From the President

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming,United States
• Citation: Vol. 29 No. 4 Pg. 3
• Publication year: 2006
• Pages: 3
• Year: 2006
• topic: Business of Law

Wyoming Bar Journal 2006.

Vol. 29, No. 4 #3 (August 2006). FROM THE PRESIDENT

WYOMING LAWYER
August 2006/Vol. 29, No. 4

FROM THE PRESIDENT . . .

By Warren A. Lauer

My inaugural column in the Wyoming Lawyer was entitled "Leadership." Leadership can take many forms including simply becoming interested, becoming involved and being willing to serve

My service with the Bar organization began in 1998 when I was elected as a Commissioner from the Second Judicial District. That election was atypical. The usual custom was for the local bar to conscript a lawyer into service. "Bar Commissioner" was not something that lawyers seemed to seek out. However, in 1998, the Second Judicial District had three candidates, myself included, who were vying to become elected. There was definite interest in becoming involved. I believe that type of expressed interest is beneficial to the Bar organization for the betterment of its members and their clients. That was my point of beginning with the Wyoming State Bar leadership and becoming involved.

Eight years later, I set pen to my last column for the Wyoming Lawyer. My year as the President...