DESTINY Z. PLANTER

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Civil Rights Attorney

Destiny Planter, Esq. is a talented litigator with a demonstrated ability to connect with clients from all walks of life. After honing her legal skills while gaining invaluable courtroom experience as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Ebony M. Scott, Destiny started working as a civil rights attorney at Peoples’ Counsel. In this role, Destiny represents survivors of police violence in federal courts, bringing cases against officers accused of excessive force.

Destiny received a full-tuition scholarship to UNC School of Law. As a Chancellors Scholar, Destiny served as the President of the Black Law Students Association and as a Staff Member on the International Law Journal. Her UNC Law experience pinnacled when she became a student attorney in the country’s first Critical Race Lawyering Civil Rights Clinic. Although she began her career as a Privacy Associate at ArentFox, Destiny’s sharp litigation skills led to her appointment as an Adjunct Professor in the Critical Race Lawyering Civil Rights Clinic just two years after serving as a student attorney. In this role, she successfully defended a Black woman sued for defamation following events that occurred at a peaceful “Justice for George Floyd” march, securing a favorable verdict in a jury trial.