CCCBA’s commitment to advancing the needs of our diverse community is reflected by the launch of the Diversity Committee in 2002.
We’d like to acknowledge the founding members of the Diversity Committee: Dick Frankel, Larry Cook, Lisa Roberts & Robin Pearson.
The Diversity Committee supports the Minority Bar Coalition and organizes local diversity mixers and other events. The committee also promotes and participates in the Bay Area Minority Summer Clerkship Program.
The CCCBA received a joint award (along with the Alameda, Santa Clara and San Francisco Bar Associations) from the State Bar of California for the implementation of this long-running program. Within the broader Contra Costa community, the committee has helped to organize the Color of Justice program at the Contra Costa Superior Court and recruit legal professionals to volunteer at local high school law academies.
In 2019, CCCBA received an ABA Partnership Award for its innovative Diversity Award Checklist. See below for more information about this year’s Diversity Award checklist.
Will you accept the 21 Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge from the CCCBA?
This August, join your fellow bar members to become more aware, compassionate, constructive, engaged people in the quest for racial equity. This challenge was conceived several years ago by diversity expert Eddie Moore Jr. to advance deeper understanding of the intersections of race, power, privilege, supremacy and oppression. If you’re ready to accept, please contact Jody Iorns. Learn more about the 21 Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge.
Diversity Initiatives
Diversity & Inclusion Initiative
The Diversity Committee’s newest endeavor is the CCCBA Diversity and Inclusion Initiative.
We encourage you to download the pledge, sign it and email it to Jody Iorns jiorns@cccba.org or send it to her at the CCCBA office (2300 Clayton Road, Suite 520, Concord, CA 94520).
Judicial Mentoring Program
This program was established to provide attorneys hailing from diverse backgrounds and contemplating a career on the bench with a structured method of obtaining guidance from experienced judges.
Diversity MCLE Program
Committee members present a free MCLE program to groups of CCCBA members called Investing in the Future of Diversity: Building a Better Law Practice.
Racial Reconciliation Forum
Speakers: Judge Benjamin T. Reyes, II; Judge Anita L. Santos; Philip M. Andersen, Esq.; Diana Becton – Contra Costa County District Attorney; Robin Lipetzky – Contra Costa County Public Defender; Robin Pearson of Pearson & Schacht
1 hr Elimination of Bias credit – 6/19/19
Diversity Award
The Diversity Committee introduced a Diversity Award Checklist in 2017 and presented its first set of awards in 2018. These extensive checklists recognize the diversity efforts of law firms ranging from sole practitioners to firms with more than 20 attorneys.
The 2022 Diversity Checklists are available now. Complete and return one for your firm by December 2, 2022. Awards will be presented at the CCCBA Installation Lunch the following January.
2021 Diversity Award Winners
Congratulations to the winners of the 5th Annual Diversity Awards, presented on January 28, 2022.
Plaltinum
Candelaria PC
Law Offices of Natasha S. Chee
Ferber Law, A Professional Corporation
Hanson Bridgett LLP
Key Counsel, P.C.
Littler
Mora Employment Law, APC
Gold
Cooper, White & Cooper LLP
M.S. Domingo Law Group, P.C.
Hartog, Baer & Hand APC
Livingston Law Firm
Silver
Law Office of Ariel Brownell
Miller Starr Regalia
S.C. Selleck Law
Law Office of Marjorie A. Wallace
2020 Diversity Award Winners
Congratulations to the winners of the 4th Annual Diversity Awards, presented on Friday, January 29, 2021.
Platinum
Law Office of Ariel Brownell
Law Offices of Natasha S. Chee
Ferber Law
Hanson Bridgett
Key Counsel, P.C.
Mora Employment Law, APC
Quarles & Brady LLP
Ropers Majeski Kohn & Bentley PC
Gold
Cooper, White & Cooper LLP
M.S. Domingo Law Group P.C.
Littler
Livingston Law Firm
Noma Law Firm APC
Silver
Hartog, Baer & Hand
Miller Starr Regalia
S.C. Selleck Law
Law Office of Marjorie A. Wallace
2019 Diversity Award Winners
Congratulations to the winners of CCCBA's third annual Diversity Awards presented in January 2020.
Solo & 2 Attorney Firms: Platinum
The Law Office of Ariel Brownell
Law Offices of Natasha S. Chee
M.S. Domingo Law Group, P.C.
Key Counsel, P.C.
Mora Employment Law, APC
S.C. Selleck Law
3+ Attorney Firms: Platinum
Cooper, White & Cooper LLP
Hanson Bridgett
Livingston Law Firm
Littler
Quarles & Brady LLP
Ropers Majeski Kohn & Bentley PC
Solo & 2 Attorney Firms: Gold
Washington & Associates
3+ Attorney Firms: Silver
Miller Starr Regalia
Solo & 2 Attorney Firms: Silver
Law Office of Marjorie A. Wallace
2018 Diversity Award Winners
Congratulations to the winners of CCCBA's second Annual Diversity Awards, presented in January 2019:
Silver Level (25+)
Law Offices of Natasha S. Chee
Law Office of Marjorie Wallace
Washington & Associates
Gold Level (35+)
Law Office of Ariel Brownell
Cooper, White & Cooper LLP
Hanson Bridgett LLP
Leoni Law
Livingston Law Firm
Miller Starr Regalia
Mora Employment Law
SC Selleck Law
Platinum Level (45+)
M.S. Domingo Law
Littler Mendelson
Pearson & Schachter Law
Quarles & Brady LLP
Santaella & Jahangiri, LLP
Congratulations to the Platinum Level Diversity Award Winners for 2018. Left to right: James Wu of Quarles & Brady, LLP; Mika Domingo of M.S. Domingo Law; Robin Pearson of Pearson & Schachter; JoAnna Brooks of Littler; and Ivette Santaella of Santaella & Jahangiri, LLP.
The winners of the Gold Level Diversity Award for 2018 include Beth Mora of Mora Employment Law; Kristina Lawson of Hansen Bridgett; Summer Selleck of SC Selleck Law; Kristen Thall Peters of Cooper, White & Cooper LLP; Ariel Brownell of the Law Office of Ariel Brownell; Allison Wopschall of Miller Starr Regalia; Renee Welze Livingston of Livingston Law Firm; and Terry Leoni of Leoni Law.
The winners of the Silver Level Diversity Award include Natasha S. Chee of the Law Offices of Natsaha S. Chee; Marjorie Wallace of the Law Office of Marjorie Walllace; and Qiana Washington of Washington & Associates.