Actions of the Aba House of Delegates at Its Annual Meeting in San Francisco, Ca, August 11-12, 2003

• Publication year: 2003
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• Citation: Vol. 32 No. 10 Pg. 71

32 Colo.Law. 71 Colorado Lawyer 2003.

2003, October, Pg. 71. Actions of the ABA House of Delegates at Its Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA, August 11-12, 2003

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Vol. 32, No. 10, Pg. 71

The Colorado Lawyer
October 2003
Vol. 32, No. 10 [Page 71]

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ABA Delegates' Report
Actions of the ABA House of Delegates at Its Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA, August 11 - 12, 2003
by Fred Rodgers

Members of the Colorado delegation are as follows: Judith H Holmes, (303) 575-5855, jholmes@littler.com; Christopher B Little, (303) 779-2747, clittle@mlmpc.com; Prof. Mark Jay Loewenstein, (303) 492-7102, mark.loewenstein@colorado.edu Karen Mathis, former chair of the House and lifetime member, (303) 571-4500, kmathis@abanet.org; Kathleen Odle, (303) 297-2900, kodle@sah.com; Beverly J. Quail, (303) 292-2400, quail@ballardspahr.com; Judge Frederic B. Rodgers, (303) 582-5323, x16, frederic.rodgers@judicial.state.co.us; Judge W. Terry Ruckriegle, (970) 453-2241, terry. ruckriegle@judicial.state.co.us; Jerry B. Tompkins, (970) 242-2636, jbt@grandjunctionlaw.com; Timothy Walker, (303) 730-0067, tbwalker10@aol.com; Carolynne C. White, (303) 831-6411, cwhite@cml.org; and Brian D. Zall, (303) 299-8388, bzall@sah.com.

Fred Rodgers is Gilpin County Court Judge, Golden, and a member of the ABA Board of Governors, serving in the House of Delegates.

Fred Rodgers

Of the half-dozen or so sites favored by the American Bar Association ("ABA") for its Annual Meetings, the visits to San Francisco - occurring about every four or five years - are always the best attended of these gatherings of the nation's lawyers. Those attending opening ceremonies of the recent ABA meeting at the San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center heard a major address by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy on American sentencing practices, and witnessed a greeting from a surprise visitor from Iraq, lawyer Muhammed Odeh al-Rehaief, credited with assisting in the rescue of U.S. Army Private Jessica Lynch from Iraqi control in a Nassiriya hospital.

Standing backstage awaiting the cue to join dignitaries on the War Memorial stage, members of the ABA Board of Governors, including this delegate, enjoyed the spectacle and sounds of a performance by the Lion Dancers of Loong Mah Sing See Wui. Nearly as interesting as the dancers was the almost-late arrival backstage of San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown. Upon spotting his Oakland counterpart, former California governor and now Mayor "Jerry" Brown (who had arrived on schedule), he approached his colleague for what turned...