Evelyn O. A. Darden

**Evelyn OA Darden** lauya ce 'yar Amurka mai kare hakkin jama'a kuma tsohuwar mai gabatar da kara wacce ta yi aiki a matsayin mataimakiyar babban lauya a Jihar Maryland . Ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin mata ƴan Afirka ta farko da suka riƙe wannan matsayin kuma daga baya ta kafa Addison-Darden, kamfanin lauya na farko na ƴan uwa baƙar fata a Maryland. Darden ta sami lambar yabo ta Maryland ta 2003 saboda rawar da ta taka a shari'ar cin zarafin yara kanana da aka yi wa jihar kuma aka shigar da ita cikin zauren shahara na mata na Maryland a shekarar 2020.

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
Darden 'yar asalin Annapolis ce, Maryland, kuma ta girma a cikin ƙaramin al'ummar ƴan Afirka ta Amurka ta Browns Woods.   Mahaifiyarta ta koyar da ita gida tana da shekaru huɗu da biyar.  Mahaifiyarta, wacce daga baya ta yi aiki a matsayin fasto a Cocin All Fellows United Methodist, ba ta iya zuwa makarantar sakandare da kanta ba saboda ba a samar wa ɗaliban Baƙar fata sufuri a gundumar Anne Arundel a lokacin ba.  Kakar Darden, Beulah, ta kasance abin ƙarfafa gwiwa a farkon sha'awarta ga fafutuka. 

Darden ta halarci Makarantar Sakandare ta Wiley H. Bates, inda ta yi karatun digiri .  Darden ta koyar da kimiyya tsawon shekaru biyar a Makarantar Sakandare ta Lemmel Junior.  Ta kammala karatun digiri a Jami'ar Jihar Morgan da Jami'ar Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law .  A lokacin makarantar lauya, Darden ta yi tunanin daina karatu amma farfesa Chandler, ɗaya daga cikin farfesoshi biyu 'yan Afirka-Amurkawa a makarantar, ta shawo kanta ta ci gaba da karatu.  Ta kuma kammala Makarantar Lauyoyi ta Harvard Law Institute for Lawyers, tana mai da hankali kan laifukan aji da dokokin kundin tsarin mulki .  Darden ta zama mace 'yar Afirka-Amurkawa ta goma sha ɗaya da aka shigar da ita a Maryland Bar . 

## Sana'a
Aikin lauya na Darden ya fara ne a shekarar 1976 a kamfanin Johnson da Smith a ƙarƙashin jagorancin lauyan kare haƙƙin jama'a Kenneth L. Johnson.  Ta yi aiki a matsayin mataimakiya a kamfanin sannan daga baya ta yi aiki a matsayin lauya mai kula da shari'a a Ofishin Gundumar Baltimore na Hukumar Daidaito ta Ma'aikata ta Amurka (EEOC).  A cikin waɗannan mukamai, ta gudanar da shari'o'in aji na Title VII da aka shigar kan kamfanonin Fortune 500. 

Darden tana cikin mata 'yan Afirka ta farko da suka yi aiki a matsayin mataimakiyar babban lauya a Jihar Maryland.  A watan Janairun 1983, ta shiga Ofishin Lauyan Jihar Baltimore a ƙarƙashin Kurt Schmoke, inda aka tura ta zuwa sashin musamman na masu shan muggan kwayoyi da kisan kai.  A ranar 1 ga Afrilu, 1988, ta kafa Addison-Darden, wanda ya zama kamfanin lauya na farko na Baƙar fata da ɗansa a Maryland bayan ɗanta, Skip Darden, ya shiga aikin.   

Kwarewarta a fannin aiki ta sirri ta haɗa da haɗin gwiwa na shekaru biyar da lauyan shari'a Johnnie Cochran .  A shekara ta 2002, Cochran ta zaɓe ta don lambar yabo ta Lauyan Shari'a na Ƙasa na Shekara don Shari'ar Jama'a.  Darden ta yi wa'adi biyu a kwamitin gwamnoni na Lauyoyin Shari'a na Maryland, inda ta yi fafutukar soke Dokar Kare Hakkokin Iyaye da Yara a Maryland. 

Darden ta sami kyautar Lauyan Shari'a na Shekara ta Maryland saboda samun sulhu na dala miliyan 4.5 a shari'ar Gary J. da ta Jihar Maryland . A shekara ta 2003, ƙungiyar lauyoyin shari'a ta Maryland ta naɗa kamfaninta a matsayin Lauyoyin Shari'a na Shekara saboda wannan shari'ar da ta shafi cin zarafin yara. A shekara ta 2020, an shigar da Darden cikin zauren shahararru na mata na Maryland da kuma zauren shahararru na mata na Howard County .

## Rayuwa ta sirri
Evelyn Darden ta auri Mark Darden a shekarar 1965 bayan ta kammala shekararta ta biyu a jami'a.  Daga baya ta bayar da koda ga mijinta lokacin da ya buƙaci a yi masa dashen koda.  Tun daga shekarar 2020, mazauniyar gundumar Howard ce, Maryland. 

A watan Disamba na 2016, ta hannun ɗan uwanta Dale Green, Darden ta gano cewa ita zuriyar reverend Samuel Green Sr. ce, ɗan uwan Harriet Tubman na farko.   Darden ta yi aiki a kwamitin gudanarwa na YWCA na Annapolis da Anne Arundel County.  Ta yi aiki a matsayin shugabar Cibiyar Legacy ta Bates tsawon shekaru huɗu. 

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