All Hail the President, 0716 ALBJ, 77 The Alabama Lawyer 242 (2016)
| Author | Michelle Moseley, J. |
| Position | Vol. 77 4 Pg. 242 |
Michelle Moseley, J.
Let me start by saying that I love my job, I really do.1 Outside of working as a cashier at Walmart (for a grueling week while in college), I have worked in a law firm since I was 20 years old. I have been very fortunate to work at the same law firm-a well-respected law firm with great attorneys and a fabulous staff-for 20+ years. They have all become like family for me, and let’s face it, I probably spend more time with the people I work with than I do my own family. With that being said...
It all started back in 2014 when I was informed by one of “my” attorneys, with whom I have worked all of these 20+ years, he was running for president of the state bar. Sure enough, he garnered enough votes to win2 the election. I had no idea what was coming but I immediately thought, “This will be really fun.” As time passed and we were waiting for him to take the “throne,” I was assured time and time again there really wasn’t much I had to do and it would be much like his time as a bar commissioner. After the swearing-in, dinners, receptions and congratulatory notes and letters, it only took a couple of days for the “fun” to wear off.
First and foremost, I must say the staff of the bar is on top of everything-so much so, I would receive 50 to 75 emails a day asking how he wanted to set up various groups, staff introducing themselves and what they handled, offers to help with anything I needed, picking out the presidential letterhead,3 documents that need signing and on and on. All of that is great information that is very much needed and was reiterated very, very often in the multiple emails.
It did not take long for the new president to have an epiphany-have everyone at the bar4 copy me on all emails. I believe 110 is currently my highest total of emails received in one day relating only to bar activities. It also became very clear that no one at the bar ever sleeps, EVER. I could stay up until midnight going through emails, only to find 30 more when my alarm went off at 5:00 a.m. I don’t know if they get overtime pay but they all certainly earn their salary and then some.
During his installation speech at the ASB Annual Meeting in 2015, El Presidente poetically offered to speak to any group, anywhere, anytime because he “loves” lawyers, he “loves” being a lawyer and he “loves” the...
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