Our mission is to support Latinx attorneys and the legal profession. We seek to advance the careers of Latina, Latino, and Latinx judges, attorneys, students, and legal professionals.

Clerkship Office Hours

Getting ready to submit clerkship applications, or thinking about a clerkship more broadly and whether it's the right fit for you? Sign up for our Clerkship Office Hours! You will be paired up one-on-one with a SF La Raza member and former law clerk who can answer your questions and review your application materials. Be sure to also check out these great resources:

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit video on the clerkship application process;

• The Appellate Project's Clerkship Handbook 

Please email Cecilia Segal (ceciliadsegal@gmail.com) to sign up for a slot.

NOCHE TITLE SUPPORTER

The lawyers at Johnston, Kinney & Zulaica LLP posses in-depth knowledge of tax law, estate law, family law, litigation and more. Their attorneys have decades of experience in trust and estate planning and family law, and provide real, results-focused representation.

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Thank you to Yulissa Zulaica for her support! Yulissa is a partner at the firm and her estate planning practice includes representing high net worth clients and cross-border issues in estate planning. She has also served as an expert witness in matters relating to international planning. Yulissa is a former SF La Raza board member!

DIAMOND SUPPORTER

Greenberg Traurig, LLP has more than 2750 attorneys in 47 locations in the United States, Europe and the Middle East, Latin America, and Asia. The firm is a 2022 BTI “Highly Recommended Law Firm” for superior client service and is consistently among the top firms on the Am Law Global 100 and NLJ 500. Greenberg Traurig is Mansfield Rule 6.0 Certified Plus by The Diversity Lab. The firm is recognized for powering its U.S. offices with 100% renewable energy as certified by the Center for Resource Solutions Green-e® Energy program and is a member of the U.S. EPA’s Green Power Partnership Program. The firm is known for its philanthropic giving, innovation, diversity, and pro bono.

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Thank you to Omar Parra for his support! Omar Parra represents private equity funds, privately held businesses and strategic investors in a wide range of corporate matters, with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, growth equity investments, and general corporate governance. Additionally, Omar has substantial experience drafting master service agreements, work authorizations, and indemnification provisions for owners, developers, and general contractors. Omar also has broad litigation experience, defending national and local corporations in all phases of litigation, including discovery, motion practice, mediation, and trial.

DIAMOND SUPPORTER

Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP is one of the world’s leading complex class action firms representing plaintiffs in securities fraud, antitrust, breach of fiduciary duty, consumer fraud, and privacy cases. The Firm is ranked #1 on the 2022 ISS Securities Class Action Services Top 50 Report for recovering over $1.75 billion for investors in 2022 – nearly double the recovered by any other plaintiffs’ firm. With 200 lawyers in 10 offices, Robbins Geller’s attorneys have obtained many of the largest securities, antitrust, consumer, and privacy class action recoveries in history

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Thank you to Michael Troncoso for this support! Michael is Of Counsel to Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd, a former SF La Raza board member and Noche de Gala honoree!. His practice focuses on securities fraud class action litigation and other affirmative litigation.

PLATINUM SUPPORTER

Keker, Van Nest & Peters is a trial-practice litigation firm located in San Francisco. For more than 40 years, we have devoted our practice exclusively to complex civil and criminal litigation. Our record of success at trial, motions practice, appeals and alternative dispute resolution has earned the firm its reputation for solving bet-the-company intellectual property, commercial and white-collar crime disputes. We litigate and try cases in state and federal courts throughout California and the nation.

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Thank you to Franco Muzzio for his support! Franco specializes in high-stakes litigation in state and federal court. His clients include technology companies, professional sports leagues, investors, and criminal defendants. He has significant experience at every phase of the litigation process and has played a leading role in multiple trials where his clients were victorious on all claims. He maintains a robust pro bono practice with an emphasis on prisoners’ rights.

PLATINUM SUPPORTER

The Franco Muñoz Law Firm is one of most widely recognized and successful workers’ compensation and injury law firms in San Francisco/Oakland and the Bay Area. For 34+ collective years our lawyers have resolved thousands of cases involving all types of work accidents and injuries throughout Northern California.

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Thank you to Steve Franco and Rene Muñoz for their support! Steve is an award-winning attorney who has dedicated his legal career toward fighting on behalf of injured workers. Rene fights to ensure that injured workers get the best care available and get all benefits afforded to them under the Workers' Compensation system.

Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLP is a premier provider of innovative, results-oriented legal services. The firm specializes in real estate; litigation; business; intellectual property; employment; tax; and family wealth.

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Thank you to Fred Alvarez, Abraham M. Andrade III, and Marcia Valadez Valente for their support! Fred is one of the preeminent employment lawyers in the United States, combines a distinct blend of employment law experience, public service, and legal profession leadership. Abe’s practice focuses on complex litigation matters, including high-stakes commercial disputes, employment issues, and white collar defense. He represents businesses and individuals in all phases of litigation, including at the appellate level, in state and federal court. Abe is a long-term SFLRLA board member. Marcia is a trial attorney with a broad range of experience representing companies, individuals, and public entities in state and federal courts. Marcia’s practice focuses on complex civil litigation with an emphasis on financial and commercial cases, and employment disputes.

GOLD SUPPORTER

Clients partner with Cooley on transformative deals, complex IP and regulatory matters, and high-stakes litigation, where innovation meets the law. Cooley has over 1,300 lawyers across 19 offices in the United States, Asia and Europe, and a total workforce of nearly 3,000.

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Special thank you to Beatriz Mejia for our her support! Beatriz Mejia's practice focuses on complex business disputes and general business litigation. In recent years, Beatriz’s practice has focused on international cartel investigations and related litigation. Her experience includes representing both corporations and individuals in government investigations brought by antitrust authorities around the world, including the US, Europe, Korea and Japan, and in litigation brought in multi-district and related class actions. Beatriz also has represented clients in antitrust litigation involving a range of federal and state antitrust claims, including monopolization claims. Beatriz is also a previous SFLRLA’s Attorney of the Year awardee!

GOLD SUPPORTER

Farella Braun + Martel is a leading Northern California law firm representing corporate and private clients in sophisticated business and real estate transactions and complex commercial, civil and criminal litigation. We are headquartered in San Francisco and maintain an office in the Napa Valley that is focused on the wine industry. Farella is proudly ranked by Vault as the #6 Best Midsize Law Firm to Work For in the United States.

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Thank you to Farella business litigation partner Cynthia Castillo (San Francisco La Raza board member), environmental law partner James Colopy, managing partner Brian Donnelly, and insurance recovery partner Erica Villanueva for their support.

GOLD SUPPORTER

The Garcia Gonzalez Fund is a family fund that is committed to building the collective power of people of color to achieve racial justice and equity in the Bay Area. We fund nonprofits, led by and for communities of color, that contribute to economic inclusion, racial equity and the arts and culture.

Thank you so much to Sergio Garcia for his continuous support of the association and the Latinx Community. Sergio is a previous Cruz Reynoso (Lifetime Achievement) awardee!

GOLD SUPPORTER

Hanson Bridgett LLP is a full service AmLaw 200 law firm with more than 200 attorneys across California. Creating a diverse workforce by fostering an atmosphere of belonging and intentional support has been a priority at Hanson Bridgett since its founding in 1958. They are dedicated to creating an environment that provides opportunities for people with varied backgrounds, both for attorneys and administrative professionals. As the first law firm recognized as a certified B Corp, Hanson Bridgett is committed to the communities where their employees live and work and consider it part of their professional obligation to serve justice by encouraging and supporting pro bono and social impact work.

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Thank you to David Casarrubias and Jennifer Martinez for their support!. David is in Hanson Bridgett’s Appellate Practice Group where he focuses on writs, appeals, and law and motion in both state and federal court. In addition, he has experience litigating a variety of business disputes and has a robust practice representing government agencies throughout California in complex and multi-party litigation. Jennifer is the firm's Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer (CDEIO). As CDEIO, she provides strategic, programmatic, and operational leadership for initiatives that advance diversity, equity, and inclusion as core values of the firm.

Morrison & Foerster is a global firm of exceptional credentials. Our name is synonymous with a commitment to client service that informs everything that we do. We are recognized throughout the world as a leader in providing innovative legal advice on matters that are redefining practices and industries.

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Thank you Arturo Gonzalez for his support! Arturo is one of the nation’s top trial lawyers. One federal judge said his “trial advocacy skills were superior,” while a federal magistrate described his trial skills as “phenomenal.” He is sought after by America’s largest companies, in part because of his ability to communicate with increasingly diverse juries.

SILVER SUPPORTER

Bracamontes & Vlasak, P.C., is a Bay Area litigation practice for plaintiffs with offices in Oakland and San Francisco. They focus on catastrophic injury and wrongful death matters, housing cases on behalf of tenants, and other civil rights cases on behalf of individuals and families.

Thank you to Bracamontes & Vlasa’s Michael Bracamontes and Ryan Vlasak for their support! Michael focuses his practice on helping individuals in landlord-tenant, employment, and personal injury matters. Ryan focuses his practice on catastrophic injury, wrongful death, tenant, employment, and corporate unfair business practices litigation, always for plaintiffs.

SILVER SUPPORTER

At Munger, Tolles & Olson, a diverse workforce improves their ability to serve the needs of their clients and creates a more dynamic workplace for their attorneys.As a result, diversity, equity and inclusion have always been – and continue to be – a cornerstone of their firm. The firm was founded in 1962 by a group of attorneys that included a woman. Since then, their managing partners have included two women, a woman of color, an LGBTQ man and an African-American man. They remain a leader in diversity hiring, retention and promotion, and we consistently beat national averages in the number of women and diverse lawyers in our associate and partner ranks.

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Thank you to Miriam Kim and Giovanni Saarman González for their support!  Miriam’s practice focuses on civil litigation and high-stakes investigations and she is a co-chair of the firm’s Development & Retention committee.  Giovanni is a co-chair of MTO’s Attorneys of Color Initiative and his practice focuses on representing and advising clients operating in regulated industries, particularly energy utilities.

SILVER SUPPORTER

Rogers Joseph O’Donnell is a litigation boutique founded in 1981 by a group of attorneys who believed — and continue to believe — that smaller is smarter. Their relationships with clients, whether individual or corporate, are personal: trust builds from year to year as matters are smoothly managed and disputes are brought to a satisfactory resolution. RJO represent Fortune 500 companies, private corporations and partnerships, start-ups, non-profits, government entities, family trusts, and individuals throughout California and across the United States.

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Thank you Ruby Zapien for your support! Ruby is a member of the firm’s Complex Commercial Litigation, Construction, Labor and Employment and Retail Industry Trade Regulation Practice Groups. She has extensive experience representing individual and corporate clients from varied industries in both litigation and transactional matters.

SILVER SUPPORTER

Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger specializes in local government, land use, renewable energy, and environmental law. Since 1980, the firm has provided public agencies with the highest quality legal representation, offering an array of litigation, regulatory, counseling, and planning services. Known for its commitment to environmental and community values, SMW has achieved an exceptional record of court and administrative victories. As city attorney, general counsel, and outside counsel to numerous public agencies, SMW provides advice on the wide array of laws applicable to local governments, helping clients succeed in complex, and often highly controversial, matters.

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Thank you to René Alejandro Ortega, SF La Raza Board member, for his support! René’s primary practice area include City Attorney & General Counsel Services, Housing, Land Use Planning & Zoning, Public Works Labor Compliance, Litigation & Appeals.

BRONZE SUPPORTER

Cleary Gottlieb is a pioneer in globalizing the legal profession Since 1946 Cleary Gottlieb’s lawyers and staff have worked across practices, industries, jurisdictions and continents to provide clients with simple, actionable approaches to their most complex legal and business challenges, whether domestic or international. They support every client relationship with intellectual agility, commercial acumen and a human touch. Cleary Gottlieb has a proven track record for serving with innovation. They are fluent in the many languages of local and global business. And they have achieved consistent success in multiple jurisdictions.

Thank you to Marcela Robledo for her support! Her practice focuses on the intellectual property, data, and technology aspects involved in a wide range of corporate and transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, licensing, collaboration agreements, and joint ventures. Marcela has practiced law in the United States and Colombia.

BRONZE SUPPORTER

Hanson Crawford Crum Family Law Group is a premier boutique family law firm, and one of the largest family law firms in Northern California. With a deep bench of six partners and six experienced associates, Hanson Crawford Crum handles cases of every level from those involving basic family law issues to complex financial transactions. The firm serves clients throughout the Bay Area from Marin to Silicon Valley.

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Thank you to Juliana Yanez and Marisa R. Chaves for their support! Juliana specializes in high-asset dissolutions and represents a diverse range of clients, including tech executives, founders, stay-at-home parents, lawyers, venture capitalists, and business owners. Juliana was also trial counsel in what the New York Times has described as “the first major Bitcoin divorce.” Marisa has begun her journey in family law with a passion for client service and an eye for creative solutions. She has facilitated the settlement of thousands of cases and knows that her clients often have sensitive concerns and issues that need to be handled with care and discretion. After helping several friends through divorces and growing up in a blended family, she knows that divorce is one of the most stressful life events any person can experience, and she strives to make sure her clients have the best possible representation. 

BRONZE SUPPORTER

Immigrant Crime and Justice, LLP, their attorneys, Karl Krooth and Julian Sanchez Mora, represent foreign nationals in seeking post-conviction relief in criminal courts throughout California. They also represent foreign nationals before the California Court of Appeal, and the California Supreme Court. Their attorneys’ extensive experience at the intersection of criminal law and immigration law gives them the skills and expertise to also manage complex immigration cases. They represent foreign nationals before the Immigration Court, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”), and the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”).

Special thank you to Julian Sanchez Mora! Julian is a former SFLRLA board member and long-time criminal and immigration attorney. Julian is committed to providing high-quality representation, and working with his clients and keeping them informed throughout their process.

BRONZE SUPPORTER

Express Depositions is a boutique, customizable legal support firm with an unparalleled commitment to customer service. They believe that clients come first and strive to not only meet but exceed their clients' expectations. Express Depositions can assist with Court Reporting, trial technology, legal videography, interpreting, and translation. As well as attorney services, records retrieval, and digital imaging. They are a small local company that provides service in areas all over CA and nationwide.

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Thank you to Emily Yesenia Bradshaw for her support! Emily is an Account Executive at Express Depositions. She is a proud Latina with a passion for civil litigation. Emily has a strong commitment to customer service and is eager to help clients with their deposition and attorney service needs.

BRONZE SUPPORTER

Five Star Bank is an award-winning, publicly traded (Nasdaq: FSBC) community business bank. High-tech and high-touch, Five Star provides boutique business banking services where clients have direct access to their banker at all times. The bank is a customer advocate, community champion and driver of economic development. In 2023, Five Star Bank was named S&P Global Market Intelligence’s #1 Best-Performing Community Bank in the nation (with assets between $3 billion and $10 billion). The bank was also awarded the Raymond James Community Bankers Cup, was among Piper Sandler’s 2023 Sm-All Stars (the only bank in California to be so listed), and ranked on the Top 20 list on American Banker’s Top Performing Banks with $2 billion to $10 billion in assets. The bank is rated as Superior (5 out of 5 stars) with Bauer Financial and Superior by the IDC. Five Star was included among the Sacramento Business Journal’s Best Places to Work and Fastest Growing Companies in 2023.

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Special thank you to Renzo Lujan, SVP, Managing Director and his team for their support! They are always available for any questions or support. Please feel free to reach out at rlujan@fivestarbank.com or 415.404.7964