Government
Mar. 3, 2023
New LA County Counsel wants office to make bigger impact
Dawyn R. Harrison is the first African American to head the office since it was established in 1913. She points out that she is a working mother as well, proof that anybody can and should aspire to the position regardless of background and circumstance.
New L.A. County Counsel Dawyn R. Harrison wants to see the office make a bigger impact with the law profession and the general public.
"If you want to practice civil law, you're not going to get the breadth of experience anywhere as you would as county counsel," Harrison said in a telephone interview after her appointment to the post on Tuesday. "I envision starting career ladders, adopting elementary, middle schools and high schools, kid...
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