Mimi McKenzie joined the Law Center in 2017 as its first Legal Director. She oversees the organization’s legal work in addition to taking a leading role in Law Center impact litigation, including a successful lawsuit to end partisan gerrymandering in Pennsylvania, lawsuits protecting mail-in voters from disenfranchisement, the landmark school funding decision that mandated adequate and equitable funding for Pennsylvania public schools, litigation concerning gun violence in Philadelphia, lawsuits to preserve community gardens in low income neighborhoods, and most recently litigation to protect the rule of law in multiple courts and cases against the Department of Justice.

Ms. McKenzie began her law career at Dechert LLP where she practiced civil litigation in a variety of areas including securities, commercial, first amendment, and employment. She also worked as an in-house Counsel for Verizon. Immediately preceding her position at the Law Center, Ms. McKenzie was a Lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and also worked as an independent legal consultant.

Ms. McKenzie graduated cum laude from University of Pennsylvania Law School where she was a member of the Order of the Coif. She holds a B.S. in Finance, magna cum laude, from the University of Delaware.