Derick D. Dailey

Derick previously served as senior counsel to New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin. In that position, he was a member of General Platkin’s executive team that supervised and operated the over 7,000-person New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety and the Office of the Attorney General. As one of Platkin’s senior policy and legal advisors, Derick was responsible for overseeing the Division on Civil Rights and the Juvenile Justice Commission, and developing and executing the Attorney General’s policy initiatives and supervising some of the department’s most complex and high-profile matters, including but not limited to matters relating to criminal justice, civil rights, youth justice, voting rights, reproductive rights, and racial justice.

Prior to his work in the Attorney General’s office, Derick served as an assistant U.S. attorney for the District of Delaware, where he was chief of the Financial Litigation Unit, prosecuted white-collar crimes, led civil rights investigations, defended federal agencies in court, and helped manage the district's financial restructuring docket. He also served on the district's re-entry team and was a member of the office's Leadership Council.

A graduate of Fordham University School of Law, Derick remains actively engaged in the Fordham community. He serves as a board member for the Fordham Law Alumni Association and as an adjunct professor of law, teaching a course on criminal justice and public policy. While in law school, Derick served as national chair of the National Black Law Students Association, the largest student-run nonprofit in the world.

Derick has been recognized by The National Black Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 – 2024, an invitation-only organization comprised of the top African American attorneys from across the United States.