Lizz Brown

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Lizz Brown

Lizz Brown
Attorney, Journalist and Political Analyst

Lizz Brown is an Attorney and an award winning journalist. A former Special Public Defender, Lizz has always been a passionate defender of the rights of the oppressed and forgotten. As the host of an award-winning talk show, “The Wake Up Call” for 15 years, Lizz conducted thousands of interviews with News Makers and Policy Shapers. During the Ferguson unrest, Lizz has been the go-to legal analyst for MSNBC, CNN and Al Jazeera. She has also been seen on NBC, ABC and Fox. After six Baltimore police were charged in connection to the killing of Freddie Gray, CNN sought Lizz out to debate attorney Alan Dershowitz over the role of Prosecutor, Marilyn Mosby. She is also a frequent political analyst on Huff Post Live. Lizz believes that women and people of color must lean into and speak with a “disruptive voice” as it is that voice that brings change.