Anika Lewis

Senior Staff Attorney

Anika Lewis (she/her) is a Senior Staff Attorney working primarily in Immigration Equality’s Refugee Program.

Prior to joining Immigration Equality Anika was a litigation associate at the law firm Pryor Cashman LLP. She also volunteered and worked pro bono for several nonprofit organizations including Human Rights First and Safe Passage Project on a variety of immigration and refugee matters.

Anika has a J.D. from Columbia University School of Law and an LL.M. in International Legal Studies from New York University School of Law (NYU). After completing her studies at NYU she served as an NYU International Law and Human Rights Fellow at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in Washington D.C.

Anika also previously worked as a commercial litigation attorney in Trinidad and Tobago, her country of nationality, and holds a Bachelor of Laws degree (LL.B.) from the University of the West Indies.