Tara Canady, Esq. has been appointed to the Los Angeles County of Education's Career Technical Education Advisory Committee
Areva D. Martin, Esq. has been elected to the Board of Directors for the United Healthcare Children's Foundation
April 21, 2008: Managing Partner Areva Martin honored with "Smart Cookie Award. Areva Martin, Esq. was selected among an elite group of women this year to be honored with a “Smart Cookie Award” by Cookie magazine. Featured in the May issue of Cookie magazine among five other “Smart Cookie Award” recipients Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Lee Woodruff, Christie Brinkley, Roni Lomeli and Karenna Gore Schiff, Areva is recognized for the Special Need Network’s (an organization she co-founded in 2005) efforts to provide resources and skills training for families, especially low income ones, with autistic or developmentally disabled children in South Los Angeles. Areva received the award on April 21, 2008 at the Morgan Library in New York at a gala reception sponsored by CitiBank and Avon and hosted by ABC reporter Deborah Roberts. For more information visit CookieMagazine.com.
April 19, 2008: Attorneys from the firm’s Education and Employment Group will present a workshop at the 8th Annual Women’s Health Summit sponsored by KJLH. This summit brings together thousands of women at the Los Angeles Convention Center for a day of workshops on issue’s impacting women’s health. Topics range from stress management to hair loss. The firm will join physicians and other professionals in a discussion on developmental disabilities, managing career while maintaining good health and healthy habits for professionals with disabled children. For more information visit www.KJLH.com.
April 12, 2008: In honor of National Autism Month the firm will participate in Tools for Transformation: Building Confidence and Capacity sponsored by Special Needs Network, Inc. on Saturday, April 12, 2008 from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm at the Foundation for the Junior Blind, 5300 Angeles Vista, Los Angeles. This conference will bring together 700 parents, children, educators, community leaders and stakeholders for a day of networking and information. Attorneys Chike Onyia and Tara Canady will present a workshop on advocacy. For more information and to register email Deborah@SpecialNeedsNetwork.net or visit www.SpecialNeedsNetwork.net
March 17, 2008: For National Women’s History Month Managing Partner Areva Martin's signature series, Real Leaders Wear Pink welcomes California Majority Leader and Speaker Elect Karen Bass to the Ebell of Los Angeles for "Women Who are Shaping the World".
