Uploaded February 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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Senior U.S. District Judge Fernando J. Gaitan Jr. reflects on a long, groundbreaking legal career as part of our "Passing the Baton" series. Gaitan served as Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.'s first African American corporate lawyer. He later became a federal judge in Kansas City.

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