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Colin McDonell

Counsel, States United Democracy Center

Eradicate Hate:
2022

Colin McDonell is an attorney at States United Democracy Center, where he focuses on efforts to hold democracy violators accountable. Before joining States United, Colin worked in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida, where he prosecuted federal crimes in the special victims section and represented the United States in criminal and civil cases on appeal. He also clerked for Judge Richard Clifton of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, clerked for Judge Andrew Guilford of the U.S. District Court in the Central District of California, worked at a major law firm, and was a legislative fellow in the California State Assembly. Colin graduated from Stanford Law School, where he was Executive Editor of Stanford Law Review, and from Claremont McKenna College.

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