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  • August 2019
Contra Costa COMMUNITY Bar Association

“Empower our members to deliver outstanding legal service to our community.” That is the mission of the Contra Costa County Bar Association.  It is a clear statement of our goals, focusing on three core elements: 1) empowering our members 2) outstanding legal service and 3) community.  The CCCBA works tirelessly to empower our members to...

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  • August 2019
CCCBA’s Tradition of Pro Bono Community Service

  CCCBA members have been providing free legal advice and assistance to the residents of Contra Costa County for decades, and even though there are no written records to support this, I am confident they were providing these services from the time our organization began in 1934.  That’s just who we are! At the start...

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  • August 2019
CCCBA History

  The Contra Costa County legal community has changed dramatically over the last 85 years. Our county bar has grown from a handful of pioneering attorneys in the 1934 to a major legal center of the Bay Area in 2019. CCCBA membership now stands at more than 1,500 and includes attorneys of all experience levels...

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  • August 2019
Women Attorneys and Judges in Contra Costa County over the past 85 years

  We’ve Come a Long Way Baby! In a world where less than 36 percent of working attorneys are female, it can be tempting to dwell on the long road ahead to achieve equal footing for women in the legal profession. While continuing along this road to equality, we must remember that the foundation for...

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  • August 2019
1934

Upon hearing that the Contra Costa County Bar Association is celebrating its 85th anniversary I started thinking about what it was like back in the 1930s, more specifically 1934.  Take a quick trip back in time with me and find out what was going on in our nation, our state, and our county. As a...

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  • August 2019
Forty Years and Still Smiling

  An Interview with Jennifer Comages For almost half of the time the CCCBA has been around, members and staff have had the pleasure of working with one consistent employee, Mrs. Jennifer Comages, who is now CCCBA’s Membership Director. She celebrated her 40th anniversary in May in the CCCBA’s 85th year. Jennifer joined the bar...

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