partner in the litigation department. In 2020, she was awarded a New York City National Organization for Women of Power and Influence Award. In 2021, Lynch received a <i>New York Law Journal</i> Distinguished Leaders Award, and the New York State Bar Association's Robert L. Haig Award for distinguished public service.</p>
83rd Attorney General of the United States (2015-2017); Partner, Paul, Weiss
<ul><li><strong>A Conversation with The Honorable Loretta Lynch<span style="color: rgb(62, 62, 60);"></strong></span></li><li>Former Attorney General Loretta Lynch is available to speak in a variety of formats to include moderated Q&A, keynote presentation with Q&A or as part of a panel discussion. Peppered with anecdotes from her extraordinary career and climbing the corporate ladder as a sharecropper's granddaughter, Lynch shares perspectives on the most pressing issues facing our nation and businesses today. Topics include instilling a culture of diversity and inclusion in the workplace, protecting our national security, law enforcement perspectives, female empowerment and leadership insight just to name a few.</li><li><span style="color: rgb(62, 62, 60);"><strong></span>Diversity and Inclusion in a Changing Global Workplace – How Businesses can Navigate, Communicate, and Thrive<span style="color: rgb(62, 62, 60);"></strong></span></li><li>Drawing on her own experiences in education, business and the legal profession, former Attorney General Loretta Lynch describes the many race and gender issues she has witnessed personally throughout her remarkable career. From her formative years in Greensboro, NC where she was inspired by stories from her grandfather, a sharecropper in the 1930s who helped his community despite the Jim Crow system, Lynch rose through the ranks as a federal prosecutor and became the first female African American Attorney General of the United States. Today she oversees some of the highest-profile diversity and inclusion litigation of our time. Lynch shares with audiences her insights on how organizations can create systematic change, adopt a culture of crucial conversations and overcome the hurdles that still remain.</li><li><span style="color: rgb(62, 62, 60);"><strong></span>On Campus: Empowering the Next Generation of Change Agents<span style="color: rgb(62, 62, 60);"></strong></span></li><li>From human and civil rights to mass incarceration to community policing, former Attorney General Lynch discusses the critical issues impacting our society today and what young leaders of tomorrow can do to make the most difference in our world today.</li></ul>