Toussaint Romain

{{short description|American lawyer}}

{{Notability|Bio|date=January 2017}}

Toussaint Romain is a Public Defender in Charlotte.{{cite web|url=http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/crime/article103818956.html|title=In white shirt and tie, public defender Toussaint Romain tries to keep the peace|website=Charlotteobserver.com|accessdate=19 July 2018}} Romain became a key figure, civil rights leader, and peace-keeper during the protests of the Shooting of Keith Lamont Scott in September 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/21/us/public-defender-toussaint-romain-charlotte-protests/|title=This is the Charlotte public defender in the middle of the protests|author=Emanuella Grinberg|website=Cnn.com|date=22 September 2016 |accessdate=19 July 2018}} Romain was featured on live television several times both for interviews and as a peace-keeper forming a physical barrier between demonstrators and the police on the second night of the protests.{{cite web|url=https://www.romper.com/p/who-is-toussaint-romain-the-public-defender-is-one-of-the-heroes-of-the-charlotte-protest-18999|title=Who Is Toussaint Romain? The Public Defender Is One Of The Heroes Of The Charlotte Protest|first=Andrea|last=Frazier|website=Romper.com|date=23 September 2016 |accessdate=19 July 2018}} Romain is also an adjunct professor of criminal justice and criminology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte campus, where he instructs constitutional law.{{cite web|url=http://inside.uncc.edu/news-features/2015-10-15/new-learning-community-designed-support-adjunct-faculty|title=New learning community designed to support adjunct faculty - |website=Inside.uncc.edu|date=14 October 2015 |accessdate=19 July 2018}} Currently, Romain serves as the Deputy General Counsel of Appalachian State University.{{cite web|url=https://generalcounsel.appstate.edu/directory/toussaint-c-romain|title=Deputy General Counsel Toussaint C. Romain - |website=generalcounsel.appstate.edu|date=16 December 2019 |accessdate=9 June 2020 |author1=Hudspethea }}

In 2024, Romain was fired from his role as CEO of a local legal advocacy group after less than two years in the position.{{cite web|url= https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article288147860.html}}

{{cite web|url= https://www.wfae.org/business/2024-04-30/charlotte-center-for-legal-advocacy-fires-ceo-toussaint-romain |title= Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy fires CEO Toussaint Romain |date= 30 April 2024 }}