S. Roxana Richardson is the MLP Director of HJA’s Perinatal Legal Assistance and Wellbeing (LAW) Project at MedStar Washington Hospital Center.

As part of the Women’s & Infants’ Services (WIS) new “Safe Babies Safe Moms” program, Roxy will be providing no-cost legal services to women facing issues that raise legal barriers to their efforts to achieve optimal health and well-being for themselves and their infants.

In serving WIS patients, Roxy draws on expertise gained as an attorney serving over 300 diverse clients during her four years with the Health Law Partnership (HeLP), an MLP in Atlanta, Georgia, located in Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA) and included partnerships with local law and medical schools to address the socio-economic barriers affecting lower-income children and their families in order to improve their health and well-being.

Roxy received her J.D. from Stetson University College of Law and her undergraduate degree from the Pennsylvania State University.

She is currently admitted to the Georgia Bar and has a pending application with the DC Bar. She is fluent in French