Jeremiah Frei-Pearson works at the White Plains law firm of Meiselman, Denlea, Packman & Eberz, where he represents underpaid workers. He is also affiliated with Children’s Rights, where he has represented thousands of children in foster care and used the courts to reform broken government agencies on behalf of at-risk children. He has made it possible for thousands to grow up in safer living situations and for many to go on to college. Jeremiah has a strong record of reforming government as a lawyer and activist, and has pledged to continue this work as an Assembly Member.

Jeremiah and his wife Karla Mosley both grew up in Westchester. As kids, this community gave them both incredible opportunities: great schools, arts and athletics programs, safe streets and clean air and water. They have returned home to start a family. Unfortunately, times are tough, and there is a real risk that the community they grew up in may not be able to provide the same opportunities to the next generation of children or to their parents as they grow older. Jeremiah is running for Assembly because he wants every child, and everyone, to have the same opportunities he had.

Jeremiah grew up with his brothers in Lewisboro, Mount Kisco, and Bedford Hills. He graduated from John Jay High School. While in high school, he worked regularly at the Mount Kisco Boys & Girls Club. He met Karla in 1998, when they were both counselors at the Northern Westchester Center for the Arts’ summer camp. Despite her being from the rival school, Fox Lane, they managed to get past that, date throughout college, and marry in 2009.

Jeremiah attended Skidmore College, in Saratoga, New York, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa and worked at the Saratoga preschool program and Saratoga disability clinic. While in college, he interned for Senator Kennedy. After college, he attended Stanford Law School, where he was a Public Interest fellow and ran a community law center for poor people.

Jeremiah serves as the Straight Allies Director of Marriage Equality New York, on the board of the American Constitution Society (NY Lawyers Chapter); and is active in many local groups, including Take 19, Westchester for Change and Democracy for New York. He is also involved in many charitable activities – for example, Jeremiah and Karla recently partnered with community groups to collect 2,000 toys, which were then distributed to 1,300 underprivileged children this past holiday.