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FALL/WINTER 2007

HBA-DC celebrated its 30th Anniversary and the 2007 Equal Justice Awards on November 9, 2007 at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel.  During the event, the 2007 Judge Ricardo M. Urbina Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to the Honorable Juan F. Vazquez of the United States Tax Court. The Hugh A. Johnson, Jr. Memorial Award to an individual was presented to Principal Maria Tukeva of Bell Multicultural HighSchool. The Hugh A. Johnson Jr. Memorial Award to an Organization was presented to the Equal Rights Center.  In addition, there was a special recognition of HBA-DC Past Presidents.

2008 RECENT EVENTS

At the 2008 HBA-DC Annual Meeting on January 17, 2008, HBA-DC presented the 2007 Leadership Awards to DLA Piper and the Federal Trade Commission as the best performers in the annual HBA-DC diversity survey of legal employers in the Washington, DC area. DLA Piper was selected for its performance on the recruitment and retention of Latino attorneys as well as for its expressed commitment to Latino professionals and diversity in the workplace. Each year, the bar requests information from Washington, DC law firms, businesses and government offices about their diversity programs and practices and then evaluates that information based upon the legal employers' engagement and effots to meet the needs of Hispanic attorneys. The number of Hispanic partners and associates, recruitment and retention programs, and pro bono work for the Latino community are among the criteria the bar uses to evaluate performance.

Rusty Conner accepted the award on behalf of DLA Piper.