Los Angeles County Bar Association
Stephanie Sauter has extensive experience in juvenile defense and advocacy, currently serving as an attorney with the Independent Juvenile Defense Panel of the Los Angeles County Bar Association since November 2018, addressing juvenile delinquency cases. As Co Executive Director of the LAW Project of Los Angeles since June 2009, Sauter leads a nonprofit organization that provides legal assistance to system-involved families and youth. Previously, Sauter worked as a Deputy Public Defender for the Los Angeles County Public Defender from 2001 to 2007. Sauter holds a BA in English from Barnard College, a JD from Loyola University Chicago School of Law, and a Master's degree in Special Education from California State University, Northridge.
Los Angeles County Bar Association
The mission of the Los Angeles County Bar Association is to meet the professional needs of Los Angeles lawyers and advance the administration of justice. Association Goals: 1. We make a difference in our members' professional lives by offering the widest range of continuing legal education, practice aids, and professional networking. 2. To aid our members in the business of their practices, we afford law practice management tips and training, as well as numerous discounts on a broad range of items, from insurance to cell phones. 3. We also make a difference in our members' professional lives by affording opportunities to improve the system of administration of justice, whether working with judges on court improvement projects or with the Legislature on improving our laws. 4. We make a difference in the greater Los Angeles community by supporting major legal services programs, such as Public Counsel and the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, as well as our own projects to provide free legal services to thousands of people each year, including battered women, immigrants and people living with AIDS and HIV. 5. We help people find lawyers to represent them, as well as providing a wide range of dispute resolution services