Marina Baginsky Lowe joined the ACLU of Utah in 2007 as Staff Attorney. In 2010, she transitioned into the role of the ACLU of Utah's full-time Legislative & Policy Counsel. She represents the ACLU of Utah at the State Capitol from January through March, and throughout the rest of the year, cultivates relationships with elected officials - from U.S. Congressmen and Senators to local city councilpeople - across the state to further the protection of civil liberties in Utah. Before joining the ACLU of Utah, Marina worked with the Salt Lake Legal Defenders Association, in the Appellate Division. In this capacity she worked on numerous appeals for indigent clients, in defense of their constitutional rights including drafting appellate briefs on issues ranging from the right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures, to the constitutionality of Utah legislation pertaining to child endangerment. Prior to that, Marina was an associate at the international law firm of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP in San Francisco, concentrating on commercial litigation, as well as intellectual property counseling and litigation. Marina grew up in Northern California and before graduating from the University of California Hastings College of the Law, spent two years working in marketing at Hewlett-Packard in Grenoble, France.