Keshia Adeniyi-Dorsey (she/her)

Transition Committee Member

Keshia Adeniyi-Dorsey is a family defender, educator, and activist. She holds two BAs in Criminology and Psychology from the University of California, Irvine, and a JD from Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles. Ms. Adeniyi-Dorsey represents parents' when CPS investigates allegations of abuse or neglect. She looks beyond the surface of a CPS petition and sues the government when CPS unlawfully separates families and/or fails to protect children in the foster system. Her work is informed by a decade of experience as a trial attorney and her own personal journey through the foster system. Ms. Adeniyi-Dorsey currently serves as an adjunct professor at Southwestern Law School, where she graduated at the top of her class. She is also a member of the Black Mother’s March steering committee, The American Bar Association’s Commission on “Youth at Risk” and Black Lives Matter's Reimagine Child Safety Coalition. When she is not seeking justice on behalf of families Keshia enjoys live music, weight lifting, DIY’ing and spending time with her husband and bright and beautiful baby girl.