Viola Woolums

Viola Woolums

Mayor's Commission on Disabilities

Panelist, Law & (dis)Orders: Protecting and Preserving Dignity of Persons with Disabilities in the Courtroom

Viola Woolums currently works as Chief Legal Council to the Mayor's Commission on Disabilities in the Baltimore City Office of Equity & Civil Rights. She studied at the University of Maryland School of Law, where she graduated with a Health Law Certificate and as part of the Women, Leadership & Equality Program. Viola began her career in the high-volume legal services practice of Maryland Legal Aid. There, she worked as the firm's Ryan White Attorney primarily handling administrative law matters for clients living with HIV/AIDS. She then served as Director of Senior Legal Services, the legal services arm of the Bar Association of Baltimore City.