OUR BOARD MEMBERS

2019-2021

Augusta A. Massey, Esq.

PRESIDENT

Keith Hightower, J.D.

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY

Brittnie T. Watkins, Esq., Ph.D., LL.M.

VICE PRESIDENT

Karen Cormier, J.D.

TREASURER

Christopher Guy, Esq.

CO-HISTORIAN

Loline-Marie Djidade, Esq.

CO-HISTORIAN

Angela M. Cook, Esq.

RECORDING SECRETARY

Jonathan Lee, Esq.

Parliamentarian

OUR HISTORY

The Las Vegas Chapter of the National Bar Association (LVNBA) was originally incorporated in 1981 and reincorporated in 2005.  Over the years, the LVNBA has grown from a small group of fourteen trailblazing attorneys and judges to a large and vibrant organization.

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The National Bar Association (National Bar) was founded in 1925 when there were fewer than 1,000 African-American lawyers in the nation, and less than 120 belonged to the (National Bar). By 1945, there were nearly 250 members representing 25% of the African-American members of the bar. Over the past 75 years, the National Bar has grown enormously in size and influence.

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When the LVNBA was founded in 1981, there were fewer than 20 African-American attorneys in state of Nevada. Currently in Nevada, circa 125-150 African-American attorneys comprise approximately 1% of the membership of the State Bar of Nevada. Since its founding, the LVNBA has grown in size and influence and LVNBA members own their own law firms, are partners and associates at small, medium, and large size firms throughout Clark County, are students and law professors at community colleges and the University of Nevada, pursue justice for clients as prosecutors and public defenders, serve in the Nevada Legislature, are members of the Nevada judiciary, and represent cities, counties, the Attorney General’s Office, and the Department of Justice. 

• Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. 
  Theta Theta Omega Chapter
   

• Alpha Men & Divas of Tomorrow
   

• Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. 
  Theta Pi Lambda Chapter
   

• Asian Bar Association, Las Vegas Chapter
   

• Black Law Students Association, UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law
   

• Cheyenne High School
   

• Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. – Las Vegas Alumnae Chapter
   

• Langston Bar Association
   

• Las Vegas African-American History Collaborative
   

• Las Vegas Latino Bar Association
   

• Las Vegas National Bar Association Foundation
   

• Las Vegas Urban Chamber
   

• Las Vegas Urban League
   

• Marvin M. Sedway Middle School
   

• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People – Las Vegas
   

• National Black Law Students Association (NBLSA) – Western Region

• Nevada Black Police Association
   

• Office of Assemblywoman Dina Neal
   

• Office of U.S. Congressman Steven Horsford
   

• Office of U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
   

• Omega Gents
   

• Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
  Kappa Xi Chapter
   

• Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.
   

• Sigma Beta Club
   

• Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity
   

• South Asian Bar Association,
  Las Vegas Chapter
   

• State Bar of Nevada
   

• State Bar of Nevada Law Related Education Consortium
   

• The Links, Incorporated,
  Las Vegas Chapter
   

• Wiener-Rogers Law Library
   

• UNLV Black Graduate Students Association
   

• UNLV Libraries
   

• UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law

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Las Vegas Chapter of the
National Bar Association (LVNBA)
P.O. Box 1236
Las Vegas, NV 89125

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