Riddell’s work focuses on addressing extreme inequality and advancing human rights and fiscal justice, in the US and globally. She is also counsel to a research and advocacy initiative at NYU Law that partners with communities and movements around the world to document the risks of privatizing public services. Previously, she served as a Senior Advisor to the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, as the Legal and Policy Director to the UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, as a law clerk to the honorable James Cott in the Southern District of New York, and as a fellow at Human Rights Watch.