Lydia Wright
Lydia Wright brings more than a decade of experience managing complex trial dockets in state and federal courts nationwide. Her practice has included roles at the Southern Poverty Law Center, the litigation boutique Burns Charest, and the Promise of Justice Initiative. Most recently, Lydia was Legal Director of Rights Behind Bars, a legal advocacy organization focused on eliminating inhumane conditions of incarceration.
Lydia clerked for the Honorable Nannette Jolivette Brown of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana and served as a staff attorney with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. She earned her J.D. from Berkeley Law in 2014 and is licensed to practice in Louisiana.
Before entering the legal profession, Lydia was a Teach For America corps member in New Mexico and a Fulbright fellow in Jordan, experiences that continue to inform her commitment to justice and public service.
Notable Representation:
Co-lead class counsel in certified class action alleging wage theft and forced labor against private prison corporation operating civil immigration detention facilities nationwide. Novoa v. GEO Grp., Inc., No. 17-cv-02514, 2019 WL 7195331 (C.D. Cal. Nov. 26, 2019) (granting class certification), petition for permission to appeal denied, No. 19-80169 (9th Cir. Jan. 22, 2020).
Helped secure liability judgment for plaintiffs after two-week trial in largest Fifth Amendment takings case in U.S. history. In re Upstream Addicks & Barker (Texas) Flood-Control Reservoirs, 146 Fed. Cl. 219, 227 (2019).
Initiated first-of-its-kind medical monitoring class action against Facebook on behalf of content moderators nationwide. Scola, et al. v. Facebook, Inc., No. 17CIV05135 (Sup. Ct., San Mateo Cty., Cal.) (granting preliminary approval of $52 million settlement).
VOTE, et al. v. LeBlanc, et al., 3:23-cv-1204 (M.D. La) (co-lead counsel in certified Rule 23(b)(2) class action challenging forced agricultural labor at the Louisiana State Penitentiary pursuant to the Thirteenth Amendment, Eighth Amendment, and Americans with Disabilities Act).
Rodriguez Romero v. Ladwig, 3:25-cv-01106 (M.D. La) (co-lead counsel in novel group habeas proceeding resulting in the release of four immigrants detained at the Louisiana ICE Processing Center without substantive or procedural due process).
Morocho v. Bristol County Sheriff’s Office, 1:22-cv-10652 (D. Mass) (co-lead counsel in excessive force action on behalf of 21 immigrants abused at the Bristol County Correctional Center in North Dartmouth, Mass; negotiated favorable settlement on the eve of trial).
Contact: lydiawright@mostandassociates.com