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The State Bar's predecessor was a voluntary state bar association known as the California Bar Association. [8]: xiii The leader of the effort to establish an integrated (official) bar was Judge Jeremiah F. Sullivan, who first proposed the concept at the California Bar Association's Santa Barbara convention in September 1917, and provided the California Bar Association with a copy of a Quebec ...
The Los Angeles County Bar Association (LACBA) is a voluntary bar association with more than 16,000 members throughout Los Angeles County, California, and the world. [1] Founded in 1878, LACBA has strived to meet the professional needs of lawyers, advance the administration of justice, and provide the public with access to justice.
He ran for district Attorney in 2012. [8] Shortly after losing his election for District Attorney, Jackson transitioned to private practice in 2013, [9] joining Palmer, Lombardi & Donohue LLP as a partner. [10] He has handled high-profile civil and criminal litigation and has been recognized as one of California's Top 100 Lawyers. [11]
Rand Schrader: [178] First openly gay male lawyer to work for the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office; D. Zeke Zeidler: [179] First openly gay male elected as a Judge of the Superior Court of Los Angeles (2004) Eric Webber: [180] First openly gay male to serve as the President of the Los Angeles County Bar Association (c. 2013)
The Bar Association of San Francisco (BASF) was established in 1872 as a nonprofit legal membership organization that provides San Francisco legal professionals with networking, educational and pro bono opportunities in order to better serve the community. [1] BASF is located at 201 Mission Street in San Francisco.
Munger, Tolles, & Olson LLP (MTO) is an American law firm founded in 1962 with offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Washington D.C. The firm is known for handling litigation and corporate matters across multiple industries, including entertainment, technology, energy, healthcare, and financial services.
In August 2019, Anderson announced the "Federal Initiative for the Tenderloin", a collaboration among 15 federal agencies, including the U.S. attorney's office, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the FBI. The initiative focused on prosecuting drug trafficking and other crime in the Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco. [11] [12] [13]
Another attorney, Leonard Weinglass, worked on the exoneration prior to Hanlon and Serra, and more credit for the success is given to activists and community members who brought public scrutiny to the case. [15] In 2003, Hanlon defended San Francisco Deputy Police Chief Greg Suhr against charges of conspiracy to obstruct justice. [16]