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Biden Renames Los Angeles U.S. Courthouse After Civil Rights Icons Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez, The Latin Times

Diversity Biden Renames Los Angeles U.S. Courthouse After Civil Rights Icons Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez, The Latin Times Juan Zúñiga · January 10, 2025

President Joe Biden has signed legislation to rename the Los Angeles U.S. Courthouse after Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez, whose landmark legal battle helped end school segregation in California and set the stage for nationwide desegregation through the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling.

Rimon Manager Partner Juan E. Zúñiga was interviewed by The Latin Times on the significance of the renaming for the Latin American community in Southern California.

Read the story by The Latin Times here

Juan E. Zúñiga is an international transactions attorney who has worked on cross-border deals throughout the United States, Latin America and in over 60 other countries. He is also the Managing Partner of Rimon. His practice is focused on buying and selling real estate, resort and hospitality transactions, mergers & acquisitions, overseas distribution agreements, international joint ventures, foreign trade and commerce, workouts of distressed assets, lending and investment issues. He has been particularly sought out for his handling of cross-border transactions, especially in Latin America. In this work, he represents American clients in their investments in overseas properties and in establishing subsidiary operations internationally. Additionally, he represents foreign clients in their investments in the United States.