People of Color Caucus
The National LGBT Bar Association, as part of its strategic plan, is committed to increasing diversity within the LGBT legal community. For more information about these efforts, please contact Rowena Gargalicana, the LGBT Bar'sLiaison to the American Bar Association's Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession.
Liaison to the ABA Commission on Race and Ethnicity in the Profession:
Rowena Gargalicana received her B.A. from University of California Los Angeles in 1994 and her J.D. from the University of San Francisco School of Law in 1997. She is currently a principal with Gargalicana/Graceffa, LLP in Oakland, California, where her practice areas include civil litigation, real estate litigation and transactions, and family law. In her family law practice, Rowena represents same and opposite sex couples in dissolutions and child custody, visitation and support matters, as well as drafts pre- and postnuptial agreements. Prior to establishing her own firm, Rowena litigated civil rights cases focusing on employment and public accommodation discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Rowena is also currently Vice-President of the Board of the Pacific Center, the second oldest LGBT community center in the nation located in Berkeley, California.
Minority/Specialty Bar Associationsand ABA Commissions
American Bar Association Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law
American Bar Association Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession
Hispanic National Bar Association