Iván Espinoza-Madrigal

Iván Espinoza-Madrigal is the Executive Director of Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR), an organization founded at the request of President John F. Kennedy in the 1960s at the height of the civil rights movement. LCR is the largest and oldest organization in New England working on legal and policy issues at the intersection of racial justice, immigration, public health, education, and entrepreneurship. 

Iván has filed and won dozens of life-changing and law-changing cases on a wide range of civil rights issues across the country. His work is regularly featured in publications such as the New York Times, and documentary films like Martha’s Vineyard v. DeSantis (MSNBC). Iván was recently recognized as “Lawyer of the Year” by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, and as “Bostonian of the Year” by the Boston Globe. Boston Magazine has recognized Iván as one of Boston’s Most Influential People. The National LGBT Bar Association has recognized him as one of the Best LGBT Lawyers Under 40, and the Boston Business Journal included Iván in its “Top 40 Under 40” list in 2018. A summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, he received a Juris Doctor from NYU School of Law. Iván also received an honorary doctorate from Cambridge College.

Iván serves on the Board of Ambassadors of Eastern Bank, and the Board of Trustees of Crossroads, a youth empowerment summer camp. He also serves on the Advisory Board of the Institute of Contemporary Art / Boston, and the Board of Directors of the New England Foundation for the Arts. He was recently appointed by the Massachusetts Governor to the Mass Cultural Council. During the pandemic, Iván published a book about his dog: Obie’s Adventures in the Berkshires. 

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