The National Law Journal recently recognized Joseph Sellers, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll co-chair of the firm’s civil rights & employment practice, with the Elite Trial Lawyers Lifetime Achievement Award. He sat down with NLJ to discuss some of his career milestones as well as concerns he has for the future of civil rights in the United States. 

Joseph Sellers being honored with the Lifetime Achieve Award at the National Law Journal’s Elite Trial Lawyers awards dinner held at the St. Regis in New York on July 13, 2023. Photo: David Teng for ALM

The interview has been edited for length.