Anna Kurien

Senior Legal Analyst

Anna Kurien was a public defender in Atlanta for the last 11 years. There she represented clients charged with complex felonies in Superior Court and also did appellate work for two years. She has taught young public defenders at Gideon’s Promise, of which she is a proud graduate, as well as through the statewide training program for young public defenders in Georgia. She is a member of the Indigent Defense Committee of the Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys, and is on the board of the ACLU of Georgia and has long advocated for criminal justice reform in Atlanta through two organizations of which she was a founding member: BLOCS (Building Locally to Organize for Community Safety) and LUNA (Lawyers United for a New Atlanta). Anna grew up in India and studied English and French at Wellesley College before attending law school at Emory University in Atlanta. –

Stop Using Police for Traffic Stops

The goal of traffic enforcement is safety. To keep residents safe, cities should shift enforcement to a civilian agency and increase automated enforcement.

Anna Kurien

Feb 16, 2021

A Media Guide For Free And Fair Election Reporting

The media, more than ever, has an important role in preserving our democracy during this election season. The more that members of the media expose false, misleading, or manipulative claims for what they are, the less likely it is for Americans to fall for President Donald Trump’s insidious tactics on and after Election Day.

Alana Sivin, Anna Kurien, Emily Galvin-Almanza

Oct 29, 2020