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Partner James J.S. Holmes Named Sectional Liaison to ABA's Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

By Richard Binder

Jim Holmes, a partner in Sedgwick's Los Angeles office, has been appointed to serve as a liaison from the Torts, Trial and Insurance Practice Section (TIPS) to the ABA Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI), according to a statement from the firm.

Holmes is a long time active member of the American Bar Association and currently serves as the chair of TIPS? Media Privacy and Defamation Law General Committee. He is also a member of the section?s Committee on Diversity in the Profession and is involved in the National Lesbian and Gay Lawyers Association (NLGLA). Holmes also has performed pro bono work for the HIV and AIDS Legal Services Alliance and received commendations from the California Bar Association and Los Angeles Superior Court for his pro bono activities.

The SOGI Commission was established in fall of 2007 to promote full and equal participation in the legal profession by minorities, women, persons with disabilities, and persons of differing sexual orientations and gender identities. Through education efforts, policy development, building relationships with leaders in the profession, and other activities, the commission seeks to secure equal treatment in the ABA, the legal profession and the justice system without regard to sexual orientation or gender identity, remove barriers to professional advancement.

Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on November 05, 2008 (boomark / email).