A New Haven-based attorney honored last year as one of the Connecticut Law Tribune’s New Leaders in the Law has founded a local organization and publication dedicated to advancing careers for lawyers of color.

Neubert, Pepe & Monteith associate Aigné S. Goldsby founded the organization Black Esquire in 2018 “because I was tired of seeing so many talented black men and women struggling to achieve their lawyer dreams,” she said. “I remember how difficult it was starting my legal journey as a black female. No one in my immediate family had gone to law school and the first time I met a lawyer was in college—and that lawyer surely did not look like me.”

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