Paulette Brown

She was nominated for the presidency and was later confirmed by the organization's House of Delegates as president-elect in August 2014.

[2] She thus became the first woman of color and third African-American person to be president of the ABA.

[3] Brown is a partner with Locke Lord LLP, where she is chief diversity officer.

[7] Brown was a municipal court judge in Plainfield, New Jersey.

She was previously in-house counsel for several companies and worked at Duane Morris.