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 ...

Macon Bolling Allen went on to become the nation's first African American judge and was a partner at the first Black-led firm ...

"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.

He practiced here until the 1960s and was the only Black lawyer in the state at the time of his death. "Three African American lawyers in 120 years!" the article reads. It wasn't until 2000 that ...