Evandro C. Carvalho (born September 9, 1981) is an American attorney and politician who served in the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
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from 2014 to 2019. He is a member of the
Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to:
*Democratic Party (United States)
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*Botswana Democratic Party
*Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea
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and represented the Fifth Suffolk District, comprising the
Dorchester neighborhood of
Boston
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.
Early life and education
Carvalho was born in
Cape Verde
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. He emigrated to
Boston
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when he was 15 years old. After graduating from
Madison Park Technical Vocational High School
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, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in legal studies from the
University of Massachusetts Amherst
The University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst, UMass) is a public research university in Amherst, Massachusetts and the sole public land-grant university in Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Founded in 1863 as an agricultural college, it ...
and a
Juris Doctor
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and one of several Doctor of Law degrees. The J.D. is the standard degree obtained to practice law ...
from the
Howard University School of Law
Howard University School of Law (Howard Law or HUSL) is the law school of Howard University, a private, federally chartered historically black research university in Washington, D.C. It is one of the oldest law schools in the country and the oldes ...
.
Career
He worked in the office of the
Suffolk County District Attorney as an assistant district attorney from 2011 to 2013.
He won the
Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to:
*Democratic Party (United States)
Democratic Party and similar terms may also refer to:
Active parties Africa
*Botswana Democratic Party
*Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea
*Gabonese Democratic Party
*Demo ...
primary election
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for the Fifth Suffolk seat on April 1, 2014, and was unopposed in the general election on April 29, winning with around 739 votes. He was sworn in May 14.
In 2018, Carvalho did not run for re-election in his seat, instead launching a campaign for the Democratic nomination for
Suffolk County District Attorney. He lost the primary to
Rachael Rollins
Rachael Splaine Rollins (born March 3, 1971) is an American lawyer and politician who is the United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts. Rollins was formerly Suffolk County District Attorney in Massachusetts, which includes the m ...
, finishing third in a field of five candidates.
Other activities
In 2006 he was a legal intern with the Immigration Law Project at South Coastal Counties Legal Services, Inc. in
Brockton, Massachusetts
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. From 2007 to 2010 he was a summer associate and later associate with
WilmerHale
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, also known as Hale & Dorr and WilmerHale, is an international law firm with offices in the United States, Europe and Asia. It is co-headquartered in Washington, D.C. and Boston. It was formed in 2004 thr ...
. From 2013 to 2014, he was a field legal counsel with
Liberty Mutual Insurance
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. From 2011 to 2014 he served on the board of directors of Teen Empowerment.
Since August 2019 he has served as executive director of the Boston Human Rights Commission.
References
External links
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African-American state legislators in Massachusetts
American people of Cape Verdean descent
American politicians of Cape Verdean descent
Politicians from Boston
Massachusetts Democrats
Candidates in the 2021 United States elections
Cape Verdean expatriates in the United States
Massachusetts lawyers
University of Massachusetts Amherst College of Social and Behavioral Sciences alumni
Howard University School of Law alumni
Living people
1981 births
21st-century American politicians
21st-century African-American politicians
20th-century African-American people