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Mission Statement

Los Abogados is Arizona's Hispanic Bar Association. Los Abogados was founded in 1976 and incorporated in 1988. The primary purposes of Los Abogados are: to enhance the quality of legal services provided to the Community; to educate the Hispanic community regarding its rights and remedies and the availability of legal services; to receive and administer funds for the promotion and advancement of the Hispanic legal profession within the State of Arizona; to aid in gathering, exchanging and disseminating facts and information relating to the business methods within the Hispanic legal profession, all with a view of promoting the business of the Hispanic legal profession within the State of Arizona. Los Abogados is an affiliated member of the Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA).
Goals and Achievements

Los Abogados established the Valdemar Cordova Scholarship in cooperation with Arizona State University College of Law and University of Arizona College of Law in 1986. The scholarships are named in honor of Valdemar Cordova who was the first Hispanic Federal Judge in the Phoenix Division of the United States District Court of Arizona. The scholarships are awarded to law students who demonstrate an interest in service to the Hispanic community. Los Abogados has also established an endowment fund with the Arizona Community Foundation. All members are encouraged to participate in the endowment fund by pledging $1000 to be donated over a period of several years. Approximately fifty members have participated to date.

In 1992, Los Abogados led the effort to amend the Arizona State Constitution to provide for diversity in the merit selection of judges. The constitutional amendment commonly know as Proposition 109 provided for racial, ethnic, gender and geographical diversity in the membership of trial and appellate court appointment commissions. Proposition 109 also amended the constitution to include diversity as consideration in the selection of judicial candidates. Proposal 109 has resulted in the increased nomination of minorities and women in fact rarely is a list of Judicial candidates submitted to the Governor that does not include minorities. Since the passage of Proposition 109 the number of Hispanic state judges has more than doubled.

Members of Los Abogados presently serve as officers and directors of state, county and federal bar associations. Los Abogados, through these officers and directors and its liaisons, cooperates, coordinates and communicates with these bar associations on issues affecting the legal community.

Los Abogados has recently established a legal defense fund to provide funding for litigation involving issues affecting the Hispanic community such as the A English Only and the immigration and constitutional due process issues involved in the Chandler Round-Up cases
Los Abogados Committees

By joining a committee, members can network with other members, meet people with similar interests, and help improve the communities that we serve. A list of Los Abogados committees, chairs, and contact information is below. If you are interested in joining a committee, please contact the chair(s) directly.

* indicates Co-Chairs

Appointments

 

Virginia Herrera-Gonzales*

virginia.gonzales@azag.gov

Margarita Silva*

 margarita.silva@azbar.org

 

 

Civil Rights

 

Salvador Ongaro*

salongaro@yahoo.com

Antonio D. Bustamante*

antonio_b@qwest.net

 

 

Comedy Show

 

Sal J. Rivera*

srivera@fclaw.com

Monica Ryden*

mryden@fclaw.com

John Torgenson*

jtorgen@fclaw.com

   
Elections  

Alex Navidad

alexnavidad@yahoo.com

   

Endowment    

 

Ernest Calderon*

calderon@azlex.com   

Jessica S. Sanchez*

jss@udallshumway.com

 

 

Golf Tournament

 

Ted Mariscal*

Ted.mariscal@phoenix.com

Gaetano (Guy) Testini  

guy@wmtlegal.com

 

 

Membership  

Lori Higuera

lhiguera@fclaw.com

   

Legislative

 

Juan Pablo G. Zaragoza

JuanPablo@GundersonDenton.com      

 

 

Lunch Speakers        

 

Lizzette Alameda Zubey LZubey@LRLaw.com
   

Scholarship    

 

Alisha M. Villa

alisha.villa@phoenix.gov

 

 

Strategic Planning  
Sal Rivera* srivera@fclaw.com
Alex Navidad* alexnavidad@yahoo.com
Lizzette Alameda Zubey* LZubey@LRLaw.com
   

Website

 

Michael Breeze

michael.breeze@co.yuma.az.us


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    Board of Directors

    President: Lizzette Alameda Zubey
    President Elect: Salvador Ongaro
    Past President: Lori A. Higuera
    Treasurer: Erica Gonzalez-Melendez
    Secretary: Alisha M. Villa
    Newsletter Editor: Jessica Sanchez

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