Kristy Parker

Kristy Parker (LinkedIn) has been a Counsel at Protect Democracy since 2017, where she has led multiple lawsuits challenging abuses of power by the federal government and advocacy efforts related to the independence and integrity of the Department of Justice.

Kristy previously served for nineteen years in the U.S. Department of Justice, most recently for fifteen years in the Criminal Section of the Civil Rights Division, where she prosecuted police excessive force, hate crimes, and human trafficking cases, as a Trial Attorney, Special Litigation Counsel, and Deputy Chief.  During her tenure, Ms. Parker won the Civil Rights Division’s Walter Barnett Award for Excellence in Advocacy and the Attorney General’s Award for Exceptional Service. In 2009, she was named Top Prosecutor of the Year by the Women in Federal Law Enforcement. Kristy received her D.Phil in Modern History from the University of Oxford and her J.D. from Harvard Law School, after which she clerked for the Hon. Stephanie K. Seymour on the Tenth Circuit.