"When I was trying cases juries did not listen to me and give me any extra credit because of some sort of presumed DEI," said Brian Edwards of Jeff. Circuit Court.

Lafontant was born Jewel Carter Stradford in 1922 to a prominent African American family. Her father, C. Francis Stradford, ...

Law has always been Chamyra Upshur’s passion. She decided to break into the field at Potter Anderson in Delaware, as a corporate and commercial litigation lawyer. “I always knew I wanted to be a ...

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — U.S. Attorney Jason M. Frierson, the first African American to hold the position of United States Attorney for the District of Nevada, announced his resignation Monday.

The Danville native earned his law degree at Howard University in 1945, working alongside Oliver Hill, an African American attorney and civil rights titan who was the lead attorney for the ...

PREDOMINANTLY AFRICAN AMERICAN GROUP OF AFRICAN AMERICAN ATTORNEYS, AND IT WAS STARTED IN DES MOINES IN 1925 AFTER FIVE IOWA ATTORNEYS WERE DENIED MEMBERSHIP TO THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION ...

But while dozens of top players in the NBA and NFL have chosen African-American agents, hundreds of others continue to turn to white agents and attorneys to handle the finer points of negotiations ...

New York state’s first female, African-American attorney general will take a powerful perch that has long served as a springboard for politicians with an eye on the governor’s mansion.