Melanie Lomax

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Melanie Elizabeth Lomax (April 12, 1950 – September 10, 2006), was a

.

Lomax was the daughter of Lucius W. Lomax, Jr. (1910–73), an attorney, and Hallie Almena Davis Lomax (1915-2011), a civil rights activist and editor of the Los Angeles Tribune. A native of

in Los Angeles.

In the early 1960s, her mother took her to visit the segregated South, an experience which had a lasting effect on Melanie, who decided to focus on civil rights instead of following her father into criminal law. In 1975, she started working for the Los Angeles County Counsel's office, defending county agencies in labor and civil matters. She founded her own firm in 1984, specializing in age, sex and racial discrimination cases.

Appointed by Mayor

in an effort to transform the department's culture. Melanie was also responsible for the Emergency Preparedness and Maintenance of LAX. Melanie was also Defense Counsel for the Veterans Administration and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority at the time of her death. Her brother, .

External links

• Los Angeles Times article