24 Beacon Street
Room 413-C
Boston, MA 02133
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
No caucus information on file.
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