The American Bar Association Commission on Domestic & Sexual Violence was proud to present our 2022 Sharon L. Corbitt Award to Riddhi Mukhopadhyay, Director of the Sexual Violence Law Center in Seattle, WA. This annual award is for outstanding work on behalf of victims of domestic violence & sexual assault.
Watch a recording of the live, virtual ceremony HERE.
The ABA Commission on Domestic & Sexual Violence created the Sharon Corbitt Award in 2008 to recognize exceptional service and leadership to improving the legal response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and/or stalking by a lawyer from any area of practice, including non-profit, private firm, government, corporate counsel, and the judiciary, in the spirit of Sharon L. Corbitt.
Riddhi Mukhopadhyay is the Executive Director of the Sexual Violence Law Center which protects the privacy, safety, and civil rights of survivors of sexual violence through free holistic legal assistance and representation. She is also on the Shared Leadership Team of Legal Voice, which works to advance justice and build community power for all women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people across the Pacific Northwest. She speaks fluent Hindi, Bengali and Spanish and has over 20 years of providing services to victims of sexual assault and domestic violence, first as an interpreter, then as an advocate working with immigrant survivors, followed by being a hospital advocate accompanying rape survivors and finally as an attorney.
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