As a native of Alexandria, Virginia, Hasina Lewis graduated from Mount Vernon High School with honors and went on to receive her Bachelor of Arts from Winston Salem State University where she graduated Magna Cum Laude. Hasina earned her Juris Doctorate from Elon University School of Law. There, she was a North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys Scholarship Recipient, Class Representative, Vic
e-President of the Black Law Students Association and a member of Moot Court. Additionally, Hasina was a recipient of the Legal Writing & Communications Book Award and her article, “Cultivating Diversity in the Law School Classroom” was published in the January 2010 Young Lawyers Division of the North Carolina Bar Association Law Student Bulletin. While in law school, Hasina worked as an intern at the Winston Salem Public Defenders Office and the Arlington & City of Falls Church Office of the Public Defender. She also served as law clerk for the Honorable Camille Banks-Payne of the 21st Judicial District. Upon graduation, Hasina returned to Virginia and worked as an Associate at an area law firm where she handled traffic and criminal misdemeanors in over ten counties in Northern Virginia. This experience gave her invaluable insight on the practices of the local jurisdictions. While working with Dontae Bugg, Hasina continued her practice of serious criminal defense and family law. Hasina handled trials involving first degree murder, drug trafficking and malicious wounding. The experience she gained while at Bugg Law gave her the tools and confidence to handle more serious crimes individually and thus four years later, she started Lewis Law. Hasina represents clients on a variety of traffic and criminal matters including reckless driving, possession of drugs and probation violations. She is also certified by the Virginia Indigent Defense Commission to accept court appointments for adult indigent who have been charged with misdemeanor or felony offenses. This work is very important to her, as she truly appreciates the inequity in our justice system, especially for those impoverished and people of color who are usually unable to afford a private attorney. She believes whole heartedly in one’s Sixth Amendment right to counsel, and she does not believe one’s income should impact their full access and opportunity to the fulfillment of their rights to competent counsel and right to trial.
