Bakari Sellers

Bakari made history in 2006 while, at simply 22 years vintage, he defeated a 26-12 months incumbent State Representative to come to be the youngest member of the South Carolina state legislature and the youngest African American elected legit in the country. In 2014 he turned into the Democratic Nominee for Lt. Governor within the nation of South Carolina. Bakari has labored for United States Congressman James Clyburn and previous Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin. He served on President Barack Obama’s South Carolina steering committee in the course of the 2008 election and is broadly considered to be a rising celebrity in the Democratic Party and a main voice for his era. He changed into named to TIME Magazine’s 40 Under forty in 2010 as well as 2014 and 2015 “The Root 100” list of the country’s maximum influential African-Americans.

Bakari has served as a featured speaker at occasions for the National Education Association, College Democrats of America National Convention, and the 2008 and 2016 Democratic National Convention. He is the author of New York Times Bestseller “My Vanishing Country” and a CNN political commentator.

Bakari is admitted to exercise regulation in all nation and federal courts in South Carolina. He is a member of the South Carolina Bar, Richland County Bar Association, and the South Carolina Association for Justice.

Bakari has been with Strom Law Office when you consider that 2007. He is married to Dr. Ellen Rucker-Sellers. They have three children. › ›