Louis Cholden-Brown

Specil Counsel

United Federation of Teachers

Louis Cholden-Brown serves as Special Counsel at the United Federation of Teachers, American Federation of Teachers Local 2, AFL-CIO. He previously served in senior governmental roles with New York City Comptroller, New York City Council, and the 2019 Charter Revision Commission, and with both local and state advocacy organizations. He is a graduate of Fordham University School of Law, where he served as the editor-in-chief of the Environmental Law Review and was the recipient of both the Donald Magnetti Award and Archibald R. Murray Public Service Award summa cum laude in recognition of his contributions to New York City during his academic tenure. Cholden-Brown’s scholarship, which has appeared in the Fordham Urban Law Journal, Chapman Law Review, Richmond Public Interest Law Review, University of Detroit-Mercy Law Review, Elon Law Review, and Charleston Law Review, has focused on the Constitution, state and local government, and worker justice.