Bio
Dylan Verner-Crist is the lead senior investigator at the ACLU of Northern California. In this capacity, Dylan finds and interviews prospective witnesses, gathers witness statements, obtains and reviews relevant documents, conducts fieldwork such as site inspections and direct observations, authors investigative reports, and testifies regarding his findings. He also leads the four-person investigative team at the ACLU of Northern California, providing investigative support to the organization’s investigators.
Dylan has been part of numerous litigation teams, working on issues as varied as protesters’ rights during the George Floyd protests, jail conditions during the Covid-19 epidemic, the rights of unhoused people, immigrants’ rights, the human right to water, warrantless drone surveillance, and racial profiling in traffic stops. His work has contributed to numerous successful preliminary relief motions, stipulated injunctions, and other far-lasting relief.
Prior to joining the ACLU, Dylan was a paralegal at Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP, a private law firm in San Francisco that litigates class-action lawsuits on behalf of incarcerated people in California. In this capacity, Dylan advocated for people with disabilities and serious mental illness in county jails and state prisons across California. Dylan’s work focused particularly on ending correctional staff abuse and excessive force against people with serious mental illness in California state prisons.
Dylan is a graduate of Haverford College, where he received with a B.A. in Philosophy with honors and was awarded the Charles Schwartz Memorial Award for his senior thesis. At Haverford College, Dylan was also a member of the cross country and track & field teams and was the 2016 Centennial Conference champion in the 10,000-meter run.
In his spare time, Dylan likes to run and play the oud.