Overview
Work History
Education
Carol King Award by the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild
Timeline
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Mary Kenney

Baltimore,MD

Overview

41
41
years of professional experience

Work History

Deputy Director

National Immigration Litigation Alliance
06.2020 - Current

Co-founded NILA; carry out strategic organizational decisions and planning; fundraise; engage in all aspects of programmatic work, including all aspects of of federal court litigation; supervise staff and student volunteers; speak at national and regional immigration law conferences.

Litigation Director

American Immigration Council
Washington, District Of Columbia
01.2016 - 05.2020

Co-led a team of half a dozen attorneys; engaged in class action and other impact litigation; supervised attorneys; participated in agency-wide strategic planning; authored practice advisories; spoke at national and regional immigration law conferences.

Staff/Senior Attorney

American Immigration Council
Washington, DC
01.2003 - 12.2015

Engaged in impact and other litigation; supervised attorneys and law students; authored practice advisories; spoke at national and regional immigration law conferences; assisted immigration attorneys nationally.

Consulting Attorney

Various Nonprofits
Baltimore, MD
09.2001 - 12.2002

Researched immigration law issues; wrote legal briefs and memoranda for federal court cases; co-counseled federal court cases; advised non-profits on programmatic work; edited two immigration law handbooks.

Executive Director

Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law of TX
06.1994 - 06.2001

Directed state-wide immigrant and refugee rights litigation project; hired and supervised staff; raised operating budget; worked closely with statewide board of directors; engaged in impact litigation; oversaw all administrative operations.

Staff/Senior Attorney

North Central WV Legal Aid Society
10.1983 - 05.1994

Represented low income clients in range of civil legal cases; supervised attorneys and law students; engaged in impact litigation.

Education

J.D. -

Antioch School of Law
Washington, DC
06-1983

Bachelor of Arts -

Washington University in St Louis
St. Louis, MO
06-1977

Carol King Award by the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild

Carol King Award by the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild 

Jack Wasserman Memorial Award for Excellence in Litigation by the American Immigration Lawyers Association

Timeline

Deputy Director

National Immigration Litigation Alliance
06.2020 - Current

Litigation Director

American Immigration Council
01.2016 - 05.2020

Staff/Senior Attorney

American Immigration Council
01.2003 - 12.2015

Consulting Attorney

Various Nonprofits
09.2001 - 12.2002

Executive Director

Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law of TX
06.1994 - 06.2001

Staff/Senior Attorney

North Central WV Legal Aid Society
10.1983 - 05.1994

J.D. -

Antioch School of Law

Bachelor of Arts -

Washington University in St Louis
Mary Kenney