Heba Estafanous

Heba Estafanous is a Victims’ Rights Attorney with nearly a decade of experience representing survivors of crime. She currently serves as a Managing Attorney at Volare, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to providing legal, therapeutic, and advocacy services to crime victims. In this role, Heba supervises a team of attorneys and represents survivors in civil protection order proceedings, campus Title IX proceedings, and the enforcement of crime victims’ rights in criminal cases.

Heba joined Volare as an Equal Justice Works Fellow, where she focused on expanding access to justice for underserved victims of crime. Heba frequently presents on victims’ rights and trauma-informed practice at national conferences, including the National Crime Victims’ Law Institute’s annual Crime Victim Law Conference, and has served as a subject-matter expert for international delegations through the U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program.

Her teaching and professional interests include Title IX and gender-based discrimination, the enforcement of crime victims’ rights, and trauma-informed lawyering.

Heba teaches SOC 2185, Victims, Victimization, and the System.