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2006 Bar Presidents Conference
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MSBA President Edward J. Gilliss (right) offers opening remarks
while Mary T. Keating, Chair, MSBA Local & Specialty Bar Liaison
Committee, looks on. Approximately 200 local and specialty bar
leaders from across the state attended the three-day conference.
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The Black Women's Bar Association of Suburban Maryland (BWBASM)
took home the MSBA Local & Specialty Bar Committee's "Best
Service to the Public Project Award" for its "Women to
Work Project". BWBASM also received the Committee's "Best
Service to the Bar Project Award for its "First Annual Spring
Tea". From left to right: Awards Sub-Committee Member Alison
Leonard Leach; Tiffany Alston, BWBASM President-Elect; Angela Scott,
BWBASM Secretary; Crystal Harris Collins, BWBASM President; and
Awards Sub-Committee Members James B. Butler.
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Bar Association of Montgomery County President John
Monahan (right) accepted the "Best Service to the Public Project
Award" on behalf of his association for its "Pro Bono Legal
Clinic".
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J. Franklyn Bourne Bar Association President Sharon
Burrell (left) accepted the "Best Service to the Public Project
Award" behalf of her association for its "High School Oratorical
Contest".
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Bar Association of Baltimore City President Mark Scurti (center)
accepts the "Best Service to the Bar Project Award" on
behalf of his bar for its Civil Practice Manual.
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The Honorable Daniel M. Long, Circuit Court for
Somerset County, delivers a lunchtime address.
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Harford County Bar Association Executive Director Gail Williams
(right)
during Friday's plenary session.
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John F. Reintzell (right), Principal Associate, Leadership Training
Associates, LLC, offers attendees valuable tips on "Stress
and Survival Management".
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The Conference is a
great, once-a-year
opportunity to
spend time with
other bar leaders
and members of
MSBA's Board
of Governors
Chuck Fuller
Committee Member
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It's Great.
The break out
sessions are
helpful and
informative,
and we are able to
help each other
develop ideas
for the year.
Robb Keehner
President
Howard County Bar Association
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It gives
us
exposure to new
ideas to bring to
our associations
to inspire and
motivate our members
with new projects
Lonnie Robbins
President-Elect
Waring Mitchell Law Society of Howard County
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Bar Association of Frederick County (BAFC) Executive Director
Sue Rowland (left) and BACF Treasurer Beth Beam.
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Attendees pack the dance floor following the
"Luau in Ocean City" - themed reception and dinner
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From left to right: MSBA Board of Governors members
Paul R. Kramer, Maury S. Epner, and Andrew Radding.
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Past MSBA President Neil Helfrich (left) and the Honorable
J. Michael Conroy, Jr., Immediate Past MSBA President
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From left to right: Alison Asti, MSBA President-Elect;
Edward J. Gilliss, MSBA President; and Pamela J. White, Past MSBA President
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From left to right: the Honorable John A. Howard;
MSBA Executive Director Paul V. Carlin; MSBA Treasurer Katherine Kelly
Howard; and MSBA President Edward J. Gilliss.
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