2018-NLG-LA-DINNER-JOURNAL

“An injury to one is an injury to all.”
-CASA

We, the Past Presidents of the National
Lawyers Guild chapter of Los Angeles
congratulate this year’s honorees and the
National Lawyers Guild in its 81 year as the

Legal Arm of the Movement.

Cynthia Anderson Barker Victor Narro
Phil Brimble Bob Newman
Erin Darling Richard Novak
Cathy Dreyfuss Jerry Persky
Dick Eiden Sandra Pettit
David Epstein Gary Silbiger
Jan Goodman Rebecca Sherman
Sue Griffin Carol K. Smith
Barbara Hadsell Carol Sobel
Barbara Honig Bill Steiner
Ron Kaye Dan Stormer
John Michael Lee Carol Watson
Gilbert Lopez

The 2018
National Lawyers Guild
annual awards banquet

honoring

Ingrid Eagly
Chris Newman

Olu Orange
Laura Cohen
Luz Herrera
Antonio Rodriguez

The National Lawyers Guild

is an association dedicated to the need for basic change in
the structure of our political and economic system. We seek
to unite the lawyers, law students, legal workers, and jailhouse
lawyers of America in an organization which shall function as an
effective political and social force in the service of the people,
to the end that human rights shall be regarded as more sacred
than property interests. Our aim is to bring together all those
who regard adjustments to new conditions as more important
than the veneration of precedent; who recognize the importance
of safeguarding and extending the rights of workers, women,
farmers, and minority groups upon whom the welfare of the
entire nation depends; who seek actively to eliminate racism;
who work to maintain and protect our civil rights and liberties
in the face of persistent attacks upon them; and who look upon
the law as an instrument for the protection of the people, rather
than for their repression.
­
—­ Preamble to the Constitution of the National Lawyers Guild

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honorary committee los angeles chapter

Melinda Abdullah Barbara Hadsell Monica Ramirez executive committee
Ahilan Anne M. Haule Andrea Ramos
Arulanantham Jon Hiatt Anne Richardson Maria Hall Co-President
Sameer Ashar Rosa K. Hirji Angela Riley Gilbert Saucedo Co-President
Ana Avendano Jolene Horn Kath Rogers Kath Rogers Executive Director
Asli Bali Renato Izquieta Favianna Jay Shin Treasurer
Cynthia Anderson- Pete Johnson Rodriguez Dickran Sevlian Secretary
Barker Hon. Mark Juhas Jennifer Jim Lafferty Executive Director Emeritus
Sharon Bashan Wendelyn Killian Rodriguez-Fee
Mario Beltran Kathleen Kim Rachel Kronick executive board
Joseph Berra Jessie Kornberg Rothbart
Heidy Caceres Andres Kwon Emily Ryo Brigit Alvarez Bob Myers
Yasmin Cader Jim Lafferty Nick J.G. Sanchez
Beth Caldwell Annie Lai Gabriel Sandoval Renee Amador Victor Narro
Diego Cartagena Sandra Levin Kim Savo
Richard Chacon Pasquale Joanna Schwartz Cynthia Sandino Navarro
Angela Chan Lombardo Brad Sears Anderson- Ben O’Donnell
Davina T. Chen Diana Lopez Steven Shafer Barker Olu Orange
Jane Cody Emi MacLean Lara Stemple Jennifer Canales Daniel Ortiz-
Julie Cramer Adrian Martinez Dan Stormer Erin Darling O’Neill
Scott Cummings Graciela Martinez Karen Suri Joe Doherty Sri Panchalam
David Daniels Kisa Mead Addie Tinnell Jessie Duncan Eric Post
Katrina Denny Ronald Mendoza Stacy Tolchin Patrick Dunlevy Tarek Shawky
Jim DeSimone Sonia Mercado John Trang Colleen Flynn Gary Silbiger
Eric Dominguez Ryan Metheny Karen Tumlin Zach Genduso Helen Sklar
Maria Elena Jennifer Mnookin Abel Valenzuela, Jr. Barbara Hadsell Carol Sobel
Durazo Hiroshi Motomura Alejandra Valles Betty Hung Rachel
Christopher Malinda Muller Jose Antonio John Michael Steinback
Dybwad Ricardo Muñoz Vargas Lee Matthew Strugar
Jennifer Sandra C. Muñoz Julia Vázquez Martin Lijtmaer Kyle Todd
Rodriguez-Fee Betty Nordwind Alicia Virani Pasquale Laurie Traktman
Colleen Flynn Susanne Cipolla Dov Waisman Lombardo Julia Vázquez
Andrew Friedman Olmos Julie Waterstone Emi MacLean
Lilia Garcia Sam Paz Kaimi Wenger
Marjorie Garcia Eva Plaza Jana Whalley dinner committee
Jorge Gonzalez Katie Porter Linda Whitfield
Walter Gordon Lorella Praeli Phong Wong Patrick Dunlevy Jay Shin
Monica Guizar Ameena Qazi Noah Zatz
Laura Crosson Gilbert Saucedo
Carol Kim Addie Tinnell
Maria Hall
Kath Rogers Journal Design

Julia Vázquez

Ingrid Eagly

Ingrid Eagly is a Professor of Law at UCLA School of Law Ingrid is passionate about her role as co-director of the
and has been active as a public interest attorney since UCLA Criminal Defense Clinic (CDC) with Julie Cramer.
graduating from law school in 1995. In the CDC, Ingrid works with students to represent
Ingrid began her legal career as a Skadden Fellow at the individuals before state and federal courts, in both trial
Legal Assistance Foundation (LAF) of Chicago. At LAF, she and post-conviction proceedings. As part of its mission,
represented women workers in cases of sexual harassment, the CDC also takes on policy projects to address systemic
sex discrimination, and unlawful denial of family and criminal justice problems.
medical leave. After clerking for the Honorable David H. Over the years, the CDC has had the privilege of working
Coar of the United States District Court in Chicago, she with many members of the Guild, including Cynthia
moved to Los Angeles to join the city’s vibrant immigrant Anderson-Barker, Pasquale Lombardo, Victor Narro, Doug
rights community. As a Soros Justice Fellow at the Coalition Smith, Jon Raphling, Gilbert Saucedo, and Stacy Tolchin.
for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA), The CDC has also collaborated with the Office of the Federal
she collaborated with CHIRLA’s Domestic Worker Project Public Defender and a number of community groups,
to initiate a program to provide legal representation for including the Asociación de Loncheros La Familia Unida de
immigrant women under the Violence Against Women California, the UCLA Labor Center, Unión de Vendedores
Act. In this work, she received extensive support from the Ambulantes, the National Day Laborer Organizing Network,
National Lawyers Guild’s National Immigration Project, Silicon Valley De-Bug, the Los Angeles Community Action
which spearheaded the effort to train lawyers to provide Network, the Los Angeles Street Vendor Campaign, and
legal representation for domestic violence survivors. Ingrid Asians & Pacific Islanders ReEntry of Orange County. For
then worked as an associate at Arnold & Porter before example, the CDC represented sidewalk vendors who
joining the Office of the Federal Public Defender (FPD) as a were aggressively prosecuted in Los Angeles and worked
trial attorney. At the FPD, she had the privilege of working together with advocates in the Los Angeles Street Vendor
for two amazing Chief Federal Defenders, Maria Stratton Campaign in support of the movement to decriminalize
and Sean Kennedy. After leaving the FPD, she maintained sidewalk vending in Los Angeles. The CDC joined other
a connection with the Central District by serving on the Guild members to volunteer as part of the Los Angeles
court’s Magistrate Judge Merit Selection Panel. Rapid Response Raids Network to challenge unlawful
In 2008, Ingrid joined the faculty at the UCLA School of detention of workers by immigration officers. The CDC
Law. At UCLA, she teaches evidence, immigration law, also worked closely with the Asociación de Loncheros
sentencing advocacy, and other courses on public interest La Familia Unida de California and other advocates and
lawyering. Ingrid is dedicated to her students and has community members to defend mobile catering vendors
been recognized for her teaching. In 2017, she received
UCLA’s Distinguished Teaching Award from the UCLA
Academic Senate.

from the enforcement of an unconstitutional parking To Ingrid:
ordinance. More recently, the CDC has represented tyghioevueFigntiosvoperiursota.httehioehrnos pyaeonud
individuals seeking executive clemency or pardons and YLoovuer, Family
worked together with other Guild members to increase
awareness about the availability of state pardons as a Ingrid,
form of relief for noncitizens with criminal convictions. Congratulations on your
At UCLA, Ingrid Eagly currently serves as Faculty
Director of the David J. Epstein Program in Public well-deserved award.
Interest Law and Policy (EPILP). Since the program was Thank you for your tireless
founded by Guild member Gary Blasi and other UCLA commitment to the pursuit
Law faculty, EPILP has set a high standard for training
and sustaining the next generation of public interest of justice. 
advocates and leaders. Each year, EPILP graduates join
the growing community of public interest lawyers in Los Your Friend and Colleague,
Angeles and beyond.
Ingrid has published widely on the intersection of Tony Pullara 
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Congratulations
Ingrid. 

Keep up the
good fight!

Yolanda Barrera
Yasmin Cader
Davina Chen
Erin Darling
Peter Johnson
Michael Tanaka



Chris Newman

Chris Newman is the Legal Director and General Counsel and led campaigns to develop and implement “sanctuary”
for the National Day Laborer Organizing Network policies, including California’s TRUST, TRUTH, and VALUES
(NDLON), a national member-based organization ACTs.
headquartered in Los Angeles. He started working Over the years, Chris’s work integrating law & organizing has
with day laborers in 2002 when, while in law school, been widely emulated, and he has mentored and opened
he volunteered nearly full-time to open and build El opportunities for young lawyers and organizers throughout the
Centro Humanitario para los Trabajadores, a day laborer country. He currently teaches a class on the law and politics of
worker center in Denver, Colorado. Upon graduating, immigration within the Department of the Institute for Research
he received an Academy of Educational Development on Labor and Employment at UCLA. He is a Transatlantic Forum
New Voices Fellowship, and in 2004 he became NDLON’s on Migration and Integration fellow at the German Marshall
first attorney. Since then, he has helped develop and Fund. He earned his J.D. with honors from the University of
coordinate all aspects of NDLON’s work to protect day Denver Sturm College of Law. If you ask him though, Chris
laborers’ civil, workplace, and human rights throughout would say his single greatest achievement was earning the love
the United States. and respect of Marjorie Garcia, and with that, the opportunity
Above all, NDLON strengthens and expands the work to raise their son, Camilo, together.
of its member organizations to defend and advance the
rights of undocumented migrant laborers. Collectively,
NDLON promotes day laborer worker centers and public
hiring sites as quintessential sanctuary institutions where
undocumented migrants can seek and receive work and
enjoy full membership in their communities regardless of
their immigration status.
Since its founding, NDLON has grown to be one of the
nation’s vital immigrant and worker rights institutions.
Using a unique combination of organizing, litigation,
policy advocacy, cultural production, direct services, and
popular education, NDLON has emerged as the nation’s
first network of worker centers, and it has elevated the
voices and the leadership of undocumented migrant
workers. Among their pioneering achievements,
NDLON led a law & organizing campaign to vindicate day
laborers’ First Amendment right to seek work in public
spaces, it forged an historic partnership agreement with
the AFL-CIO that paved the way for all worker centers,
it passed an ordinance in Los Angeles requiring big-box
home improvement stores to assist in the creation of
worker centers, and it coordinated and led a national
effort to dismantle Arizona’s infamous anti-immigrant
bill, SB1070. NDLON was the first national immigrant
rights organization in the country to challenge the
Obama Administration’s draconian deportation policies.
It launched the #Not1More Deportation campaign,
and it led a successful national campaign to end (at
least temporarily) the disastrous “Secure Communities”
deportation program. In addition, NDLON coordinated



olu Orange

Olu K. Orange is the Director of the USC Dornsife Trial peals. Later, in the U.S. Supreme Court on Millender, Orange
Advocacy Program. The Program consists of three com- served as briefing counsel and second chair, and was joined
ponents: the USC Mock Trial Team; the POSC 398, “Trial by both the NRA and ACLU as amici curiae against 26 states
Advocacy: Theory and Practice” class; and the Pro Bono and the U.S. Solicitor General.
Program supported by the Jack Harding and Mohammad
Usman Chaudhry endowed funds. In 2010, Orange tried and won the will contest case over the
Estate of Sammy Davis, Jr. In 2011, Orange tried and won the
Orange has twice been selected as a recipient of the first post-9/11 case wherein a police officer who also served
California Lawyer Attorney of the Year (CLAY) Award -- first as a member of the U.S. Armed Forces was found liable for
in 2015, and again in 2017. Both awards honored Orange the unlawful shooting death of a Muslim man -- Chaudhry
for his civil rights work, which is the primary focus of his v. City of Los Angeles.
legal practice at Orange Law Offices. In 2016, Orange was
selected as one of the Daily Journal’s Top 100 lawyers in In 2014, Orange briefed, argued and won Chaudhry in the
California in recognition of his entertainment law practice. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Chaudhry established prec-
Orange is also consistently selected by Thomson Reuters edent for the 63 million Americans in the Ninth Circuit that
as a ‘Super Lawyer’ in the Civil Rights and First Amendment pre-death pain and suffering damages are recoverable by
category. Orange’s practice of law in California began as decedents’ estates when federal civil rights violations cause
a Deputy Public Defender in Orange County. death -- thus ending the practice of making it cheaper for a
police officer to kill rather than injure a victim of excessive
In 2001, Orange co-founded the USC Mock Trial Team and force.
since then has served as its Head Coach. Orange teaches
POSC 398, “Trial Advocacy: Theory and Practice.” He In 2017, Orange finalized his federal civil rights class action
also taught POSC 452, “Law & Local Political Activism.” victory in Rodriguez v. Los Angeles. Rodriguez stopped the
Orange authored the curricula for both courses, POSC enforcement of illegal gang curfews upon several thousand
398 and POSC 452. residents of the City of Los Angeles, established a $30 mil-
lion dollar jobs and education program to redress the harm
Since 2006, Orange has been a teaching team member government officials caused – and has now served as a point
for Harvard Law School’s (HLS) Winter Trial Advocacy of reference for similar restorative approaches in other states.
Workshop (TAW), a full-credit HLS clinical course. For
HLS TAW, Orange has been selected to demonstrate the Orange also provides probono representation to Los An-
faculty closing argument, opening statement and cross- geles area political activists, works as a Panel Attorney with
examination. the Los Angeles County Indigent Criminal Defense Appoint-
ments Program, and serves as a member of the Executive
Orange also serves as a National Institute of Trial Advo- Board of the National Lawyers Guild - L.A. Chapter.
cacy (NITA) faculty member for in-house, and public, trial
advocacy and deposition skills programs held for attorneys
at various private firms, public organizations and state and
federal government law offices nationwide.

In 2009, Orange argued and won Millender v. County of
Los Angeles, a blended 4th and 2nd Amendment case,
before an en banc panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Ap-

The Southwestern Law School Community
proudly honors the

Los Angles Incubator Consortium (LAIC)
and its co-founders

Laura Dym Cohen

Director of the Street Law Clinic and
Public Service Programs,

and Clinical Professor of Law,
Southwestern Law School

and

Luz E. Herrera

Professor of Law and
Asssociate Dean for Experiential Education,

Texas A&M University School of Law

and all the 2018 National Lawyers Guild Honorees

Laura Cohen

Laura focuses her legal practice in the area of children’s the California State Bar Task Force on Admissions Regulation
law and public interest. She has spent her career helping Reform (Phase II: Implementation) and was on Equal Justice
those in need learn the legal tools to improve their lives. Work’s National Advisory Committee.
Laura is a professor at Southwestern Law School where In addition to all of the above, Ms. Cohen was co-chair for
she is Director of its Street Law Clinic and Public Service NALP Pro Bono Work Group within the Public Service Sec-
Programs. She brings her extensive experience helping tion. She currently is a co-chair for the Southern California
abused and neglected foster children and their families at Diversity Pipeline Coalition, is on SALT Trina Grillo Planning
the Los Angeles County Children’s Court to the classroom. Committee, and is a mediator for the Consortium for Children
Professor Cohen created the Street Law clinical program regarding permanency-planning mediations for dependency
at Southwestern based on curriculum from Street Law Inc. matters.
for Youth in Transition. Law students enrolled in the clinic Professor Cohen received national recognition when she was
teach law-related critical life skills to teens throughout Los named 2007 Street Law Educator of the Year. She also has
Angeles. Most of the teen students are in foster care or on twice been honored with an Excellence in Teaching Award
probation, and many receive special education services. from Southwestern.
The goal of the program is to encourage young people In her own words: “It is a privilege to work with students,
to think critically about the law to help them make good faculty and staff. I am inspired by my Street Law students’
life choices and to provide them with legal information
that will assist them successfully transition to adulthood. Congratulations to L.A. Incubator Consortium
Laura also coordinates the law school’s Public Service Pro- Co-Founders Laura and Luz!
gram, and is the faculty advisor to student public interest
groups including the Public Interest Law Committee and F rom, Your F riends at Bet Tzedek
Teen Court.
Professor Cohen initiated and supervises students who
participate in the Children’s Law Center Year-Long Extern-
ship Program.
Working with pro bono attorneys at various nonprofit
organizations, Laura helps create opportunities and law-
related education programs. She encourages and advises
both students and graduates to participate in pro bono and
experiential opportunities to gain legal skills while helping
to mitigate the justice gap.
She helped create the Los Angeles Incubator Consortium
that was awarded a grant from the State Bar of California’s
Commission on Access to Justice. She has served as co-
chair of the Juvenile Courts Task Force of the Los Angeles
County Bar Association. She is a member of the California
State Bar Council on Access and Fairness. She was also on

CONGRATULATIONS, LUZ!

FROM YOUR UCLA LAW FRIENDS

ALEX WANG JOE BERRA
ANGELA RILEY JOEL FEUER
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AYAKO MIYASHITA LAURA GÓMEZ
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DEVON CARBADO SEAN HECHT
INGRID EAGLY SHARON DOLOVICH
IRENE JOE TENDAYI ACHIUME
JOANNA SCHWARTZ

Congratulations to Chris, Ingrid, Luz
and all the other honorees from your

friends at UC Irvine School of Law.

Thank you for all that you do!

From - Jen, Sameer, Carrie & Annie

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE HONOREES
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Certified Specialist in
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Luz Herrera

Luz E. Herrera is an attorney, an educator and an innova- and numerous bar journals. Acknowledgements include
tor who is a professor and associate dean at Texas A&M the Gary Bellow Public Interest Award from Harvard Law
University School of Law. School, Cruz Reynoso Community Service Award from
the Mexican American Bar Association (Los Angeles), the
Prof. Herrera has championed law firm incubator pro- Guardian de Justicia Award presented by the Hispanic
grams - postgraduate programs to help launch attorneys Bar Association of Orange County, the Francisca Flores
into community law practices. She helped found the Los Community Service Award from the Latina Lawyers Bar
Angeles Incubator Consortium and the Center for Solo Association (Los Angeles), the Lewis & Clark Innovation
Practitioners at Thomas Jefferson School of Law (TJSL) Award from TJSL students, and the Graciela Olivarez
in San Diego, California. Her efforts are informed by her Award from the Hispanic Law Student Association at
own experience in a community law practice and her University of Notre Dame Law School.
connection to other lawyers that serve individuals who do
not qualify for free services but are unable to pay market Luz Herrera was born in Tijuana, Mexico and grew up in
rates. She regards these law firm incubator programs as Whittier, California. She is a graduate of Stanford Univer-
critical to supporting a diverse, public spirited, and en- sity and Harvard Law School.
trepreneurial cadre of lawyers to serve underrepresented
communities. Congratulations

Before entering academia, Prof. Herrera founded Com- Luz Herrera and Kath Rogers!
munity Lawyers, Inc., a non-profit organization based in
Compton, California, that encourages access to afford- From your friends at Thomas
able legal services and develops innovative opportuni- Jefferson School of Law:
ties for legal professionals in underserved communities Steve Berenson, Susan
through community legal education and self-help legal Bisom-Rapp, Marjorie Cohn,
clinics. In addition, she has served on the American Bar Meera Deo, Linda Keller, Steve
Association’s Delivery of Legal Services Committee, Semeraro, Ellen Waldman,
the board of California Rural Legal Assistance, and the and the rest of the TJSL family
Sargent Shriver Civil Counsel Act Implementation Com-
mittee. Prof. Herrera currently sits on the advisory board
of the California Lawyer magazine, is the Chair of the
American Bar Association’s Special Committee on His-
panic Legal Rights and Responsibilities and a member
of the California State Bar’s Task Force on Admissions
Reform Regulation. Today, she serves on the Texas Access
to Justice Commission and chairs the Network for Justice
a project of the American Bar Foundations initiative The
Future of Latinos in the United States.

Prof. Herrera’s invaluable ability to connect with persons
at all levels of national leadership to influence the legal
services paradigm, allows Prof.. Herrera to encourage and
promote innovative ideas that address the access to civil
justice gap. Prof. Herrera has been featured in articles on
community legal services for publications that include
the ABA Journal, Daily Journal, The Los Angeles Times

Antonio Rodriguez

Antonio’s life work has been to champion the human rights of was not applicable unless the victims were postal work-
those victimized by injustice. A few examples of his lifelong ers. Their fruitful appeal resulted in the reduction of their
dedication are shared below. Antonio was born in Coahuila, sentences by 25, 10 and five years. Currently, two of Los
Mexico, came to the States with his family at the age of 14 after Tres, are writing their story for a stage play.
a childhood hustling in the destitute streets of the border city
of Juarez, where his family settled before crossing the border The Leavenworth Brothers.
while his father toiled the fields of Texas and California. Those In another community driven case, in 1973, black, brown
early experiences, as well as his experiences facing racism and and white prisoners at the Leavenworth Federal Peniten-
discrimination were basic in shaping his social, political and tiary, rose in rebellion against the inhuman and repressive
ideological consciousness to be an advocate for poor and conditions within the prison and they came to be known
working people and those who struggle for peace and justice. as the Leavenworth Brothers. Armando Miramon, who
was represented by Antonio, was charged with holding
Los Tres del Barrio four guards hostage. Those hostages had been released
Antonio comes from a large, well known activist family with unharmed after the Warden agreed to meet with a prison-
deep roots in Boyle Heights and East Los Angeles. In the ers’ grievance committee and promised there would be
height of the Chicano Movement in the late 60’s, along with his no reprisals. In November, 1974, Miramon was acquitted
family, Antonio was deeply involved in the formation, building by an all white jury of 7 women and 5 men in the Wichita,
and operation of “Casa Carnalismo” (House of Brotherhood), Kansas federal court. The jury listened to the testimony
an independent, self-sustaining, community service center in from a psychologist stating that on the day of the rebel-
Boyle Heights. The Center, provided services, such as English lion Miramon was suffering from “sensory deprivation
classes, tutoring and immigration services, mainly to the resi- psychosis”, a condition Miramon developed as a result of
dents of Pico Gardens Housing Projects, as well as organizing spending many months in “the hole”solitary confinement
against police abuse and the eradication of drug dealing, and therefore, in his opinion did not have the capacity to
which included running drug dealers out of the community. develop the intent to commit the crime of kidnapping. After
Casa Carnalismo became a target of intensive police sur- rendering the verdict, many of jurors broke up in tears and
veillance and infiltration. In 1971, three of the members of shook Miramon’s hand and referred to the deep emotional
Carnalismo were ensnared in a federal sting operation using
agents disguised as drug dealers. Under the mistaken belief
that an undercover federal agent they were confronting was a
dealer, they became involved in a shootout with the agent and
were prosecuted in federal court for assault on a federal agent,
violation of the Jesse James Act, robbery of mail, money or
other property of the United States with a maximum sentence
of 25 years in federal prison. As a law student at UCLA, Antonio
with La Casa Carnalismo organized the Committee to Free Los
Tres nationwide which successfully freed them on bail. After
being admitted to the Bar, Antonio became one of the lawyers
on appeal which resulted in a ruling that the Jesse James Act

Recipient of the 2018 NLG-LA
Honorable Robert Kenny Award

impact the evidence of the in-human prison conditions were immediately returned to Los Angeles. And in 2007, Antonio
had on their verdict. was part of the legal team representing the plaintiffs in Multi-Ethnic
Immigrant Workers Organizing Network v. City of Los Angeles for
Roberto Rodriguez the brutal LAPD smashing of the May Day immigration rally on
In March, 1979, Roberto Rodriguez, a UCLA graduate May 1, 2007 in violation of the constitutional rights of hundreds
was working as a reporter for the Low Rider Magazine. of protesters.
as he photographed and covered the beating of an Antonio and other members of his family were victorious plaintiffs
apparently mentally disturbed young man on Whittier in the case of ACLU vs. LAPD, Public Disorder Intelligence Division,
Boulevard, Roberto was brutally beaten and arrested uncovering the infiltration and spying of CASA, Casa de Carnalismo,
by several Los Angeles County deputy sheriffs, charged and other organizations connected to them, by police agents pos-
with assault on the officers, who claimed that the cam- ing as activists and keeping tabs on all their activities, all of which
era was a weapon. Antonio took up his defense and were lawful and constitutional.
prevailed—the criminal case was dismissed.Roberto Antonio has continued to represent victims of violation of civil rights
then retained another attorney to represent him in a by police agents, one example of which contributed to the closing
violation of civil rights case against the deputies. In down of the corrupt Maywood Police Department and many other
early 1986, Roberto requested Antonio to take the case matters involving excessive force and use of excessive lethal force in
with only weeks before the trial due to a disagreement wrongful death cases, a recent example is the settlement of Estate
with his prior attorney. Antonio agreed to take it and of Edwin Gutierrez v. County of Los Angeles, for one million dollars.
prevailed after a 2 week trial-- the jury found for Ro- Antonio was awarded the MALDEF Legal Award in 1987 and
berto. Roberto is presently an associate professor in MABA’S Frank E. Munoz Award for Outstanding Achievement in
Mexican American Studies at the University of Arizona. Promoting the Legal and Human Rights of Latinos in 1996.
But for Antonio’s passion and love for justice and willingness to
Community Activism advocate, the City and County of Los Angeles would not be the
From 1972 through 1977, encouraged by his mentor, places they are today without this pillar of the community and the
Burt Corona, Antonio became part of an effort to build National Lawyers Guild is proud to bestow upon Antonio H. Rodri-
a grass roots political organization. CASA, Center for guez the Honorable Robert Kenny Award its highest recognition
Autonomous Social Action, which organized chap- for a lifetime of work that embodies the ideals of the NLG.
ters in approximately 10 cities. Corona who held the
position of chairperson, identified the need for legal Congratulations
support, recruited young lawyers including Antonio Antonio for your
and Guild members, Richard Eiden and Gary Silbiger contributions and for
who formed the firm, Eiden, Rodriguez and Silbiger, paving the way for
which specialized in deportation defense. From 1978
through 1987, Antonio worked as the director of the those who seek
Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice, a non-profit justice and fairness.
dedicated to providing legal services to low income
residents of Boyle Heights. During that time, Antonio YYr iends,
was commissioned to serve as co-counsel and voice Pete & NNma Navvo
of the Latino community on the plaintiffs’ team in the John & Aida AAedddo
successful Crawford vs. Board of Education, the Los Victt & Lily Griego
Angeles School desegregation case. David & Shhh Sanddal
From 1987 through 1991, Antonio, Father Greg Gil VVela & Elizabeth Guzman Trunco
Boyle of Homeboy Industries and Cynthia Anderson-
Barker,among other members of the Board of Direc-
tors, formed the Latino Community Justice Center, a
non-profit dedicated to provide amnesty and other
immigration services to immigrant workers and the
community in general at sliding fee scale to thousands
of undocumented immigrants.
During those years, Antonio became part of litigation
teams in several actions to stop abuse and violation
of civil rights by immigration authorities, including
Perez Funez vs. INS to enjoin INS from violating unac-
companied minors’ rights to due process and to halt
the practice of coercing them to waive their rights to
a hearing and to sign voluntary departure; and, the
Sbicca Shoe Company case where workers were ar-
rested by INS just before a union election. There, the
deportations were successfully halted as the Immigra-
tion bus drove to the Tijuana border and the plaintiffs

NLG-L.A. 2017-2018
Year in Review

In spite of hateful rhetoric and backward federal poli- actions. We participate in several coalitions aimed at separat-
cies that imperil immigrants, workers, people of color, ing local government and policing from federal immigration
women, the LGBTQ community, people living on the enforcement. We continue to rally with pro-immigrant allies
street, and the values of basic dignity, inclusion and against a wave of conservative cities that have voted to op-
human rights for which we stand, the progressive move- pose SB 54. With our coalition partners, we support local
ment is dynamic and strong. NLG-LA stands proudly with sanctuary ordinances—including ongoing efforts to pass a
our progressive allies, in the trenches, to protect human strong, enforceable sanctuary ordinance in the City of L.A.
rights and to resist hate.
• Our attorneys stood at LAX in response to the Supreme
Here are examples of our work from the past year: Court’s decision to partially reinstate the travel ban, along-
side attorneys from Public Counsel, the ACLU, Immigrant
• Every year, NLG-LA provides legal observers at Defenders, One Justice, Asian Americans Advancing Justice
numerous progressive demonstrations and actions LA, and Greater LA Council on Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA).
throughout the region—wearing our unmistakable They assessed impacts of the travel ban on people travel-
neon lime Legal Observer hats—serving to deter ing into LAX and provided support to families and friends
and document violations of protesters’ civil rights. awaiting loved ones, as well as legal information on the ban’s
We offer ongoing support to progressive groups by real-world implications.
securing permits for many major political marches
and rallies in L.A., as well as post-arrest legal support • Our immigration, workers’ rights and housing committees
and representation of progressive activists. We also hold regular educational panels on topics of interest to
provide know-your-rights training and handouts. attorneys and advocates in these practice areas, as well as
those from impacted communities. The committees also host
• Last month, we offered legal support and provided regular (and fun!) mixers for members with similar interests
legal observers for the Honduran Refugee Caravan, to meet one another and strategize future collaborations.
in coalition with immigrants’ rights organizations. Our
attorneys provided pro bono legal counseling to refu-
gees, as well as assistance in preparing for their asylum
interviews. Our legal observers also converged on both
sides of the Tijuana border at binational pro-refugee ral-
lies, ensuring that protesters’ civil rights were respected.
Our iconic hats were visible on both sides of the border!

• We offer two monthly homeless legal clinics, with our
partners LA-CAN and Venice Justice Committee, in Ven-
ice and Skid Row. These clinics are staffed by community
volunteers, law students and pro bono lawyers. The clinics
provide intakes with lawyers to fight tickets, fines, and
warrants, resulting in successful cases dismissals for clients
experiencing homelessness.

• Our attorneys are engaged in prominent civil rights litiga-
tion throughout the region. For example, NLG attorneys
are spearheading high-profile litigation in Orange County
to protect the rights of people experiencing homeless-
ness, as well as a timely suit on behalf of Central American
refugees over inhumane conditions at Adelanto deten-
tion facility.

• We oppose ICE intimidation and federal deportation

• Continuing our efforts to legalize street vending, in collabora- • We are fueled by the dedication and passion of our board and
tion with community partners, we support ongoing legal, policy, membership. Thank you to our hard working officers and board
and protest efforts to end the criminalization of people who members, and to all of our members and volunteers. We salute
make a living by street vending. Our members have represented all of the people’s lawyers, law students, and legal workers, as
vendors facing criminal and/or immigration-related enforce- well as all of the activists and ally organizations with whom we
ment proceedings, attended rallies, and worked to support have the honor of fighting for justice.
policies to decriminalize street vending.
Yours in Solidarity,
• Every summer, we host an educational retreat for dozens of
law students from area law school chapters at our Law Student Kath Rogers
Activist Weekend. Community activists and lawyers discuss legal
issues relevant to the needs of the people we represent and Executive Director
we show students how to work with and serve the progressive
community. We also encourage relationship-building between Maria Hall & Gilbert Saucedo
law students and the Guild at our annual Summer Law Student
Mixer. Co-Presidents

• We regularly host Continuing Legal Education sessions on
important civil rights issues. For example, last month we held
a CLE on combating criminalization of home-
lessness, including ways to fight the systematic
punishment of people living on the street and
violations intended to drive these individuals
from rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods.

• We often hold community forums, teach-ins,
and trainings for the progressive community.
For example, we hosted a community forum
about fighting the growing neo-fascist move-
ment, discussing ways to push back against
bigotry and carry on in the face of opposition
to progressive values. Another forum discussed
important international litigation and ad-
dressed human rights abuses in Gaza.

• We continue to provide a progressive voice in
the media through our weekly public affairs ra-
dio show on Pacifica Radio, The Lawyers Guild
Show. It airs Wednesday afternoons at 2pm on
KPFK 90.7 (on break this summer, to resume in
the fall). It serves to amplify progressive voices
throughout the region.

#…ŠATULATI…S /LU§

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Organize and agitate with us;
Second Wednesday of every

month!

HSR congratulates all the honorees but
gives an especially heart-felt shout-out to

the astonishing Olu,
whose contributions to progressive law
are inspiring. Olu, your integrity, passion

and yes, on occasion downright
stubbornness about issues you care
deeply about (!), put you in a class apart.

And Antonio, you have fought the good
fight for so many years. We are proud to
even be in the same room with you. Your

contributions to the cause are
immeasurable.

HADSELL STORMER & RENICK LLP

Specializing in Civil Rights, Employment Discrimination, and
International Human Rights
128 North Fair Oaks Avenue
Pasadena, California 91103

Telephone: (626) 585-9600 / Facsimile: (626) 577-7079
www.hadsellstormer.com

CARECEN RECOGNIZES ALL
THE HONOREES FOR THEIR
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS
TO THE IMMIGRANT
COMMUNITY IN LOS ANGELES

CONGRATULATIONS
TO MY AMAZING
DAUGHTER, KATH

ROGERS, NEW EXEC-
UTIVE DIRECTOR OF

NLG-LA!
AN ACTIVIST FOR
OVER 20 YEARS AND
A LEGAL SCHOLAR,

I COULDN'T BE
PROUDER OF HER!!!

Daniel T. Huang

Daliah Setareh

To our amazing honorees
Antonio, Ingrid, Olu, Chris, Luz and Laura!
Thank you for your commitment to justice and for

inspiring all of us to do more!
Your vision moves us forward and we will never

retreat.
Cynthia Anderson-Barker and Tim Barker

toCaollngthreathuolnaotiroeness!
NaattWiothneealPlovLeeahacawevyiCnergsetGnhteeur ild
SincerelyAris Anagnos

Congratulations Congratulations to
to all the honorees. Olu Orange, a true
champion for civil
Colleen Flynn
3435 Wilshire Blvd 2900 rights.
Los Angeles, CA 90010
Your friends at Schonbrun
(213) 252-9444 Seplow Harris & Hoffman LLP

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Stop gentrification in LA County.
Because the rent is too damn
high help us get tenant legal
resources #OnEveryFridge.
For info visit [email protected]

Your courage and vision is helping us turn our dreams into reality. You
paved the way for us -- and countless future lawyers -- to use our di-
verse experiences and struggles as strengths; our privileged legal
education as a tool for helping others; and our respect for one another

as a foundation to building a better world. We will continue to strive to
make you proud and further your mission of increasing access to legal

services and to justice.

With deep admiration respect and affection,
Los Angeles Incubator Consortium Participants

All Four Cohorts (2015-present)

With donations from: Monique Moncayo, Moncayo Law 
Gerard Angeles, Attorney at Law
Nellie Azimzadeh, Attorney at Law Nidya Paredes, Nidya Paredes Law
Robert W. Pendergrass, Attorney at Law 
Madison Fairchild, Attorney at Law  Micheli Quadros, Quadros Law Group
Teresa Gutierrez, Teresa Gutierrez Law Amanda Rokita, Rokita Law 
Hadi Harp, Harp Law
Law Office of Bisou Le The Law Office of Rodolfo Marquez
Law Offices of MavEryck Langford Stevenson
Law Office of Matthew Kay Sara Van Valkenburg, Attorney
Law Offices of Arpi Vardanyan
Vivek Mittal, Attorney Dan Yakobian, DBY Law

ANTONIO,

Thank you for 5 decades of leadership, struggle,
inspiration and friendship.

Your Friends and Allies,

Larry Frank Pete Navarro
Antonio Villaraigosa John Brown

Gilbert & Sackman

A Law Corporation

Representing unions and multi-employer plans for over 65 years 
Telephone: (323) 938-3000 ● (213) 383-5600 ● www.gslaw.org

Joseph L. Paller Jr. Laurie A. Traktman Michael D. Weiner Travis S. West
Robert A. Cantore Jay Smith Ryan Spillers Benjamin O'Donnell
Steven M. Rehaut Nancy Sotomayor
Joshua F. Young Pamela Chandran

Congrats to Chris Newman for His
Inspirational Leadership and to All the

Honorees

Dear Ingrid, I am so grateful for all V. James DeSimone
that you are and all that you do. 
Many congratulations!  Law is h o n o r ed to
Emily Ryo
support the

Nati o na l Lawyers

Guild and

Olu Orange

and their tireless

work for justice in

our communities.

V. James DeSimone Law
13160 Mindanao Way, Suite 280
Marina del Rey, California 90292

(310) 693-5561
www.vjamesdesimonelaw.com

[email protected]

Congratulations to the Guild
& to the honorees.

Thank you for the
work you do.

Carol Watson

Mercado la Paloma

Center for the Study
of Political Graphics

Congratulations

to this year's SIGN-UP TO BE ON NLG-LA'S
honorees! ANNOUNCEMENT LIST!

And a big thanks www.nlg-la.org
to Addie, Kath,

and Jim for
working so hard
to keep the LA

Guild going
strong. 

Law Offices of Kyle Todd

Thank you
to all our
honorees for your
unselfish
commitment to
immigrants,
workers,
equality and
human dignity.

871 E. Washington Bl. #205
Pasadena, CA 91104
(323) 393-3301
[email protected]

C ongratulations

National Lawyers Guild
Los Angeles Chapter

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Congratulations

from the
friends of the guild

Julie Cramer John F.Montoya

Cathy Gardner Jerry Persky

Douglas J. Milks Rachel Kronick Rothbart

Thank you,
Honorees & NLG.

In Solidarity,
Buddy
Gottlieb
&
Marcy

Winograd

Congratulations to this evening’s honorees,
Ingrid Eagly, Laura Cohen and Luz Herrera,

Olu Orange, Antonio Rodriguez, and Chris Newman

UNITEHERE!

D. Taylor

President

Maria Elena Durazo

General Vice President for Immigration,
Civil rights, and Diversity

UNITE HERE is a labor union representing 270,000 workers across Canada and the United States in the hotel, gaming, food
service, manufacturing, textile, distribution, laundry, transportation, and airport industries.

Our membership is diverse, predominantly women and people of color, and we hail from all corners of the planet.
Together, we are building a movement to enable people of all backgrounds to achieve greater equality and opportunity.

We are proud to stand with the
Los Angeles Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild
and we congratulate all of tonight’s deserving honorees

With gratitude and admiration,
your friends at Public Counsel

To the distinguished The Mexican American Bar
2018 NLG-LA honorees Association Congratulates
Antonio Rodriguez, Chris Newman, Luz
Ingrid Eagly Herrera and all of this year's honorees!
Thank you for your dedication and
LAURA COHEN tireless efforts on behalf of the Latino

Luz Herrera community.

Olu Orange

Chris Newman

Antonio Rodriguez

We salute you!

In Solidarity,
NLG National office Staff

A PROUD
PARTNER
AND ALLY
OF NLG
IN THE
FIGHT FOR
JUSTICE.