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La Alianza garnered national attention when they occupied the Eco Amphitheater and arrested two forest rangers for trespassing. Tijerina was arrested for assault but then released on bond. La Alianza members then raided the local court house and attempted to perform a citizen's arrest on a district attorney. This incident ended in violence.
While a partner there, Corcoran served as Arizona Counsel to the American Civil Liberties Union. In 1965, Corcoran was an initial attorney on the landmark constitutional law case Miranda vs. Arizona. As a result of his efforts in the Miranda case, Corcoran received the ACLU Civil Libertarian of the Year Award.
One such association included Alianza Hispano-Americana, which, founded in 1894 in Tucson, Arizona Territory, had 88 chapters throughout the Southwestern United States by 1919. Usually mutualistas had separate women's auxiliaries, but some, including Club Femenino Orquidia in San Antonio, Texas and Sociedad Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez in Laredo ...
Juan Ciscomani (/ ˌ s ɪ s k oʊ ˈ m ɑː n i / SIS-koh-MAH-nee; born August 31, 1982) [1] is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Arizona's 6th congressional district since 2023. [2] A Republican, he was a senior adviser to former Governor Doug Ducey and vice chair of the Arizona-Mexico Commission.
The Alianza Americas, formerly the National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Communities (NALACC) until 2015, is a pan-American non-profit organization based in Hispanic and Latino American and Caribbean immigrant communities in the United States. [2] Oscar Chacón speaks at Stop Separating Immigrant Families event in Chicago, 2018
On Wednesday, September 16, 2009, Dennis K. Burke was sworn in as the United States Attorney for the District of Arizona. He was recently appointed to serve on the Attorney General's Advisory Committee (AGAC) which advises the Attorney General on policy, management, and operational issues at the Department of Justice.
1936 – Joseph C. Padilla becomes the first Hispanic lawyer in Arizona. 1948 – Hayzel Burton Daniels is the first African American to graduate from the University of Arizona Law School and be admitted to the State Bar of Arizona. 1950 – The Arizona Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the State Bar Act.
Mónica Ramírez Almadani (born 1979) [1] is an American lawyer who is serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California since 2023. She was the president and CEO of Public Counsel , a pro bono law firm, from 2021 to 2023.