2019 Minority Bar Coalition Unity Awards

Please note this event is only open to attorneys and professionals in the legal industry and the awardees' families. All attendees are required to sign in with building security before entering. Parts of the event and interviews will also be filmed.

This year's Unity Awards reception will be held at 198 McAllister Street at U.C. Hastings Law School, on November 12, 2019, in the Louis B. Mayer room on the ground floor. We will be honoring members who have shown dedication to working in a unified manner to advance the cause of diversity in the legal profession. For more information on how your organization can sponsor and nominate one of its members, please contact MBC Co-chairs at minoritybarcoalition2@gmail.com.

Special thanks to Cassie Springer Ayeni from Benefits Law and D1 Discovery for co-sponsoring and to Aptus Court Reporting for filming our event!

2019 information is below.

Keynote Speaker - The Honorable Edward M. Chen, District Judge, Northern District of California

Master of Ceremonies - Michael Nguyen, Patent Attorney, Wong & Rees LLP

Program:

6:00pm Registration, Food, and Networking

6:40pm Ceremony Starts

7:00pm Award Recipients on Stage

7:30pm Ceremony Ends, Interviews, and Open Networking

Below is the awardees list for 2019 in alphabetical order by organization name: (some are still pending)

Alameda County Bar Association - Adrieannette Ciccone

Alameda-Contra Costa Trial Lawyers' Association - Anoush Lancaster

American Constitution Society Bay Area Lawyer Chapter - Mary Hanna-Weir

American Immigration Lawyers Association Northern California - Tiffany Martinez

Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area - David J. Tsai

Asian American Criminal Trial Lawyers Association - Avanindar Paul Singh

Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Silicon Valley - Jessica Tang

Association of Latino Marin Attorneys - Catalina Lozano

Barristers Club of the Bar Association of San Francisco - Nadim Hegazi

Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom - Jeff Kosbie

California Association of Black Lawyers - Terry Wiley

California Lawyers Association - Letitia D. Moore

California Women Lawyers - Mika Domingo

Charles Houston Bar Association - Tiffany Alvoid

Chinese American Lawyers of the Bay Area - Lawrence Kong

Consumer Attorney of California - Kimberly Wong

Contra Costa County Bar Association - Lisa Renee Roberts

Filipino Bar Association of Northern California - Laurie Rose Lubiano

Iranian American Bar Association Northern California - Nima Rahimi

Jewish Bar Association of San Francisco - Tracey B. Cowan

Justice & Diversity Center of the Bar Association of San Francisco - Steven A. Hirsch

Korean American Bar Association of Northern California - Joseph Suh

Marin County Women Lawyers - Felicia Goldstein

Queen's Bench Bar Association - Hana Hardy

San Francisco La Raza Lawyers Association - Maria Lopez Evangelista

South Asian Bar Association of Northern California - Asit Panwala

Women Lawyers of Alameda County - Gina D. Boer

Parking:

UC Hastings is located near the Civic Center Bart station. If you need to drive, we suggest parking in the UC Hastings Parking Garage that is one block away on 376 Larkin St, San Francisco, CA 94102. Evening rate is around $10.

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