Photo from NALA Facebook page
ON July 13, 2024, University of California Los Angeles alumnus and California State University Los Angeles Associate Professor Bobby Rimas presented the “Ethics and Compliance in Corporate America” seminar at the National Association of Legal Assistants’ (NALA) Conference and Expo at the Downtown Louisville Kentucky Marriott to a live audience and individuals who attended the seminar virtually across the nation.
The “Ethics and Compliance in Corporate America” seminar provided an overview of the core elements of ethics within corporate America and how legal teams often address and mitigate ethical and compliance issues that can help companies determine organizational culture and success.
Photo courtesy of Bobby Rimas
Rimas indicated that he was honored to present at the NALA Conference & Expo where he has previously presented seminars in prior years in Charleston, South Carolina and Orlando, Florida. After the seminar, NALA’s immediate past president Debbie Overstreet, ACP, congratulated Rimas and indicated via the conference’s Facebook page: “A full house for Bobby Rimas’ session on Ethics and Compliance in Corporate America. Another fantastic CLE session brought to you by NALA…”
Rimas is an Associate Professor at California State University Los Angeles, an Adjunct Instructor at West Los Angeles College, an Adjunct Faculty Member at the University of La Verne, and a Board Member for the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Lambda Alumni Association. He is also a Paralegal at the Larson LLP law firm in Downtown Los Angeles and serves as Commissioner for the Palm Springs Human Rights Commission. In May 2024, he was elected Vice President of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion for the Stonewall Democratic Club, one of the largest Democratic clubs in California.
Rimas graduated with a bachelor’s degree in History from UCLA, a Master of Legal Studies degree, cum laude, with a concentration in Compliance and Legal Risk Management from the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law and a Master of Arts in Education with a concentration in Diversity, Equity & Social Justice in Education from The University of Texas at El Paso. He is the past chair/president of the UCLA Pilipino Alumni Association and past president of the Los Angeles Paralegal Association. n
