Darrin Hurwitz
Staff Counsel
Darrin Hurwitz joined the Human Rights Campaign as staff counsel in 2006. He provides advice to the organization on political compliance issues including federal and state campaign finance and lobbying regulation as well as on other non-profit governance matters. Hurwitz also offers legal support to the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and the Human Rights Campaign PAC.
Prior to joining HRC, Hurwitz was a member of the election and political law group at Covington & Burling. In 2004, he served as in-house legal counsel to the campaign organization America Coming Together. Hurwitz was a campaign aide to California State Controller Kathleen Connell in 1997-98.
Hurwitz received his bachelor's degree from UCLA and his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center. After law school Hurwitz clerked for Judge A. Raymond Randolph of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. He is admitted to the bars of the District of Columbia and California.