Chelsea Jones Crawford joined Brown Goldstein & Levy in September 2015 and has maintained an active civil rights practice with a focus on wrongful conviction, police misconduct, and disability rights cases.

A former journalist covering daily news, Chelsea brings a passion for storytelling to every case. Chelsea practices in state courts across Maryland and in federal courts nationwide. Her experience clerking for judges in Baltimore makes her well suited to serve as local counsel for out-of-state attorneys practicing in federal court.

Prior to joining Brown Goldstein & Levy, Chelsea clerked for the Honorable Andre M. Davis on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and for the Honorable Stephanie A. Gallagher on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.

During law school, Chelsea served as the Executive Articles Editor of the University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class, Vice-President of the Black Law Students Association, and member of the law school’s National Moot Court Team. Chelsea received the 2013 Elizabeth Maxwell Carroll Chesnut Prize, known as the “Dean’s Award,” for her scholarship, personal drive, and excellence in writing and was awarded Order of the Barristers.

Before law school, Chelsea spent several years working in broadcast news. She began her career at KYW-TV in Philadelphia, where she worked the news desk. She later joined National Public Radio’s flagship afternoon program, All Things Considered, as an Assistant Editor.

Chelsea is active in several bar associations and organizations. For three years, she served as Co-Chair of the Publications Committee for the Maryland State Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Section. She is a Leadership Committee member of the Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service’s Community Advocacy Network and Treasurer of the Monumental City Bar Association, the oldest and largest specialty bar association in Baltimore City.