American Civil Liberties Union

Vivek Malhotra is the national State Strategist for the ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project. He provides state legislative and pre-litigation counseling around the rights of immigrants to each of the organization's 53 affiliate offices throughout the United States.

Before joining IRP, Vivek was a state lobbyist for five years with both the ACLU California Legislative Office and Asian Americans for Civil Rights and Equality, in Sacramento. He developed legislation and lobbied state lawmakers on a range of civil liberties and civil rights issues, including immigrants' rights. Vivek began his career as a civil litigation attorney in the Los Angeles office of Loeb & Loeb LLP. He is a graduate of Pomona College and New York University School of Law.