Maureen Riordan

Maureen S. Riordan was an attorney for 21 years in the Civil Rights Division. Under the first Trump Administration she was appointed as Senior Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, Eric Dreiband. She left the Department in 2021 and worked as litigation Counsel for the Public Interest Legal Foundation located in Alexandria, Virginia, a 501(c)(3) public interest law firm dedicated to election integrity. In 2025, she was again appointed by President Trump as Senior Counsel for Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon. She is currently Chief Counsel for the Equal Protection Project (EPP), a 501(c)(3) legal initiative dedicated to combating racial and other forms of discrimination, investigating violations, educating the public, and litigation. Ms. Riordan is married and has two grown adult children.