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.
Congratulations to the members of our board of directors who made partner in 2024!
Cynthia Castillo of Farella Braun + Martel LLP! Learn more here
Franco Muzzio of Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP! Learn more here
Juliana Yanez of Hanson Crawford Crum Family Law Group LLP! Learn more here
Congratulations to SFLRLA’s members who made partner in 2024!
2024 Organizational Supporters
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Learn more about each sponsor below
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.
Greenberg Traurig, LLP | LinkedIn
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.
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.
Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP| LinkedIn
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.
Franco Muñoz Law Firm| LinkedIn
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.
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.
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
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 our employees live and work and consider it part of our professional obligation to serve justice by encouraging and supporting pro bono and social impact work.
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.
SILVER SUPPORTER
Bracamontes & Vlasak, P.C., is a Bay Area litigation practice for plaintiffs with offices in Oakland and San Francisco. They focus on the rights of individuals and families. Catastrophic injury and wrongful death matters, housing cases on behalf of tenants, and other civil rights cases.
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.
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.
Hanson Crawford Crum Family Law| LinkedIn
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
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.
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
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