ABA Commission on Hispanic Legal Rights & Responsibilities

We are thrilled to announce that applications are now being accepted for the ABA's inaugural Impacto Award. This prestigious award will honor the significant impact of individuals and organizations working to remove the legal, socioeconomic, linguistic, and other barriers that hinder social justice and civic engagement for Latinos in the United States.

Form more information and to nominate visit: https://www.americanbar.org/groups/diversity/commission_on_hispanic_legal_rights_responsibilities/aba-impacto-award-about/

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We are so excited to announce the release of our updated report, Latinos in the United States: Overcoming Legal Obstacles, Engaging in Civic Life.

For more information visit: https://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/aba-news-archives/2024/07/aba-report-explores-success-hurdles-latinos/?login

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Today is the last day of Hispanic Heritage Month and we are wrapping our series of highlighting ABA leaders with our current Chair of the ABA Hispanic Commission, Louis Lopez!

Louis works as Senior Executive in the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division. Before being appointed as Chair of the Commission, Louis served as Commissioner for three years and was former president of the Hispanic Bar Association of D.C. We are very proud to celebrate Louis during Hispanic Heritage Month!

Today, we are highlighting Commissioner, Marian Zapata-Rossa!

Marian is a Partner at Snell & Wilmer, LLP and joined our Commission in 2022. We are very proud to celebrate Marian during Hispanic Heritage Month!

Check out the flyer to see what it means to Marian to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month.

Today, we are highlighting Commissioner José Martin Jara!

Jose is Counsel at FoxRothschild LLP and joined the Commission this year! We are proud to celebrate Jose during Hispanic Heritage Month! Check out the flyer to see what it means to Jose to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month!

Next up, we are highlighting Commissioner, Carlos R. Soltero!

Carlos is a Shareholder at Maynard Nexsen and authored Latinos in American Law. He joined our Commission in 2021 and we are very proud to celebrate Carlos during Hispanic Heritage Month!

Check out the flyer to see what it means to Carlos to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month.

Today we are highlighting Commissioner, Jorge A. Mestre!

Jorge, a Partner at Rivero Mestre, engages exclusively in a commercial litigation practice and is Board Certified in International Litigation and Arbitration by the Florida Bar. He joined our commission this year and we are very proud to celebrate Jorge during Hispanic Heritage Month!

Check out the flyer to see what it means to Jorge to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month!🎉

Next up! We are highlighting our amazing Commissioner, Carolina Kupferman!

Carolina is Associate General Counsel to New York Life Insurance Company and has served on the Commission for two years. We couldn't be more proud of Carolina! Check out the flyer also to see what it means to her to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month.

Don't forget to sign up for our webinar happening on 10/10/23 @ 1:00pm ET. Register here: https://www.americanbar.org/groups/diversity/commission_on_hispanic_legal_rights_responsibilities/webinars/webinar-celebrating-latinas-hispanic-heritage-month/

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Today, as part of the Hispanic Heritage Month, we are highlighting our amazing Commissioner, Linda Santiago!

Linda is an Attorney Advisor to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Linda joined the Commission this year and we couldn't be more proud to celebrate her. Check out the flyer to see what it means to Linda to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month!

Join us on 10/10/23 @ 1pm ET as we celebrate ! For more information and to register visit: https://www.americanbar.org/groups/diversity/commission_on_hispanic_legal_rights_responsibilities/webinars/webinar-celebrating-latinas-hispanic-heritage-month/

Today, we continue our series of highlighting ABA leaders, and next up is the Honorable Peter M. Reyes, Jr., who served as past Commissioner of the ABA Commission on Hispanic Legal Rights and Responsibilities!

Judge Reyes is also the first Latinx judge to serve on the Minnesota Court of Appeals. From being a recipient of the prestigious ABA Spirit of Excellence award to recently being awarded the Hispanic National Bar Association Lifetime Achievement award, the Commission is very proud to celebrate Judge Reyes

This year, in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, the ABA Commission on Hispanic Legal Rights & Responsibilities is using our social media platforms to highlight ABA leaders who have exemplified true leadership and are shining examples of excellence in the Latinx Community!

To begin, we want to highlight Steve Zack! Mr. Zack is a Board Certified trial lawyer at Boies Schiller Flexner and a member of its Executive Committee. He was the first Hispanic American to serve as President of the American Bar Association. While in that role, Mr. Zack founded the ABA Commission on Hispanic Legal Rights and Responsibilities. The Commission is proud to celebrate Mr. Zack!🎉

Happy ! Check out the American Bar Association webpage dedicated to celebrating this amazing heritage month:
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Celebrating Hispanic/Latino Heritage month September 15th marks the beginning of National Hispanic Heritage Month, created in August 1988. The date was selected in recognition of the independence days shared by El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua.

We are excited to celebrate and look forward to sharing some great events with you soon!

Our final performer reveal!

Introducing: Andrea C. Mejia and LOS BÚHOS FEOS, a Sapientia law group trio!

Andrea C. Mejia is a commercial litigation attorney at Sapientia Law Group, PLLC licensed in Colombia and Minnesota. While in Colombia, Andrea worked for a law firm advising national and international clients in a wide variety of business and commercial matters involving real estate transactions, land use and development, corporate formation and governance, intellectual property, commercial contract review and negotiation, foreign investment, and general counsel.

Andrea is a passionate advocate of human trafficking cases. She has represented clients in labor trafficking cases in front of the USCIS and has supported law enforcement agencies’ criminal investigations of labor trafficking.

We are so excited to have chosen Adria and LOS BÚHOS FEOS to perform there their performance of “Tú Sí Sabes Quererme.”

To watch their performance, please register here:
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Our next performer reveal!

Introducing: Jordana Talsky, estate planning and administration lawyer by day and singer, songwriter and vocal looper by night!

Ms. Talsky, practices in Ontario, Canada! Her music exemplifies innovation from a female perspective, both as a one woman looper and as a songwriter who fuses elements of jazz, soul, and avant-pop into a distinctive sound. Her vocal loop song, “RUN”, was a judge’s pick for finalist in Canada's CBC Searchlight Contest. Other accolades include finalist placements in the John Lennon Songwriting Competition, Sarah Vaughan International Vocal Competition, Julian Award for Emerging Canadian Artists, and Toronto Independent Music Awards. She has toured across Canada, Europe, and was featured as an emerging artist at Summerfest, the world’s largest music festival, on her first U.S. tour.

Jordana has enjoyed widespread worldwide airplay of her earlier releases “Neither of Either”, “Standard Deviation”, and her critically praised latest release, “Zahava”, an all-vocal looping EP of original music.

We are so excited to have chosen Ms. Talsky to perform her rendition of 'No Roots' at our Cinco de Música event and we are ready to be inspired!

To watch Ms. Talsky's innovative performance, please register here:
https://lnkd.in/e32R3nf

THE SECRET IS OUT!

We will be having special remarks by 19-time Grammy award winner, Emilio Estefan!

You do not want to miss this, so come watch him and amazing performances by your colleagues, this May 4th, at our FREE Cinco de Música event!

Registration link here: https://lnkd.in/dd2YsjrD

Nos vemos allí!

Our next performer reveal!

Introducing: Ashley Álvarez, a dedicated government service leader and talented poet!

Ms. Álvarez, is a first-generation Cuban and Puerto Rican attorney and daughter of immigrants. She graduated from California Western School of Law and is currently Committee Director and Legislative Counsel for the City of Chicago Committee on Economic, Capital, and Technology Development. In her role, she established the first city council committee training program and procedural guide, and increased legislation introduction and passage by nearly 300%!

Earlier this year, Ms. Álvarez was appointed Chair of the Legislative Committee for HLAI - Serving the Hispanic Lawyers of Illinois. She also is a graduate fellow of the Chicago Latino Caucus Foundation, the founder of Oye Prima, and was recently awarded the "Negocios Now Latinos 40 Under 40."

We are so excited to have chosen Ms. Álvarez to perform her poetry piece at our Cinco de Musica event and we are ready to be inspired!

To watch Ms. Álvarez's inspiring poetry piece, please register here:
https://lnkd.in/e32R3nf

Next performer reveal!

Introducing: Ignacio Sanz Perez, a committed immigrant rights advocate!

Mr. Perez is a Chilean attorney and LLM graduate of University of St. Thomas School of Law. He initially came to the United States solely to study but became inspired to stay after seeing the amazing community service being done in the Twin Cities. He currently works at Steven C. Thal, PA. and enjoys giving back to the immigrant community in Minnesota!

We are overjoyed to have selected Mr. Perez to perform at our Cinco de Musica event and we hope to see many of you there!

Registration link here: https://lnkd.in/e32R3nf

Great opportunity to hear this Commission's former chair...a trailblazer!

The second episode of the Council of Firsts podcast is out now! Austin Bar President Amanda Arriaga interviews Richard Pena, first Hispanic president (and first minority president ever) of the Austin Bar Association and first Hispanic president (and first minority president ever) of the State Bar of Texas! Listen on Apple Podcasts http://ow.ly/x98n50NQGz4, Spotify http://ow.ly/24gh50NQGIL, or wherever you get podcasts, or watch on YouTube http://ow.ly/FsMC50NQGJz!