Helenann Hirsch is an attorney who has worked extensively in local, state and federal government, including the Clinton Administration in the White House Office of Presidential Personnel and the Federal Labor Relations Authority. She also worked at the California Women's Law Center in Los Angeles where she focused on civil rights and employment issues and as an attorney in private practice with an emphasis on employment law.
Helenann also serves in a myriad of community and volunteer capacities, including as an appointee of Mayor Karen Bass to the Los Angeles Commission on Civil Rights, the city commission dedicated to investigating and enforcing civil rights complaints; as Vice-Chair and Board Member of VoteRiders, a non-profit which combats voter suppression by educating and assisting citizens to secure the identification they need to vote; and as a panelist for Neighborhood Justice Project, the Los Angeles City Attorney's restorative justice program. She also volunteered with the Anti-Recidivism Coalition’s record expungement project and served as Chair and Board Member of the Los Angeles Conservation Corp where she helped create their Legal Service Program.
Helenann lives in Los Angeles with her husband and has two children.