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Blank Rome’s Houston Office Holds Black History Month Celebration

Blank Rome LLP
717 Texas Ave
Houston, TX
 

Blank Rome’s Houston Staff Diversity Committee hosted a Black History Month lunch celebration on Thursday, February 28, 2019, for staff and attorneys.

Attendees were both educated and entertained by guest speaker, Judge Darrell William Jordan, Harris County Criminal Court at Law No. 16, who spoke about Cash-Bail Reform in Harris County and across the nation. He provided practical examples of why the Cash-Bail System in Harris County is a violation of poor people’s rights and explained how diversity played an important role in overcoming adverse circumstances in his life.

Judge Darrell Jordan speaks at Houston Blank History Month Celebration, February 28, 2019
Judge Darrell Jordan speaks at Houston Office Black History Month Celebration, February 28, 2019
Judge Darrell Jordan and intern with Houston Staff Diversity Committee, February 28, 2019
Santiago Vallejo, Court Intern Chris Joseph, Judge Jordan, Julie Seifert, Tameka Smith, Peggy Averett, and Andre Davison