Join us on september 21, 2023 for Public Rights Project’s first in-person gala
6:00pm - 7:00pm | Cocktails
7:00pm - 9:00pm | Dinner and Program
“Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love.”
Our Sponsors
Justice Champions - $25,000
Quinn Delaney & Wayne Jordan
Kaitlyn & Mike Krieger
Gretchen Sisson & Andrew McCollum
Economic Security Project
Justice Defenders - $10,000
Baker Family Charitable Trust
Debevoise & Plimpton
Jill Habig & Addisu Demissie
Bachul Koul & Nicole Rosendale
Justice Supporters - $5,000
Bradley Bernstein Sands LLP
Kaitlin &Phil Caruso
Jenner & Block LLP
Joyce Newstat & Susan Lowenberg
UFCW Western States Council
Our 2023 Justice Seekers
Attorney General Rob Bonta (CA) is the 34th Attorney General of the State of California, the first person of Filipino descent and the second Asian-American to occupy the position. He has enacted nation-leading reforms to inject more justice and fairness into government and institutions. As the People's Attorney, he sees seeking accountability from those who abuse their power and harm others as one of the most important functions of the job. In elected office, he has taken on powerful interests and advanced systemic change — pursuing corporate accountability, standing up for workers, punishing big polluters, and fighting racial injustice. He has been a national leader in the fight to transform the criminal justice system, banning private prisons and detention facilities in California, as well as pushing to eliminate cash bail in the state. He has led statewide fights for racial, economic, and environmental justice and worked to further the rights of immigrant families, renters, and working Californians.
Assistant Attorney General David Ureña (MA) serves in the Civil Rights Division of the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office. Ureña joined the Civil Rights Division in 2018 through the Public Rights Project Fellowship. He began his career as a Staff Attorney in the Workers’ Justice Project of Mobilization for Justice (formerly MFY Legal Services), where he provided direct legal services to hundreds of low-wage workers in New York City. He went on to join the Workers’ Rights Practice of the Community Development Project at the Urban Justice Center as a Staff Attorney. At the Community Development Project, David worked with low-wage workers, in partnership with New York City-based grassroots workers’ centers and community groups organizing for systemic workplace change, and provided representation in state and federal court litigation to vindicate their rights.
Our Speakers
District Attorney Sherry Boston (GA) was elected as District Attorney for the Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit in 2016. In her capacity, Boston oversees the prosecution of felony offenses filed in the Superior Court of DeKalb County and supervises a staff of nearly 300 people including attorneys, investigators, paralegals, victim-witness advocates, and administrative professionals. She was recently lauded by Atlanta magazine as one of metro Atlanta’s 500 Most Influential People. Through her work with the Institute for Innovation in Prosecution and the Fair and Just Prosecution initiative, DA Boston has also become an integral part of the national dialogue on criminal justice reform and innovative prosecution strategies specific to juvenile justice, reentry, and accountability initiatives.
Boston v. State of Georgia - We’re representing DA Boston to challenge the anti-democratic SB 92 law, which creates an unconstitutional oversight commission that threatens prosecutorial independence and overrides the will of Georgia voters.
Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum (MI) is currently the three-term Ingham County Clerk and former three-term State Representative from Michigan, as well as a former small business owner. Byrum has dedicated her career to fighting for voters’ rights, running safe and secure elections, and ensuring the sanctity of our democracy. Byrum spends her free time updating election law, attending water polo matches with her family, and being a troublemaker on the internet for election and campaign finance ne’er-do-wells.
Karamo v. Winfrey stopped the disenfranchisement of thousands of Detroit voters on the eve of the 2022 midterms.
Public Rights Project Founder and CEO Jill Habig (CA) is an attorney with experience in political campaigns, policy advocacy, affirmative litigation, and public law. She has been named an Ashoka Fellow, Dial Fellow, and an Open Society Foundations Leadership in Government Fellow for her work building PRP. Before founding PRP, Habig spent a decade building civil rights litigation teams in state and local governments, including as special counsel to then-Attorney General Kamala Harris.
Warburg Pincus Director, Value Creation & Public Rights Project Board Chair Bachul Koul (CA) is a Kashmiri-American immigrant who identifies as trans/non-binary. They currently work on the Value Creation team at Warburg Pincus, a global private equity firm, and are focused on accelerating leadership and organizational capacity and capability to support growth. Prior to joining Warburg Pincus, Koul was an Executive Search and Leadership Advisory Consultant at Egon Zehnder, and an Associate Partner in the leadership, change, and organization practice at Kearney.
Mayor Quinton Lucas (MO) has served as the 55th mayor of Kansas City since 2019. Lucas led Kansas City’s adoption of the nationally acclaimed zero-fare transit initiative, which maintains a fare-free public transit system on bus and rail transit citywide. He also created and funded the city’s first Housing Trust Fund to develop housing for Kansas Citians earning incomes between $0 and $42,000 per year. Lucas serves in leadership roles with the United States Conference of Mayors; the African American Mayors Association; and Everytown for Gun Safety’s Mayors Against Illegal Guns. Mayor Lucas is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis and obtained a law degree from Cornell University. He is a member of the law faculty at the University of Kansas.
Fitz-James v. Attorney General Bailey stopped the Missouri Attorney General from blocking a ballot initiative to enable Missourians to enshrine reproductive rights in the state constitution.
Public Rights Project Chief Program Officer Jonathan Miller (MA) is an experienced litigator and government attorney. Prior to joining PRP, Miller served as the Chief of the Public Protection & Advocacy Bureau in the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office. In that role, he led a 150-person team engaged in investigations, litigation, and advocacy in civil rights, consumer protection, and workers rights. He was co-counsel with then-Attorney General Maura Healey in a successful challenge of the federal Defense of Marriage Act, and secured more than $100 million of relief against a subprime lender. At PRP, Jon has led successful litigation against Florida’s HB 1 and filed impactful briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court on reproductive justice and voting rights. He also teaches about advocacy and constitutional law at Northeastern University School of Law.
Our Board of Directors
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