Angel Harris
BOARD MEMBER
Elected to Orleans Parish Criminal District Court in November of 2020, Angel S. Harris
previously served as Assistant Counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc.,
where her advocacy focused on capital defense, juvenile life without the possibility of parole,
felon disenfranchisement, policing reform and school discipline disparities. Prior to joining LDF,
Angel served as a Staff Attorney with the ACLU’s Capital Punishment Project where she
represented death-sentenced prisoners nationwide. Between 2009-13, Angel was a public
defender in Louisiana (Orleans and Calcasieu Parishes). A nationally recognized expert on
criminal justice and civil rights issues, Angel’s writing has appeared in the New York Times and
the Huffington Post and she has provided commentary on “Democracy Now!,” “1A” and “The
Roland Martin Show.” Angel graduated from Georgetown University Law Center in 2009 and
summa cum laude from Hampton University with a B.A. in English. She is a member of the
Louisiana State Bar.