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2005 Annual Meeting
Program Highlights

President's Message

NABE Update

Support for State Courts

Security Issues in the
Information Age

Five Quick Hitters on
Bar Association Operations

Restructuring Governance of Your Bar Association

The Cascade Effect of Sarbanes-Oxley

A First Hand Account of the Hurricane's Impact

Managing the Bar Association's Assets

Quick Takes on
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NCBP Promotes Diversity

LexisNexis Cares About Chicago Students

 

 

 
 
NCBP Announces 2005-2006 Officers and Council

At the end of its annual meeting in Chicago, the National Conference of Bar Presidents installed a new president and elected five new members of the executive council, as well as the secretary for the 2005-2006 organizational year. Paul T. Moxley, immediate past president of NCBP and chair of the nominating committee, announced the slate.

NCBP president-elect Lonnie J. Williams, Jr. of Phoenix, Arizona, assumed the office of president. Mr. Williams is a past president of the Maricopa County Bar Association and a partner in the Phoenix office of Quarles & Brady Streich Lang LLP, where his practice focuses on civil litigation with an emphasis on employment related matters, tort, banking, and real estate disputes.
Steven R. Sorenson, of Ripon, Wisconsin, was named president-elect. Mr. Sorenson was previously the organization's treasurer and will succeed to the office of president next year. He is a former president of the State Bar of Wisconsin, has held several other elective offices and served on the bar's board of governors for several years. He is currently a member of the ABA House of Delegates and a fellow of the American Bar Foundation. Mr. Sorenson is in private practice in Ripon with the Sorenson Law Office.

Former NCBP Secretary Kay H. Hodge of Boston, Massachusetts, assumed the office of treasurer. She will succeed to the office of president-elect in 2006 and ultimately will serve as NCBP president in 2007. Ms. Hodge is a past president of the Massachusetts Bar Association and is a partner in the Boston firm of Stoneman, Chandler & Miller, LLP, where she concentrates her practice in management, labor and equal employment matters. Active within the ABA, Ms. Hodge served on the Board of Governors from 1996-1999 and in the House of Delegates from 1990 to the present, and is the current Massachusetts State Delegate. She has also served in leadership positions on many ABA sections and committees.

New to the NCBP officer ranks is M. Joe Crosthwait, of Midwest City, Oklahoma, who was elected secretary. Mr. Crosthwait will succeed to the office of treasurer and president-elect and will be installed as NCBP president in 2008. He is a past president of the State Bar of Oklahoma and served on the NCBP Executive Council from 2001-2004. Mr. Crosthwait is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma and the Oklahoma City University Law School. A member of the ABA Standing Committee on Solo and Small Firms since 1999, Crosthwait chaired the committee in 2003. He is also a member of the ABA House of Delegates. Mr. Crosthwait is president of the Crosthwait Law Firm, where his practice focuses on estate planning, estate litigation and personal injury.

Douglas S. Lang of Dallas, Texas, will continue on the council as immediate past president and will chair the NCBP Nominating Committee. He is a past president of the Dallas Bar Association and the Metropolitan Bar Caucus. Mr. Lang serves as a justice on the Texas Court of Appeals, Fifth District.

Elected to three-year terms on the NCBP Executive Council were Rhonda F. Hunter, of Dallas, Texas, past president of the Dallas Bar Association; Kelly Overstreet Johnson, of Tallahassee, Florida, past president of The Florida Bar; Richard Turbin, of Honolulu, Hawaii, president of the Hawaii State Bar Association; Fred S. Ury, of Fairfield, Connecticut, past president of the Connecticut Bar Association; and Charles J. Vigil, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, president of the State Bar of New Mexico.

 Article written by Kimberly Vann, NCBP Communications Coordinator



Vol. 12, No. 2
Fall 2005

 

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