Elizabeth Morales is senior associate general counsel for the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department.

A Detroit native, Elizabeth’s connection to The Skillman Foundation was forged at a young age. In high school, she was elected by residents to serve as a youth representative on the board of Congress of Communities, a resident-led organizing and advocacy nonprofit that was founded with support from The Skillman Foundation. As a University of Michigan undergraduate, Elizabeth was selected as a 2012 Skillman Foundation Promising Youth Legacy Award Scholar, a program that supported promising Detroit graduates and youth leaders attending leading universities.

Elizabeth received her J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School and her bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Michigan. During law school, Elizabeth served as an executive editor of the Michigan Journal of Race and Law and was a board member of the Latino Law Students Association and First Generation Law Students Association. She also represented clients as a student attorney in the Human Trafficking Clinic and the Pediatric Advocacy Clinic at Michigan Law.

Prior to law school, Elizabeth worked in the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. She later practiced law at the firms of Foley & Lardner LLP, Dykema, and Ice Miller LLP before joining the City of Detroit. In 2017, she received the U.S. Department of Justice John Marshall Award for Trial Litigation.