As a new Presidential administration settles in, Krystan Hitchcock, Counsel, and Carolyn Shanahan, Litigation Fellow, from Everytown Law will join us to address a wide range of topics on the future of gun violence in America. Gun violence remains heartbreakingly top of mind in the wake of horrific shootings in Boulder and Atlanta, coupled with the disturbing current of anti-Asian racism. We’ll discuss what the new Congress might be able to accomplish, including repealing the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA), paying special attention to topics facing communities of color. This panel is co-hosted by the Berkeley Law ACS chapter.

Krystan Hitchcock, Counsel, Everytown Law brings over seven years of public service and advocacy experience which includes litigation, mediation, and trial work. Krystan is a skilled litigator with experience in affirmative survivor and city representation, intersectional gun violence prevention, gun violence litigation education, and amicus briefing. She is a graduate of NYU Law School and Hampton University and is admitted to practice in New York State and the Southern District of New York. She practices out of Everytown’s New York Office. Prior to working at Everytown Law, Krystan represented the New York City Administration for Children Services and served as an Excelsior Fellow at the New York State Office of Children & Family Services.

Carolyn Shanahan, Litigation Fellow, Everytown Law, represents clients across the country who seek to advance gun violence prevention through the courts and before regulatory bodies. Carolyn represents survivors, families of victims, municipalities and other stakeholders who challenge dangerous laws and policies, pursue justice from the gun industry, and seek to improve access to data that is critical to gun violence prevention research. Her work has been covered by the New York Times. Carolyn graduated with honors from Columbia Law School, where she served as an articles editor for the Columbia Human Rights Law Review. While in law school, she interned for The Bronx Defenders, for the Honorable Carol Bagley Amon of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, and for the Honorable Barry T. Albin of the New Jersey Supreme Court. She received her B.A. from Georgetown University. Prior to joining Everytown Law, Carolyn was a litigation associate at Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP. While at Arnold & Porter, she represented survivors of a mass shooting in a negligence action against the dealer that sold the gun.