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@littler.comSep 17, 2026, 7:34 PM

Being named Law Firm of the Year by the Hispanic National Bar Association was a highlight of the 2026 HNBA/VIA Annual Convention. We were also proud to sponsor the event and connect with members of the legal community from across the country. #HNBA #AC2026 #HNBAVIA

@sameenasafdar.bsky.socialSep 10, 2026, 12:30 AM

Now seeing Maribel Reynoso receive the inaugural Aliado/Aliada Award.

#HNBA #RepresentationMatters

Image on a screen of Maribel Reynoso: HNBA LGBTQ+ Legacy Fund Impact Maribel Reynoso, Esq., First Aliado/Aliada Award Recipient. Mandel Reynoso is a California immigration ottornay and longtime advocate for tho LGBTOIA+. The daughter of immigrants from Jalisco, Mexico, she darned her B.A. from UCLA and JD. from the University of Kansas School of Law. For moro than 30 years, Marbel has served LGBTQIA: individuals and people iving with HIVIAIDS through nonprofit service, pro Dono advocacy, mentorship, and drec! legal reprosentalion. Her caroer has included work with the HIV & AIDS Loga! Services Alliance and decades of immigration practice before USCIS, the Departmant of State, EOIR, and the BIA. She has operated her own law firm since 2007 and is a frequent speaker on Immigration and LGBTQIA • representation. Mandel is active in the NBA and numerous legal organizatons, including the Los Angeles County Bar Associaton and Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles. in 2025, sho receivad the LGBTQ Center of Long Beach's Ally Icon Award in recognition of her longstanding service and advocacy.
@sameenasafdar.bsky.socialSep 10, 2026, 12:28 AM

Watching Katie Cook receive the HNBA LGBTQ+ Legacy Fund Impact Award.

She’s a graduate who’s doing immigration work and talking about helping her single mom clean houses.

#firstgen #HNBA

Image of a young woman in a pink dress at a podium with a microphone speak. Image on screen showing: HNBA LGBTQ+ Legacy Fund Impact Katy Cook, Second HNBA LGBTQ+ Legacy Fund Scholarship Recipient. Katy C. Cook is a proud first-generation Venezuelan-American and 2026 graduate of the University of Washington School of Law, becoming the first in her family to cam both a college and low degree. Before low school, she organized for immigrant rights in her hometown of Mami and graduated magna cum laude from Floride Intemational Universily. Dunng lo school, Katy focused her advocacy on Immigrants navigating the immigration and criminal legal systems, particularly those facing detentian and tre disproportionate harms expertenced by LGOTQ, low-income, and communities of color. Through tho UW Immigration Law Clinic and internships ith Al Otro Lado. Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, and Uhe Snohomish County Public Defender Assocation, she reprosenfed survivors of trafficking and persecution, delended youth and adults, supported habeas corpus afforts, and mobilized fellow lan students to provide pro bono service lo immigrant communities. This Taff, Kary joins the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project in Tacomo as an Equal Justice Works Fellow, providing cuffurally humble, client centered advocacy for immigranis novigating delention. Her work reflects a commitment lo advancing justico for LGBTO• and omer marginalized Immigrants and safeguarding the dignily, freedom, and rights that ellow every person to tve openly and proudly os their authenlic self.
@sameenasafdar.bsky.socialSep 10, 2026, 12:21 AM

Amazingly diverse group of speakers today-in ethnicity, race, gender, sexual orientation, segment of the legal industry, role, and more!

#HNBA

6 people at a conference panel table-moderator Jeffrey Saavedra, Interlink partner Victor Marquez, Seyfarth Shaw’s Chief DEI officer Mira Dewji, immigration atty Sonia Figueroa, family law atty Liz Schwartz, and Lambda Legal’s Richard Saenz
@sameenasafdar.bsky.socialSep 10, 2026, 12:11 AM

Spoke at the Hispanic Natl Bar Assn’s LGBT Division 11th Annual Leadership Summit today on executive presence and how your unique value differentiators drive your leadership style.

Such a fun and engaging session with people who have been taught to be quiet & fit in.

#ReresentationMatters #HNBA