Senior Legislative Counsel
Department:Legal
Ty Cobb
Ty Cobb serves as legislative counsel at the Human Rights Campaign. His work focuses on hate crimes, the military, veterans, the judiciary, political appointments, education, youth, immigration and international matters.
Cobb joined HRC after serving as counsel to Sen. Edward M. Kennedy on the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee of the U.S. Senate. As counsel to Sen. Kennedy, Cobb did extensive work in support of the passage of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. Prior to his work on the Hill, Cobb was an associate attorney at the law firms of Bracewell & Giuliani in Dallas, Texas, and Sidley Austin in Washington, D.C. Cobb received his bachelor's degree in business and American studies from the University of Texas at Austin and his law degree from the University of Texas School of Law.