Helena B. Wright joined Andrew M. Hale & Associates in 2010. Helena concentrates her practice in civil rights litigation. During law school, she was a legal intern for the City of Chicago, Department of Buildings.At Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Helena was vice president of the Black Law Students Association and served as a Managing Associate Editor of the Thomas M. Cooley Law Review. Also, she received numerous awards, which included the Thomas M. Cooley Honor’s Scholarship, Dean’s List honors, and the 2007 Black Law Students Association’s Academic Excellence Award. Following law school, she was a volunteer attorney for CARPLS Legal Aid and Women In Need Legal Defense and Educational Fund.Helena was born and raised in Chicago. She enjoys spending her free time with friends and family.

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area of practice

• Civil Rights Litigation

bar admissions

• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 2010
• Illinois, 2009

education

• Thomas M. Cooley Law SchoolJ.D., cum laude – 2009
• Southern Illinois University, EdwardsvilleB.S. in Business Finance and Economics – 2003