Lydia Edwards' Biography
- State Senate (MA) - Third Suffolk, Democratic
Contact Information
Office
24 Beacon Street
Room 413-C
Boston, MA 02133
Full Name:
Lydia Edwards
Gender:
Female
Home City:
East Boston, MA
LLM, Tax Law/Taxation, Boston University School of Law, 2014-2015
JD, Law, American University Washington College of Law, 2003-2006
BA, Political Science and Legal Policy Studies, Marymount College of Fordham University, 1999-2003
Councilor, City of Boston, Massachusetts, District 1, 2018-present
Candidate, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives, District Third Suffolk, 2023-Present
Senator, Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Senate, District First Suffolk and Middlesex, 2022-2023
Senator, Massachusetts State Senate, District Third Suffolk, 2023-Present
Member, Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities
Member, Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure
Vice Chair, Joint Committee on Housing
Chair, Joint Committee on Judiciary
Member, Joint Committee on Transportation
Member, Joint Committee on Ways and Means
Member, Ways and Means Committee
No caucus information on file.
Boston City Councilor, Boston City Council, 2018-2022
Of Counsel, Jason Wiener p.c., 2019-2022
Deputy Director of Office of Housing Stability, City of Boston, 2016-2018
Director of Legal Services/Director of Domestic Worker Law and Policy Clinic, Brazilian Immigrant Center, 2011-2014
Law Clerk, Massachusetts Court of Appeals, 2010-2011
Litigation Associate, Holland & Knight LLP, 2007-2009
Law Clerk, Massachusetts Superior Court, 2006-2007
Board Member, Junior Achievement of Greater Boston, 2021
Board Member, Boston Center for Independent Living, 2014-2018
Equal Justice Works Fellow, Greater Boston Legal Services, 2014-2016
Producer of National Domestic Radio, ZUMIX, 2013-2015
Volunteer Mediator, Massachusetts Small Claims and Landlord Tenant Court, Community Dispute Settlement Center, 2012-2014
Massachusetts Campaign Coordinator, National Domestic Workers Alliance, 2014
Awards:
Boston's Most Impactful Black Women, 2021, Get Konnected!;
Bostonian of the Year, Honorable Mention, 2015, Boston Globe;
Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2015, Super Lawyers Magazine;
Boston Rising Stars, 40 under 40, 2015, The National Law Journal and The Connecticut Law Tribune;
Excellence in Law, Up and Coming Lawyers in Massachusetts, 2014, Lawyers Weekly;
Attorney of the Year, 2012, Matahari: Eye of the Day;
National Award of Distinction, 2012, Berger-Marks Foundation;
Rising Star, 2006, American University, Washington College of Law;
CLEO SCHOLAR, 2003, Council for Legal Education Opportunties;
Community Peacemaker Honoree, 2013, Community Dispute Settlement Center