Two attorneys elected to State Bar Board of Trustees Thursday, March 10, 2016 Categories: News Releases Contact: Laura Ernde 415-538-2283 barcomm@calbar.ca.gov SAN FRANCISCO, March 10, 2016 — Two attorneys from Northern California won election today to serve on the Board of Trustees for the State Bar of California. Sean M. SeLegue, 49, of San Francisco, was elected to a three-year term by attorneys in District 1, which covers Alameda, Contra Costa, Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Solano, and Sonoma counties. SeLegue is a partner at Arnold & Porter where he specializes in appeals and attorney liability and ethics. Trustee Joanna Mendoza, 52, of Granite Bay was re-elected to a second three-year term by attorneys in District 3, which covers Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Yolo and Yuba counties. Mendoza is a sole practitioner who specializes in intellectual property and business litigation. Turnout for the election was 11 percent of those attorneys eligible to cast votes. About 62 percent of the votes were cast electronically and the rest came in by mail. The Board of Trustees is the governing and policymaking body of the 257,000-member organization. The board meets approximately eight times a year to consider organizational, policy and regulatory matters. New trustees, included those who are appointed this year, will take their oaths in October at the State Bar Annual Meeting, which lasts from Sept. 29 to Oct. 2, 2016. Previous Article Next Article