From the Executive Director
| Publication year | 2023 |
| Citation | Vol. 28 No. 6 Pg. 0014 |
| Pages | 0014 |
DAMON E. ELMORE
Executive Director State Bar of Georgia damone@gabar.org
Lawyers as Leaders
The end of the legislative session, participation in a leadership program and joining a course offered at Emory University School of Law earlier this year all have me thinking about the concept of lawyers as leaders. Since, I have learned that the topic has been written about at length and several courses exist with an emphasis on the matter. Of course, it is more important to me to know what our members think. So, I asked a few.
First, allow me to take a moment and share an update on our Bar operations. We continue to work every day with a unique focus on member value, protecting the public and improving the quality of legal services. Around October, our full Annual Report will be ready with specific details and data related to our work and the way we helped during the 2022-23 Bar year. So many talented individuals do the work at the Bar and our results are the proof. It is true, we will see a couple leave us before the next edition of this Journal, including Rita Payne (Fee Arbitration) and Brinda Lovvorn (Membership), but we know they leave the Bar in a better place and the people identified to take over in those roles will build on their work.
As of the date of publication, we will have joined many of you in Savannah for our Annual Meeting. It is always a wonderful time where we recognize those that have gone above and beyond in their service to the Bar and the profession. We also see legal education events as a core part of the meeting, and this year Georgia evidence, wellness, the U.S. Supreme Court and intellectual property rights were all topics for seminars planned for our attendees.
Our Young Lawyers Division, sections, Georgia law schools and other groups and boards, also plan meetings and events that will be important to their future work and the profession overall. We are glad that they are able to gather, celebrate and honor with us. This meeting truly does it all, especially when we recognize our outgoing leaders like President Sarah B. "Sally" Akins, and as we watch new leadership, like Hon. J. Antonio "Tony" DelCampo, be sworn in. We are beyond grateful to Akins for her service to the Bar and we look forward to a new year with DelCam-po and all of the other volunteer leaders. And look at that; a perfect segue and spin back to the theme...
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