Rochelle Garza | |
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| Chair of the United States Commission on Civil Rights | |
| Assumed office March 2023 | |
| Appointed by | Joe Biden |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1984 or 1985 (age 38–39) |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | Brown University (BA) University of Houston (JD) |
Rochelle Mercedes Garza (born 1984/1985)[1] is an American attorney from Brownsville, Texas currently serving as one of the five Commissioners on the United States Commission on Civil Rights.[2][3] She is a civil rights attorney who practices family law, criminal defense, Immigration law, constitutional law and is the president of the Texas Civil Rights Project.[4] In 2017 a federal notice was named after her because of her work in a notable reproductive rights case.
She was the Democratic nominee in the 2022 Texas Attorney General election losing to incumbent Ken Paxton.
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