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State Bar & Bar Associations

Feb. 6, 2010

MABA Celebrates 50 Years

For its 50th anniversary, the Mexican American Bar Association of Los Angeles County thought it fitting that its only living past president, Herman Sillas, a lawyer and an artist, create a painting depicting the history of Latino lawyers in California.

By Susan McRae

Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - For its 50th anniversary, the Mexican American Bar Association of Los Angeles County thought it fitting that its only living past president, Herman Sillas, a lawyer and an artist, create a painting depicting the history of Latino lawyers in California.

Called "Our Journey," the artwork traces the struggle of Latinos arriving in this country as farmworkers and man...

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