THE TEAM
The 1890 Project Lawyers
An esteemed team of volunteer attorneys representing more than sixty years of combined experience across America’s state and federal courts, each with deep HBCU and community roots and a demonstrated commitment to public service.
Donald Calloway, Jr.
FOUNDER & LEAD COUNSEL
Founder of the project and counsel of record; principal of Calloway Law | Public Interest Counsel and Pine Street Advisors.
- UndergraduateAlabama A&M University
- Law SchoolBoston University School of Law
- Practice AreaCivil Rights and Complex Litigation
- States of PracticeMissouri, Illinois, Alabama
Kenneth Powell, III
LEAD CO-COUNSEL
St. Louis trial lawyer and founder of the Powell Law Firm, raised in a family shaped by three generations of civil rights leadership.
- UndergraduateUniversity of Kansas
- Law SchoolSaint Louis University School of Law
- Practice AreaPersonal Injury and Civil Justice
- States of PracticeMissouri, Illinois, South Carolina
L. Jared Boyd
CO-COUNSEL
Government and public affairs attorney who leads Missouri communications for the project and coordinates state-level record work.
- UndergraduateMorehouse College
- Law SchoolUniversity of Virginia School of Law
- Practice AreaGovernment and Public Affairs
- States of PracticeMissouri, Illinois
Chalana Scales-Ferguson
CO-COUNSEL
Veteran Missouri attorney with extensive public-sector and civil-justice experience, and a long record of public service in the State.
- UndergraduateUniversity of Missouri
- Law SchoolSaint Louis University School of Law
- Practice AreaPublic Sector and Civil Justice
- States of PracticeMissouri