Senior Staff Attorney
Ayesha Elaine Lewis is a Senior Staff attorney and member of the Leadership Team at Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund (DREDF). Ayesha is a graduate of New York University School of Law, where she earned her J.D. in 2013 and LLM in Taxation in 2015. After law school she clerked for Justice Allison Eid at the Colorado Supreme Court and Judge Juan F. Vasquez at the United States Tax Court. She has completed fellowships at the ACLU National Center for Liberty and the ACLU of Michigan. Ayesha uses her experience from various aspects of civil rights advocacy to inform her work to advance the civil and human rights of people with disabilities at DREDF. Her work spans a variety of areas, including marriage equality, the rights of parents with disabilities, and access to the legal system. In addition to litigation and policy advocacy, she provides technical legal assistance to legal services providers in California and conducts workshops and trainings regarding disability and disability-related topics. Ayesha loves rainy days, karaoke, and baking with seasonal produce.