Athar Haseebullah chose to be a lawyer after years of bad adolescent experiences—watching his mom face discrimination in her workplace, seeing his dad denied quality medical care and personally as a Muslim American in a post-9/11 era. He wanted to be a voice for those who didn't have one.
While Hassebullah is a lawyer by trade, he’s an even more extraordinary community organizer and advocate. At the ACLU, he works to advance civil liberties and civil rights through outreach, policy and legal initiatives. When he became the executive director, ACLU Nevada had the highest revenue generating year in the organization's history.
Hassebullah has led two major warrant quashing events in Southern Nevada to help those who couldn't afford to pay their traffic warrants and during the Nevada Legislative Session, he was active in the passage of Assembly Bill 371, which created a protocol for racism in schools.
Hassebullah also serves as president for the local chapter the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, as a board member for the Urban Chamber of Commerce, an education and youth justice pillar lead for Nevada Partners, and as a national advisor to Educate Civil Rights Now.