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Law Practice

Jan. 26, 2024

Trial lawyer wants more diverse bench – including more former plaintiff attorneys

"We want to make sure the bench really reflects our community," said Ibiere N. Seck.

Trial lawyer wants more diverse bench – including more former plaintiff attorneys
Ibiere Seck will be sworn in Saturday as the first Black woman to head the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles. Photo: Justin L. Stewart / Special to the Daily Journal

Ibiere N. Seck was about six when she found out she was going to be an attorney.

"My mother said, 'You are going to be a lawyer,'" she recalled. "I think she saw something in me. She saw my love of learning, reading, thinking, arguing. That's where it came from. I knew I wanted to be a lawyer long before I knew what it exactly was."

On Saturday night, Seck will take the stage as president of Consumer Attorneys As...

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