Diversity Committee

Diverse groups based on disability, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression have historically been under-represented in the plaintiffs’ bar and state bar in general. The Consumer Attorneys of California Diversity Committee aims to overcome that disparity by fostering acceptance and promoting inclusion of a richly diverse collection of people heretofore underrepresented among the membership and leadership of CAOC. We attempt to welcome, encourage and promote the acceptance of diverse peoples as well as push to educate and foster knowledge, sensitivity and tolerance of diversity issues, both among the broader CAOC membership and the legal community at large. We also seek to identify and implement strategies that will result in significant and measureable progress toward increasing and acknowledging diversity among the plaintiff’s bar in general and CAOC in particular.

The Diversity Committee has released their strategic plan (pdf) for 2012.
 

Vincent Howard
Howard Law, P.C.
Costa Mesa, CA
Co-Chair
Legislative Co-Chair
Nor Cal Liaison
So Cal Liaison
 

Micha Star Liberty
Liberty Law Office
Oakland, CA
Co-Chair
Legislative Co-Chair
Education Co-Chair
Nor Cal Liaison

Niall P. McCarthy
Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy
Santa Ana, CA
CAOC Immediate Past President and Oversight

Anthony Burton
DiMarco | Araujo | Montevideo
San Francisco, CA
Social Co-Chair

Shehnaz Bhujwala
Khorrami, LLP
Los Angeles, CA
Social Co-Chair
Legislative Sub-Committee

 

Shawn Khorrami
Khorrami, LLP
Los Angeles, CA
Legislative Sub-Committee

Ibiere Seck
The Cochran Firm
Los Angeles, CA
So-Cal Liaison

Erika Jacobsen White
Winer & McKenna, LLP
Oakland, CA
Law Academy Sub-Committee

Ronnivashti Whitehead
Law Office of Ronni Whitehead
Culver City, CA
Education Co-Chair

Rabeh Soofi
Khorrami, LLP
Los Angeles, CA
Legislative Sub-Committee

Bahar Dejban
Khorrami, LLP
Los Angeles, CA
Legislative Sub-Committee

 

 

Join us at these events on May 6
POLITICAL OUTREACH TRAINING: Tips on Lobbying, Testifying & Fundraising Hosted by the Women's Caucus, New Lawyers Division and Diversity Committee   Monday, May 6, 2013 3:00 to 5:00 PM   Citizen Hotel 926 J St, Sacramento   Event flyer (PDF)   RSVP: womenscaucus@caoc.org 916-442-6902 ext: 115	Women's Caucus and Diversity Committee NETWORKING RECEPTION   Monday, May 6, 2013 5:30 to 7:30 PM   The Patio at Cafeteria 1116-15 St., Sacramento 95814   Event flyer (PDF)   RSVP: womenscaucus@caoc.org 916-442-6902 ext: 115
(In conjunction with 2013 Justice Day - May 7 in Sacramento)