Sentences with phrase «black attorneys»

Between 2007 and 2015, there was a decline in the number of black attorneys in big firms.

In defending his record, Sessions is likely to point to his vote to confirm Eric Holder as the country's first black attorney general and to his co-sponsorship of the Fair Sentencing Act, which sought to reduce racial disparities in how black and white drug offenders are treated.

As one of the largest organizations of Black attorneys in New York State, the MBBA continues the rich legacy of its two predecessor organizations by providing a voice for Black legal professionals in the communities it serves.

He would be the first in a number of instances — the first black graduate of law school, the first black graduate to earn Phi Beta Kappa, the first president of the Des Moines NAACP (the first chapter to emerge west of the Mississippi River), and the first black attorney to argue before the Iowa State Supreme Court.

That is just what is now happening in Des Moines, Iowa, where, in 1924, twelve black attorneys based in the Midwest founded the National Bar Association, a law organization whose stated purpose was «to strengthen and elevate the Negro lawyer in his profession and in his relationship to his people.»

The National Black Lawyers: Top 40 Under 40 is one of very few preeminent organizations in the United States established to promote the nation's top black attorneys and is designed to enhance the professional development of its members.

Since 1976, in honor of the significant contribution of Black attorneys dedicated to the pursuit of excellence, justice, equal opportunity and positive change, the Barristers» Association of Philadelphia, Inc. has held an annual dinner to celebrate up - and - coming law students, practicing attorneys and jurists who embody professionalism, dedication to the profession as well as a commitment to the Black Philadelphia legal community and public communities.

This brief timeline of notable Black attorneys and legal milestones provides merely a snapshot of that long and distinguished history:

With all things being equal, the odds of Ovomit picking one black attorney general is 25 to 1.

The vast majority of Covington's black attorneys do no substantive work, have no control over their case assignments and no opportunity for advancement.

The George W. Crawford Black Bar Association, an organization committed to enhancing the role and number of Black attorneys in Connecticut, has elected Robinson + Cole lawyer Christie D. Jean to its Executive Board.

Balletto said the rules committee includes Edwin Farrow, a black attorney from Bridgeport, and Norwalk City Councilwoman Eloisa Melendez.

The U.S. Congress rushes to confirm a black Attorney General, Eric Holder, whose law firm we later find out represents seventeen Gitmo Terrorists.

In this piece, Young asks whether Holder's tolerance of Covington's treatment of black attorneys is relevant to his appointment as Attorney General.

At the same time, Young wonders about the level of responsibility that black attorneys have to help their black colleagues with career development.