Maribel Medina
Trustee
Maribel was the first MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund), Fried Frank Fellow. This Fellowship entails a unique alliance between the nation’s leading Latino civil rights and advocacy organization and a prominent international law firm. Her activities and work experience span the gamut from grass roots local organizing and education to policy and enforcement of the law on the national level, including: the U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcing federal labor laws; the U.S. Department of Justice enforcing the Voting Rights Act; Meyer Nave, where she chaired the Firm’s Education Law practice group; Leal & Trejo, where she chaired the litigation practice group; General Counsel of the San Francisco Unified School District where she oversaw all legal matters; President of the Mexican-American Bar Association; Assistant City Attorney for Pasadena; and Special Counsel to the Los Angeles Unified School District’s Board of Education. She is now the General Counsel for the Los Angeles Community College District, the largest community college district in the Country.
Maribel ranks among the top super lawyers, and was named the “Latina Lawyer of the Year” from the Hispanic National Bar Association and the “Benito Juarez Lawyer of the Year” from the Mexican American Bar Association.