Dariely Rodriguez

Dariely Rodriguez is Acting Co-Chief Counsel for the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights under Law where she works closely with the President and Executive Director, managers and staff to provide strategic guidance for litigation and advocacy projects that advance racial justice. Dariely serves on the organization’s Senior Leadership team and plays a key role in supporting synergy and integration across the organization’s practice areas, and overseeing the professional development of the organization’s legal staff.

Dariely most recently served as a political appointee Chief of Staff in the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs at the U.S. Department of Labor under the Biden Administration. She previously spent four years at the Lawyers’ Committee as the Director of the organization’s Economic Justice Project, which focuses on combatting discrimination in employment, healthcare, and economic opportunities on behalf of communities of color. In this capacity, she served as plaintiff-side counsel in various impact litigation matters. Dariely has co-authored or otherwise significantly contributed to amicus briefs before the Supreme Court and other federal courts. Earlier in her career, Rodriguez served as an Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Rights Bureau in the Office of the Attorney General of New York and worked in private practice focusing on labor and employment issues.

Dariely received her J.D. from Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University where she was the recipient of the Dwight L. Greene full tuition scholarship. She received her B.A. from New York University.

Bar Admissions: Admitted in New York State; District of Columbia; Southern District of New York; Third Circuit Court of Appeals; Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals; Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals; Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals; Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals; Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals; Supreme Court of the United States.