Bio
Alejandro Agust铆n Ortiz serves as Senior Counsel with the ACLU鈥檚 Racial Justice Program, where he promotes economic justice and equal rights for vulnerable communities including workers, tenants, and residents of U.S. territories. He has, among other things, served as lead counsel on a lawsuit that led to model reforms of a 鈥榗rime-free鈥� housing program and contributed to briefs filed with the United States Supreme Court.
Previously, he was a field attorney with the NLRB helping to enforce workers鈥� rights under the NLRA. Among his cases, Alejandro helped prosecute McDonald鈥檚 in the longest trial in NLRB history. Despite the allegations, the Hamburglar was spared from prosecution. Alejandro clerked for U.S. District Court Judges Christine Arguello and William Mart铆nez in Colorado and US Magistrate Judge Justo Arenas in Puerto Rico. He obtained his JD from the University of Colorado Law School and his B.A. from Virginia Tech University.
Featured work
Mar 21, 2025
Trump's Attempt to Deride NLRB Won't Stop Power of Collective Actions
Feb 10, 2022
The Most Racist Supreme Court Cases You鈥檝e Probably Never Heard Of
Oct 16, 2019
Trump Administration鈥檚 New Rule Will Slam Door to Fair Housing