R. Paola Vargas Daly
Paola Vargas Daly is an attorney with experience in criminal law, public health, and equity-focused advocacy.
R. Paola Vargas Daly
R. Paola Vargas Daly is an attorney whose career spans criminal prosecution, public health research, and legal advocacy for underserved populations. She graduated magna cum laude and first in her class from Loyola University Chicago School of Law, and holds a Master of Science in Public Health from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Before practicing law, she spent nearly a decade directing research at national health institutions, work that now informs the broader framework of her legal practice.
A Record Grounded in Documented Achievement
Her legal and research credentials are specific, verifiable, and unusually broad. She clerked for a Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court, managed felony and misdemeanor dockets as an Assistant District Attorney, and practiced as a student attorney in a medical-legal partnership serving clients whose legal needs were directly tied to their health outcomes.
Public Health Expertise That Informs Legal Practice
Few attorneys bring clinical research methodology, peer-reviewed publication, and front-line prosecutorial experience to the same practice. Her background at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Lupus Foundation of America, where she co-wrote a $5 million federal grant to reduce racial disparities in lupus care, gives her a framework for legal work grounded in public health, research, and equity.
Advocacy Rooted in Public Service
From her earliest professional work to her current practice, R. Paola Vargas Daly has consistently centered populations most often underserved by legal and health systems alike. That consistency is documented across her legal, research, and community-focused work.
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