Jared Milrad

Jared Milrad is an actor, lawyer, and social entrepreneur based in Los Angeles. In April 2015, Jared appeared in Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign launch video, which was viewed more than 10 million times worldwide. He and his husband Nathan Johnson have appeared widely in national and international media, including The New York Times, MSNBC, The Guardian, The Chicago Tribune, TIME, CBS, NBC, and ABC. Jared is a graduate of Northeastern University School of Law and also has significant leadership experience in public interest law, advocacy, policy, and politics. In 2013, Jared founded Civic Legal Corps, a social enterprise non-profit organization that connects talented new attorneys with low and middle-income families unable to afford legal help. Based in Chicago, Civic Legal Corps has received support from U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor (Ret.), philanthropist Peter Buffett, Harvard Law School Dean Martha Minow, and many others. A former staffer in The White House, Jared is a graduate with highest honors of North Carolina State University, where he served as the Student Commencement Speaker and received the General Hugh Shelton Leadership Award of Excellence. He earned a graduate degree from Tufts University, where he received the Presidential Award for Citizenship and Public Service. Jared became a practicing vegan at the age of 14 and is a strong supporter of animal protection as well as numerous social causes. An alum of the renowned Second City Training Center in Chicago, Jared lives in the Los Angeles area with his husband, Nate, and their adopted dog, Cooper. Learn more about Jared at jaredmilrad.com.

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