Taylor Dumpson
Special Assistant Attorney General and Hate Crime Survivor, Rhode Island Attorney General Office
2021, 2023, 2024
Taylor A. Dumpson is a nationally recognized anti-hate advocate and attorney with a background in education law, criminal justice, hate crimes, and civil litigation. Dumpson was deemed a “Uniter” by President Biden during the White House’s United We Stand Summit on hate-filled violence in 2022, for her work combatting hate and sharing her experience as a hate crimes survivor.
Dumpson earned her B.A. in Law and Society with a concentration in Social Science from American University and her J.D. with a concentration in Rights and the State from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.
Dumpson began her legal career at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, as a Fellow and later Associate Counsel, and currently serves as Special Assistant Attorney General in the Criminal Division of the Rhode Island Attorney General’s Office.
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