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	LA RAZA LAWYERS OF CALIFORNIA
	The Chicano/Latino Bar Association of California

California La Raza Lawyers Association
La Raza Lawyers of California is an non-profit association organized in 1977 to support Chicano and Latino Lawyers in California and serve as a statewide network for local affiliate La Raza Lawyers Groups. We meet quarterly at various locations around the state and represent 16 different local organizations with over 2,000 attorneys.

Judge Suzanne Ramos, former Board Member of San Francisco LRLA, was sworn in by Justice Carlos Moreno of the California Supreme Court in March 2004, in a ceremony in San Francisco. She is the first Latina Ever to sit on this Court in its 153 year history. There are currently only 27 Latinas on the bench out of nearly 1700 Judges in California. For more information on Judicial Appointments go to the "Judicial" page.

Next Meeting:

Annual Meeting: Has been re-scheduled as CALRLA voted not to hold our meeting at the State Bar Meeting in San Diego in September in support of Marriage Equality. Please contact the President for information on the next meeting.

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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS FOR 2008-2009

Alberto Gonzalez
President
Sacramento, CA
Alberto.Gonzalez@doj.ca.gov

Patricia Higuera
President Elect
Los Angeles
patricia.higuera@dlapiper.com

Miguel Marquez
San Francisco, Treasurer
migmarq_2004@yahoo.com

Christopher Arriola
San Jose, Secretary
chrisarriola@yahoo.com

Eric Alderete
Orange County, Immediate Past President
emalderete@yahoo.com

Regional Officers & Judicial Chairs:

Juan Ramirez
Eastern District Vice-President
Fresno, CA (Includes 3rd and 5th DCA)
juan-f-r@comcast.net

Maribel Medina
Northern District Vice-President/Statewide Judicial Chair
San Francisco (Includes all of 1st and 6th DCA)
MaribelMedina@sfusd.edu

Lilia Garcia
Southern District Vice President
San Diego (Includes all of 4th DCA)
lilia.garcia@doj.ca.gov

Jesus Roman

Central Distric Vice Presiddent

Los Angeles (Includes 2nd DCA)

jesus.roman5@verizon.net

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Membership:

You may go to the Links page at the top left of the page to sign up for e-mails or to the Membership Form to join print out a membership application, also in the link at the top left of the page.

We encourage joining an affiliate group on our links page, which entitles you to free membership in CA La Raza Lawyers.

Mendez v. Westminster (1947) was the Brown v. The Board of Education decision for Mexican Americans in California.
It was filed in 1946 by Gonzalo Mendez and a group of Orange County parents and community groups to force the segregated schools of Orange County to integrate Anglos and Mexican Americans.
The US Postal Service Issued a Stamp in September, 2007 honoring the Mendez Case.
Photo is the 1934 1st Grade Class at the "Mexican" Wilson School in Orange County, CA.

LAWYER REFERRALS:

California La Raza lawyers DOES NOT give advice or provide referrals or represent clients and is NOT a legal services provider.

To find a lawyers please go to California Bar Association's Lawyers Referral Service.