Drawing upon the unique backgrounds of our team members allows us to think broadly, better understand our clients and our opponents, sharpen our performance, and deliver the highest level of service and results.
Our attorneys carry these principles throughout their practice and in their involvement with diversity-driven professional organizations and associations.
To this end, our team members hold the following leadership and membership positions:
- Participating in the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) annual Fellows Program and Pathfinders Program, two professional and leadership development series designed for diverse, high-potential attorneys to build a more open and inclusive legal profession.
- Supporting LCLD’s Leader’s at the Front Initiative by creating a Leader’s Pledge, which details our managing partner’s personal and organizational commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
- Joining the California Minority Counsel Program (CMCP), a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting diversity in the legal profession by providing attorneys of color with access and opportunity for business and professional development.
- Serving as a working group co-chair of the Law Firm Antiracism Alliance (LFAA), the national coalition of law firms formed in June 2020 aiming to create large-scale, coordinated pro bono projects that address systemic racism.
- Participating in the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA), the preeminent professional development organization for Asian Pacific American attorneys, judges, law professors, and law students.
- Participating in the South Asian Bar Association of Southern California (SABA-SC), one of the oldest and largest South Asian bar associations in the country, which strives to promote the professional development of South Asian lawyers and law students and to educate the community about legal issues.
- Serving on the Steering Committee of Just the Beginning—A Pipeline Organization, a nonprofit dedicated to promoting the advancement of young adults from underrepresented backgrounds in the legal profession.
- Serving on the Judicial Externship Program Committee for the Mexican American Bar Association (MABA), which secures federal judicial externships for a selected group of Latinx law students and provides them invaluable exposure and experience in federal courts.
- Serving on the Advisory Committee of the American Bar Association’s Judicial Intern Opportunity Program for students who are members of racial and ethnic groups traditionally underrepresented in the legal profession.
- Serving on the Board of Directors for the Huys Foundation, which supports Armenian youth in achieving educational excellence and actualizing their professional potential.
- Participating in UCLA Law’s Annual Law Firm Diversity Reception in support of the UCLA Law Fellows Program, a program designed to encourage and prepare high-potential students for a career in law and increase the diversity of the law school pool, and mentoring UCLA Law Fellows Program alumni who are now law students.
- Named one of the “Most Admired Law Firms: LA’s Top Firms to Work For” by Los Angeles Business Journal for two consecutive years (2020-2021).
Larson is recognized as consciously working toward creating a diverse, positive, and supportive environment to help drive the success of our attorneys and staff. By signing the California Equal Pay Pledge in partnership with California First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom and the California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls (CCSWG), Larson also strives to do our part in closing the pay gap and continue to be an equal pay employer.
