Attorney, Blogger Kimberly Goins stops by Good Deeds w/ Dr. Renee Sunday

Kimberly A. Goins, Esq. is a graduate from The University of Alabama, where she was the first student at The University to graduate with a joint degree in law (juris doctor) and a Master of Arts in Political Science (concentrations: International Relations, Public Administration, and Political Theory). She possesses a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and Political Science, also from The University of Alabama. She has worked in multiple areas of law, including civil and criminal law. In New York City and in Nashville, Tennessee. She is proficient in Spanish, including writing, translating, reading, and speaking, and has successfully communicated with Spanish-speaking clients.  She has been active with the American Bar Association (ABA) since law school, when she held the position of Lt. Gov. of Region IV (Alabama and Mississippi), and she now currently holds the positions of Vice Director of the Disaster Legal Services Team of the Young Lawyers Division, a position that she also held this past year, and the International Human Rights Steering Committee, through which she is Publications Editor of The Mexico newsletter. She has also served as a judge for ABA sponsored moot court competitions held in New York City.  She is an online blogger for the popular blog, thisisyourconscience.com, through which she writes about issues such as racism and sexism. She also writes for her own blogs, http://www.kimgoins.blogspot.com (songs and poetry) and her tumblr blog, http://goinsnyclawyer.tumblr.com.