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Employment lawyer Diane Seltzer has gained a intently watched contest to steer the D.C. Bar Affiliation, defeating securities lawyer Brad Bondi in a race with report turnout.
Seltzer tallied greater than 90 p.c of the digital vote with “no points or irregularities” within the voting system, D.C. Bar CEO Bob Spagnoletti stated in a press name Monday.
Greater than 38,000 individuals voted within the race, greater than 5 occasions as many citizens in a typical election, he stated.
“Member engagement on this election was, to say the least, extraordinary,” Spagnoletti stated.
The race turned a microcosm for the clashes and pressures on the American authorized system this yr, partially as a result of one of many two prime candidates is the youthful brother of Lawyer Normal Pam Bondi.
This yr, the Justice Division has fired prosecutors who as soon as investigated President Trump and the White Home has focused legislation companies with punitive government orders partially due to the legal professionals they employed and the shoppers they characterize.
“WE DID IT!!!!!!” Seltzer posted on the positioning LinkedIn.
Seltzer made the rule of legislation a key focus of her marketing campaign to steer the bar, which performs no function in lawyer self-discipline issues.
“We’re actually afraid of horrible penalties only for doing our jobs,” she stated at a candidate discussion board in Could. “My precedence is ensuring that the rule of legislation is upheld, that we really feel that we’re secure to do our jobs and that we are able to go ahead daily representing the shoppers we select.”
Brad Bondi is a distinguished lawyer who has represented billionaire Elon Musk and the Trump Media & Expertise Group, amongst different giant company shoppers.
He stated he wished to maintain the bar group nonpartisan — and separate from the sound and fury of nationwide politics.
In an announcement, Bondi stated he had hoped the race would concentrate on free coaching applications for legal professionals and extra professional bono work.
“As a substitute, I’m disgusted by how rabid partisans lurched this election into the political gutter, turning an expert marketing campaign into baseless assaults, identification politics, and partisan recrimination,” Bondi stated. “By no means earlier than has a D.C. Bar election been leveraged alongside partisan traces on this approach, an express name for members to vote primarily based not on what’s greatest for the establishment however in line with their political affiliations.”
