SERVICE TO THE BAR
NATIONAL

National Bar Association
  • Vice President (2007-Present)
  • Board of Governors (1998-Present): Executive Committee Member,
    Member at Large, Sgt. at Arms, Chair/Treasurer – Government Lawyers
    Division, Deputy General Counsel, Special Assistant to National Bar
    Association Presidents Harold D. Pope and Evette L. Simmons, Special
    Advisor to 2006 National Bar Association President Linnes Finney
    (Stuart, Florida);
  • Member, Government Lawyers Division, National Bar Association (2001-
    Present)
  • Member, Nominating Committee, National Bar Association (2003-2005)
  • Co-Chair, “NBA by the Bay” Annual Convention Committee (2001-2002)
  • Member, Civil Rights Law Section, National Bar Association (2001-2002)
  • Member, National Convention Committee, National Bar Association
    (2000-2001)
  • Regional Director (IX), National Bar Association (Two elected terms:
    1998-2000)
  • Member, National Bar Association President Evette Simmons', Transition
    Team (1999-2000)
  • Committee Chair, Wiley Branton Issues Symposium, San Francisco, CA
    (1997)

STATEWIDE

State Bar of California
  • Vice President, State Bar of California (October 2005- October 2006)
    Board of Governors, District 3 Representative – Alameda, Contra Costa,
    San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties (October 2003- October 2006)
  • Chair, Member Oversight Committee (October 2005 – October 2006)
  • Board Committee Member, Committee on Board Operations (October
    2005- October 2006)
  • Board Committee Member, Planning, Program Development & Budget
    Committee (2004-2005)
  • Board Committee Member, Volunteer Involvement Committee (2003 –
    2005)
  • Board Committee Member, Regulation, Admissions & Discipline
    Committee (2003- 2004)
  • Board of Directors (Vice President), State Bar of California – California
    Young Lawyers Association (1999-2001)
  • Member, State Bar of California’s Labor & Employment Law Section
  • Member, State Bar of California’s Public Law Section
  • Member, State Bar of California’s Environmental Law Section
  • Member, State Bar of California's Pipeline Task Force

California Association of Black Lawyers (“CABL”)
  • President, California Association of Black Lawyers (2005-2006)
  • General Counsel, California Association of Black Lawyers (2000-2001)
  • Board of Directors, California Association of Black Lawyers (1996-1997)

Other
  • Steering Committee Member, California Minority Counsel Program
    (2000-2003)

LOCAL
Charles Houston Bar Association
  • President, Charles Houston Bar Association (1998)
  • Board of Directors (1994-2000): President; Vice President; Chair -
    Judiciary, Young Lawyers and Annual Gala Committees; Outreach
    Coordinator; Special Assistant to President; Immediate Past President);

Alameda County Bar Association
  • Board of Directors (2001-2004): Board Liaison - Legislation and Political
    Action, Race and Ethnic Fairness, Family Law, Legislative
    Committee/Conference of Delegates, Bankruptcy, and Bridging the
    Gap Sections;
  • Member: East Bay Bench Bar Diversity Committee; MCLE Committee;
    Website Committee, Bench Bar Liaison Committee

OTHER
  • Coach/Judge, Wiley Manuel Moot Court Competition
  • Board of Directors, Allen E. Broussard Scholarship Foundation
  • Board of Directors, San Francisco Neighborhood Legal Foundation (now
    “Bay Area Legal Aid”)
  • Board of Directors, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children
  • Member, American Civil Liberties Union’s Racial Justice Coalition
  • Member, American Bar Association
  • Committee Member, Just the Beginning Foundation (Philanthropic
    Foundation Sponsored by Federal Judges
A mission statement
or quote about the
firm.
Demetrius Shelton for N.B.A. President-Elect
"National Bar Association - Unity Is Our Strength"
"Proven
Leadership"