Vichal Kumar

Vichal Kumar is an accomplished legal professional with extensive experience in civil defense and criminal justice advocacy. Currently serving as Director at Partners for Justice since November 2019, Vichal previously held the role of Managing Attorney for the Civil Defense Practice at the Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem from March 2015 to April 2019. Vichal has also served as President of the South Asian Bar Association of North America and Supervising Attorney at The Bronx Defenders, where a focus was on providing holistic legal services to clients. Earlier career positions include Litigation Associate at Cullen and Dykman LLP, Consulting Attorney at the Federal Public Defender, and Legal Intern at both the Immigrant Defense Project and Maurice A. Deane School of Law’s clinics. Vichal Kumar earned a Juris Doctor from Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Rutgers University.