About CCBA
The Criminal Courts Bar Association is a county wide organization of criminal
defense lawyers in both public and private practice, law students, allied
professionals, prosecutors, judges and private individuals. The goals
of the Criminal Courts Bar Association are the protection of individual
rights and liberties, improvement of the Criminal Justice System, enhancement
of the Criminal Law Practitioners, and the continuing education of the
Criminal Defense Bar.
The Criminal Courts Bar Association enjoys a position of trust and respect
in the criminal justice system and has an important voice in the legal
community. The Criminal Courts Bar Association will continue to remain
active in both professional and civic affairs that are of importance to
the rights of those accused of crimes.
The CCBA continues to seek the support of our core membership and is looking
for new members to continue our strong traditions. For those who are already
members, thank you. For those who have not yet renewed please consider
doing so now,
click here.
If you are able, please become a sustaining member. Sustaining Members
will be recognized in the monthly newsletter and recognized in the Dinner
Dance Program thanking you for your generosity and support for the programs
offered by our association. For those of you who have been so long a part
of this organization please consider this new category.
For those of you who ask, "Why should I join the Criminal Courts Bar
Association?" Please consider the words of our past president, David R. Evans:
"Each weekday morning in the courtrooms of this County, men and women
of extraordinary courage and dedication rise on behalf of the accused
and challenge the representatives of the most powerful nation in the world
to prove their case. The work of those criminal defense attorneys is the
reason for being of the Criminal Courts Bar Association. Outside those
courtrooms, the Criminal Courts Bar Association is their voice. It functions
as lobbyist, educator, and cheerleader. Its leaders--its officers and
members of the board--are the leaders of the criminal defense bar in the
County of Los Angeles. They include the Los Angeles County Public Defender,
the Los Angeles County Alternate Public Defender, the President of California
Attorneys of the Criminal Justice, partners from large downtown law firms,
sole practitioners, white collar crimes specialist, DUI specialists, and
death penalty specialists. They give of their time and money because of
their deep shared concern for the rights of the accused and the well being
of their advocates. On the second Tuesday of each month, they meet to
discuss the pressing issues of the day, to break bread, and to hear talks
by the luminaries of criminal practice."