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Law Practice

Oct. 12, 2013

Incoming bar president hopes to 'break down stereotypes'

Luis J. Rodriguez, a deputy public defender in Los Angeles who has made inroads with leaders in Sacramento and members of the bar, will take office Saturday as the State Bar's first Latino president.


By Don J. DeBenedictis


Daily Journal Staff Writer


LOS ANGELES - At a reception last week for incoming State Bar President Luis J. Rodriguez, who takes office on Saturday, speakers and guests included the district attorney, city attorney and U.S. attorney in Los Angeles; a member of Congress; the county CEO; several top local judges and many others. Rodriguez is the first Latino ever to head the State Bar. But what impressed Los Angeles County Alternate ...

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