Veronica Walker Esq.
Assistant State Attorney, Hate Crimes Unit, Broward County
2023, 2024
Ms. Veronica Walker serves as the lead prosecutor of the Broward County State Attorney’s Office Hate Crimes Unit, in Fort Lauderdale, FL. As a prosecutor, Veronica has argued several jury trials to verdict. She reviews all hate crime cases in Broward County for filing and prosecution. In addition to prosecution, Ms. Walker serves as the chair and oversees the Broward County Hate Crimes Task Force which includes representatives of law enforcement and community stakeholders, and she provides training on hate crimes throughout the county, which is the second largest within the State of Florida.
As the first attorney in her family, Ms. Walker strives to pursue equality and justice in prosecution. She is an active member of the community and has served in various capacities, including as a board member for E.D.G.E. Inc., a nonprofit dedicated to addressing public funding challenges for the City of Miramar, Florida; an Executive Board member of the National Black Prosecutors Association (NBPA) South Florida Chapter; an Advisory Board member for Keiser University’s Criminal Justice program; a charter member of Women Answering the Call, Inc.; and is a current member of the Broward County Sheriff’s Office Social Justice Task Force. In 2021, she was honored as the sole recipient of the Community Service Spirit of Excellence Award by the NBPA South Florida Chapter.
This cannot be thought of as a conference or a summit. The stakes are simply too high and the data/conversation and methods to drive action more valuable/motivating than any gathering I have attended. I took more than 100 pages of notes and have shared them with my CBS News leadership team, anchors, producers, and correspondents. Nothing about this gathering was easy. The agony around this topic is real. But no one curious about it could ask for a more devoted, rational, or unflinching look into this dark but decipherable world.
