Ep 243 | Andrea Díaz: Los Angeles Public Defender & Creator of "Jury Trial ABC"
The Lawyer Stories Podcast
Benjamin Gold
5.0 • 541 Ratings
🗓️ 13 November 2025
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
The Lawyer Stories Podcast Episode 243 features Andrea Díaz, a dedicated Los Angeles Public Defender and the creative force behind Afternoon-Recess.com.
Andrea shares her inspiring journey balancing her passion for justice with her creativity, leading her to design JURY TRIAL ABC — a beautifully illustrated children's book that introduces young readers to the basic concepts of jury trials in a fun and engaging way.
JURY TRIAL ABC is more than just a book — it's a bridge between the courtroom and the playroom. Written and illustrated by Andrea, it makes the perfect gift for lawyers with young children or a little one on the way. Very young readers will delight in the bright colors and rhymes, older children will learn key legal concepts, and adults will love teaching their kids about their work through imaginative, meaningful illustrations.
Andrea's story is a reminder that creativity and law can coexist — and that sharing our passions can inspire the next generation to understand the justice system in an accessible, joyful way.
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to the Lawyer Stories podcast with host Benny Gold. Lawyer Stories was founded in July 2017 on Instagram and is an expanding global network of lawyers and law students sharing their personal journeys to the noble profession of the practice of law. |
| 0:17.0 | Join us on this podcast as we dig deeper into these stories and hear from lawyers and law students from around the world in all areas of the legal profession. |
| 0:26.0 | Here at lawyer stories, we believe that every lawyer has a story. What's yours? |
| 0:36.1 | Welcome to the lawyer stories podcast with Benny Gold. |
| 0:40.6 | Today we welcome in Andrea Diaz, a public defender and author from Los Angeles, California. |
| 0:48.2 | Andrea has spent over eight years with the LA County Public Defender's Office, |
| 0:53.0 | and she's also the creative mind |
| 0:55.4 | behind the children's book, Jury Trial, ABC. How are you? I'm doing well. Thank you so much |
| 1:02.6 | for having me. Yeah, so good to connect. You're doing some cool things. I mean, being a public |
| 1:07.9 | defender in L.A. must be a whole huge story on its own. And love your book. |
| 1:13.6 | Like, we're going to talk about the book in a little while after we get through your, after we |
| 1:17.2 | share your story. I shouldn't say get through. Like, we're going to share your story. It's a good one. |
| 1:22.9 | A lot to unpack here. So welcome in. Let's start with, like with where you're from. Can you tell us a little bit |
| 1:29.2 | about your background and where your story begins? Yeah, so I grew up in a suburb of Los Angeles, |
| 1:35.9 | which is called Downey. Those of you who are unfamiliar with Downey, it's a predominantly Latino |
| 1:41.3 | area, all kinds of Latinos. Everybody's there. |
| 1:45.0 | My family happened to be Cuban. |
| 1:47.2 | So both sides of my family actually came from Cuba. |
| 1:50.5 | My dad and his parents came, and my mom is first generation. |
| 1:54.5 | So her parents came from Cuba as well. |
| 1:57.6 | Okay. |
| 1:58.1 | So do you know, like, when they did, like, how old or that sort of thing? My dad was five. Wow. Okay. So how do you know like when they did like how old or that sort of thing? |
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