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Lydia Edwards' Biography

Office:

Full Name:

Lydia Edwards

Gender:

Female

Home City:

East Boston, MA

LLM, Tax Law/Taxation, Boston University School of Law, 2014-2015

JD, Law, American University Washington College of Law, 2003-2006

BA, Political Science and Legal Policy Studies, Marymount College of Fordham University, 1999-2003

Councilor, City of Boston, Massachusetts, District 1, 2018-present

Senator, Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Senate, District First Suffolk and Middlesex, 2022-2023

Senator, Massachusetts State Senate, District Third Suffolk, 2023-Present

Boston City Councilor, Boston City Council, 2018-2022

Of Counsel, Jason Wiener p.c., 2019-2022

Deputy Director of Office of Housing Stability, City of Boston, 2016-2018

Director of Legal Services/Director of Domestic Worker Law and Policy Clinic, Brazilian Immigrant Center, 2011-2014

Law Clerk, Massachusetts Court of Appeals, 2010-2011

Litigation Associate, Holland & Knight LLP, 2007-2009

Law Clerk, Massachusetts Superior Court, 2006-2007

Board Member, Junior Achievement of Greater Boston, 2021

Board Member, Boston Center for Independent Living, 2014-2018

Equal Justice Works Fellow, Greater Boston Legal Services, 2014-2016

Producer of National Domestic Radio, ZUMIX, 2013-2015

Volunteer Mediator, Massachusetts Small Claims and Landlord Tenant Court, Community Dispute Settlement Center, 2012-2014

Massachusetts Campaign Coordinator, National Domestic Workers Alliance, 2014

Awards:

Boston's Most Impactful Black Women, 2021, Get Konnected!;
Bostonian of the Year, Honorable Mention, 2015, Boston Globe;
Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2015, Super Lawyers Magazine;
Boston Rising Stars, 40 under 40, 2015, The National Law Journal and The Connecticut Law Tribune;
Excellence in Law, Up and Coming Lawyers in Massachusetts, 2014, Lawyers Weekly;
Attorney of the Year, 2012, Matahari: Eye of the Day;
National Award of Distinction, 2012, Berger-Marks Foundation;
Rising Star, 2006, American University, Washington College of Law;
CLEO SCHOLAR, 2003, Council for Legal Education Opportunties;
Community Peacemaker Honoree, 2013, Community Dispute Settlement Center

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