Lorilei Williams

Training Attorney

rans non-binary Korean-American abolitionist, artist, and attorney dedicated to teaching legal advocates on how to engage in traumainformed and antiracist advocacy in their individual capacities and collectively as movement advocates using an interdisciplinary approach informed by systems theory, design thinking, and management science. They work as an immigration attorney and as an expert trainer and coach for legal services advocates and organizations across the nation.

Their expertise is informed by over a decade of experiences ranging from volunteer to director at nonprofit organizations, including the Southern Poverty Law Center, Legal Services NYC, and various Catholic Charities organizations. Lorilei also served as the Training Attorney for the Shriver Center on Poverty Law, where they designed and launched a national network of expert legal advocates to lead sessions on racial justice advocacy, community-driven advocacy, systems thinking, and supervision Lorilei's experiences building power in local community groups are the foundation for their approach on building sustainable, collaborative advocacy models. They continue to practice this today as a solo practitioner supporting the Transgender Law Center’s Border Butterflies Project, a project that supports LGBTQ+ asylum seekers, and Organización Latina Trans en Texas, a trans-led grassroots advocacy and mutual aid organization. Lorilei is admitted to the state bars of New York and Texas, the 2nd Circuit, SDNY and EDNY They are a graduate of Washington University in St Louis School of Law and the University of Maryland.