Recognizing women in law during Women’s History Month

As March’s Women’s History Month comes to a close, our Bakersfield law firm commemorates the achievements and contributions of women in United States history.

The theme of this year’s Women’s History Month is “Working to Form a More Perfect Union: Honoring Women in Public Service and Government.” And since this theme includes those women working in legal fields, Chain | Cohn | Clark wished to recognize those women, specifically those at the Bakersfield-based law firm fighting for justice for injury, accident and crime victims.

Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch this month delivered remarks at the U.S. Department of Justice Women’s History Month Celebration. In her statement, Lynch acknowledged the contributions of women who serve as “prosecutors and paralegals, trial attorneys and special agents, spokespeople and support staff.”

” … Women are essential to our ongoing efforts to protect the rights and well-being of every American,” Lynch said.

Still, she said, “there is a great deal of work still left to be done.” Women remain underrepresented in government and business in the United States, and continue to face a number of uniquely difficult challenges, she said.

“More than ever, we are dedicated to ensuring that our nation’s promises of freedom, opportunity and justice for all are delivered equally across gender lines.”

At Chain | Cohn | Clark, 75 percent of the staff are women, including attorneys Beatriz Trejo and Felicia Schoepfer-Altmiller. Other women in the office work as paralegals, legal assistants, file clerks and receptionists. It’s important for the law firm to adequately represent clients.

Beatriz Trejo is an associate in the law firm’s workers’ compensation* department, and is fluent in Spanish. Associate Felicia Schoepfer-Altmiller works in Chain | Cohn | Clark personal injury department.

Recently, a great moment was captured in front of the Kern County Superior Court when nearly 100 local women attorneys and other law officials — including lawyers Beatriz Trejo and Felicia Schoepfer-Altmiller — took part in a group photo for Women’s History Month.

Also included in the group shot were Kern County Supervisor Leticia Perez, retired judge Sharon Mettler, U.S. Magistrate Judge Jennifer Thurston, and Kern County District Attorney Lisa Green.

Women’s History Month originated as a national celebration in 1981 to pay tribute “to the generations of women whose commitment to nature and the planet have proved invaluable to society,” according to the Women’s History Month website.

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*NOTICE: Making a false or fraudulent Workers’ Compensation claim is a felony subject to up to 5 years in a prison or a fine of up to $150,000 or double the value of the fraud, whichever is greater, or by both imprisonment and fine.