First Latino, Public Defender in Line to Head Governing Board

• Jurisdiction: California,United States
• Citation: Vol. 06 No. 2013 Pg. 04
• Pages: 04
• Publication year: 2013

First Latino, public defender in line to head governing board No. 2013 #04 California Bar Journal June 2013

Amy Yarbrough, Staff Writer.

Luis Rodriguez is poised to become the State Bar's next president by virtue of being the only trustee seeking that office in the July election.

Rodriguez left unspoken the fact that he would be the State Bar's first Latino president, talking instead of being the first public defender to hold the position. And, he joked after scanning a wall filled with photos of past leaders, the first with a...