Victoria Petty
Staff Attorney, Immigrant Justice at Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area
Victoria Petty is an experienced legal professional currently serving as an Immigrant Justice Fellow at the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area since January 2022. Previously, Victoria held the position of Associate at Goodwin from October 2020 to October 2021 and worked as a Law Clerk at Centro de los Derechos del Migrante in 2019. Victoria also served as a Summer Associate and Law Clerk at Goodwin and Marin Clean Energy, respectively, and gained engineering experience as a Student Engineer at ExxonMobil Chemical Co. and ExxonMobil Safety Security Health and Environmental. Victoria holds a Doctor of Law (JD) degree from the University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Chemical Engineering from Howard University.
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Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area, founded in 1968, works to advance, protect and promote the legal rights of communities of color, and low-income persons, immigrants, and refugees. Assisted by hundreds of pro bono attorneys, LCCR provides free legal assistance and representation to individuals on civil legal matters through direct services, impact litigation and policy advocacy. OUR HISTORY Lawyers' Committee, affiliated with the national Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, which was founded in 1963 at the request of President John F. Kennedy. Following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1968, leading members of the San Francisco Bar established the San Francisco Bay Area office to advance civil rights. Towards this end, Lawyers' Committee staff--with the assistance of hundreds of pro bono attorneys--provides free legal assistance and representation to individuals on civil legal matters. In addition, the Lawyers' Committee handles policy impact cases that focus on important civil rights issues.
