Mayor Bass appoints Mitch Kamin as her third chief of staff in three years

"Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has hired Mitch Kamin, a lawyer who has fought the Trump administration and provided legal services for underserved communities, to be her next chief of staff. Kamin, who, like the mayor, is a graduate of Alexander Hamilton High School, will be Bass' third chief of staff in her nearly three years leading the city - a much more rapid turnover than in previous administrations."

"The Harvard-educated lawyer has decades of experience as an executive at nonprofits and legal services organizations and has served on several city commissions. Most recently, he was general counsel and chief strategy officer for the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, a project of "Star Wars" creator George Lucas that is set to open next year. He previously was president of Bet Tzedek Legal Services, a nonprofit law firm that provides free legal services."

""Mitch is a passionate, committed and compelling leader," former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, who was a partner with Kamin at Covington, said in a statement. Kamin, 58, is taking charge of Bass' office as the Trump administration continues its immigration crackdown in Los Angeles and across the country. During Trump's first term, he represented the city in a lawsuit against the Department of Justice that prevented the fe"

Mitch Kamin, a Harvard-educated lawyer and Alexander Hamilton High School alumnus, will be Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass's next chief of staff. He will be Bass's third chief of staff in her nearly three years leading the city. Kamin has decades of executive experience at nonprofits and legal services organizations and has served on several city commissions. He served as general counsel and chief strategy officer for the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art and was a partner at Covington & Burling LLP, helping recruit its first Los Angeles office and co-chairing key practice groups. He led Bet Tzedek Legal Services, represented the city in litigation against the Department of Justice during Trump's first term, and drew praise from former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder as a "passionate, committed and compelling leader."

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