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IU McKinney Alumna Juval Scott Named to List of Bronx Power Brokers
06/12/2025
Juval Scott, J.D. ’02, has been named to the list of Bronx Power Brokers by City & State New York. Scott is executive director of The Bronx Defenders.
Scott is the first Black person and first woman of color to lead The Bronx Defenders. She became executive director in 2024. She previously served as director of the National Sentencing Resource Council, and as a federal public defender in Virginia, Wisconsin, and Indiana. Scott began her legal career as an associate with Lee Cossell Kuehn & Love in Indianapolis.
The Bronx Defenders profiles criminal defense, family defense, and civil legal services, social work support and advocacy to indigent residents of the Bronx. The staff of over 400 people represents nearly 20,000 people annually.
