Martha Bergmark, a former president of the Legal Services Corporation, is the founding executive director of Voices for Civil Justice. She began her legal career as a civil-rights and legal-aid lawyer in Mississippi and is the founding president of the Mississippi Center for Justice, which she continues to serve as a board member and senior counsel.
Bergmark is a former Reginald Heber Smith Fellow, has been recognized as a Stern Family Fund Public Interest Pioneer and White House Champion of Change, and is a recipient of the Kutak-Dodds Prize and the American Bar Association Section of Litigation’s John Minor Wisdom Public Service and Professionalism Award. She is a graduate of Oberlin College and the University of Michigan Law School.
