Roland Coleman Jr., former L.A. County Bar Assn. president, dies at 74
LA TimesRoland Coleman Jr., seen at home in 2022, grew up in Los Angeles and graduated from USC and Loyola Law School. Attorney Roland Lee Coleman Jr., the second Black person to lead the Los Angeles County Bar Assn., has died. But “his style was one where he could really connect.” He was tenacious, Stewart said, but “he’d do it with a smile on his face.” If you were on the opposite side of a legal battle, “you’d end up shaking hands and walking away buddies.” Coleman grew up in Los Angeles, one of four children. “A lot of people would say the party didn’t start until Roland got there.” Coleman graduated from the University of Southern California and Loyola Law School. As president of the Langston Bar Assn., Coleman started a hall of fame to honor people in the legal profession who “persevered, sacrificed and — in spite of those obstacles and those hardships — succeeded,” said retired judge Allen Webster, another former president of the association.
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