The Los Angeles Criminal Courts Bar Association was established in 1954 for the benefit of local criminal law attorneys, prosecutors and judges.
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The Criminal Courts Bar Association is a county wide organization of criminal defense lawyers in both public and private practice, law students, allied professionals, prosecutors, judges and private individuals. The goals of the Criminal Courts Bar Association are the protection of individual rights and liberties, improvement of the Criminal Justice System, enhancement of the Criminal Law Practitioners, and the continuing education of the Criminal Defense Bar. The Criminal Courts Bar Association enjoys a position of trust and respect in the criminal justice system and has an important voice in the legal community. The Criminal Courts Bar Association will continue to remain active in both professional and civic affairs that are of importance to the rights of those accused of crimes. The CCBA continues to seek the support of our core membership and is looking for new members to continue our strong traditions. For those who are already members, thank you. For those who have not yet renewed please consider doing so now. If you are able, please become a sustaining member. Sustaining Members will be recognized in the monthly newsletter and recognized in the Dinner Dance Program thanking you for your generosity and support for the programs offered by our association. For those of you who have been so long a part of this organization please consider this new category. For those of you who ask, "Why should I join the Criminal Courts Bar Association?" Please consider the words of our past president, David R. Evans: "Each weekday morning in the courtrooms of this County, men and women of extraordinary courage and dedication rise on behalf of the accused and challenge the representatives of the most powerful nation in the world to prove their case. The work of those criminal defense attorneys is the reason for being of the Criminal Courts Bar Association. Outside those courtrooms, the Criminal Courts Bar Association is their voice. It functions as lobbyist, educator, and cheerleader. Its leaders--its officers and members of the board--are the leaders of the criminal defense bar in the County of Los Angeles. They include the Los Angeles County Public Defender, the Los Angeles County Alternate Public Defender, the President of California Attorneys of the Criminal Justice, partners from large downtown law firms, sole practitioners, white collar crimes specialist, DUI specialists, and death penalty specialists. They give of their time and money because of their deep shared concern for the rights of the accused and the well being of their advocates. On the second Tuesday of each month, they meet to discuss the pressing issues of the day, to break bread, and to hear talks by the luminaries of criminal practice." Our Presidents: 1954 Jerry Giesler 1955 Jerry Giesler 1956 Morris Lavine 1957 Philip Erbsen 1958 Richard E. Erwin 1959 Albert C. Garber 1960 Al D. Matthews 1961 Harold J. Ackerman 1962 Earl C. Broady, Jr. 1963 Joseph M. Rosen 1964 Dan O’Neill 1965 Charles C. Hollopeter 1966 Warren L. Ettinger 1967 Paul Caruso 1968 William A. Drake 1969 Burton Marks 1970 David Cunningham 1971 Richard Caballero 1972 Maurice Harwick 1973 James E. Patterson 1974 James G. Cooney 1975 Richard Walton 1976 Howard L. Weitzman 1977 Herbert G. Blitz 1978 Morton Herbert 1979 Robert K. Robertson, Jr. 1979 Nancy Cunningham 1980 Richard G. Hirsch 1981 Robert C. Clark 1982 H. Ronald Hauptman 1983 Larry Fidler 1983 Richard A. Hutton 1984 Steve H. Hough 1985 George V. Denny, III. 1986 Ed Tolmas 1987 Edward J. Horowitz 1988 Charles L. Lindner 1989 David A. Elden 1990 Madelynn G. Kopple 1991 John Yzurdiaga 1992 Donald M. Ré 1993 Robert Schwartz 1994 Carol A. Clem 1995 Rickard Santwier 1996 Mona C. Soo Hoo 1997 Joel S. Peck 1998 Michael Shannon 1999 Donald R. Wager 2000 Barry Levin 2001 David R. Evans 2002 Christopher C. Chaney 2003 Robert J. Wilson 2004 Patrick Lake 2005 Stephen Sadowsky 2006 Steve Escovar 2007 Michael Artan 2008 Andrew Stein 2009 Alison Triessl 2010 Mark Rafferty 2011 Sharon Beth Marshall 2012 John Tyre 2013 Bruce Richland 2014 Michael A. Goldstein 2015 Christa M. Hohmann 2016 Louis S. Sepe 2017 Evan P. Freed 2018 Richard M. Chacon 2019 Victor M. Salerno 2020 Mark Khalaf
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