The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (BAMSL) celebrated the 2020-21 and 2021-22 bar years with a delayed annual Law Day celebration on Thurs., Sept. 9 at the Four Seasons Hotel in downtown St. Louis.
BAMSL's 2021 Law Day and Annual Meeting was rescheduled from its original date of April 30, 2021, due to COVID. A small hybrid swearing-in of officers was held on April 30 to start the bar year, which officially began on May 1, 2021, and runs through April 30, 2022.
On Sept. 9, BAMSL hosted an awards ceremony, luncheon and a celebratory swearing-in of BAMSL's 2021-22 Officers and Board of Governors, as well as the traditional passing of the gavel from past presidents to 2021-22 President Bob Tomaso.
This year's featured speaker was Journalist George F. Will, who graciously rescheduled several times during 2020 and 2021 to be able to join BAMSL's celebration. Tomaso and the 2021-22 Board of Governors were sworn in by Hon. E. Richard Webber, senior judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. Several past presidents of BAMSL lined up to pass the gavel. The 2021-22 Board of Governors includes:
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President
Robert Tomaso
President-Elect
Anne-Marie Brockland
Vice President
Hon. Kendra Howard
Secretary
Untress “Trez” Quinn
Treasurer
Kevin Gunn
Immediate Past President
Hon. Glenn Norton
Presidential Liaisons
Hon. Shirley Mensah
Lynn Ann Vogel
Hon. Stanley Wallach
Public Policy Advisor
Kevin Gunn
American Bar Association (ABA) Delegates
Hon. Jason M. Sengheiser
Lynn Ann Vogel
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Young Lawyers Division (YLD) Chair
Lauren Collins
YLD Chair-Elect
Sarah Bardol
Members-at-Large
Christina Lewis Abate
Cynthia Garnholz
Annette P. Heller
Jason Husgen
Carolyn M. Husmann
Amy Rebecca Johnson
Cardina Johnson
Andrea D. McNairy
Dave Truman
Hon. Nicole Zellweger
SECTION CHAIRS
Criminal Law
Nina Sykora
Family & Juvenile Law
Amy Hoch Hogenson
Labor & Employment Law
Dean Kpere-Daibo
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Minorities in the Legal Profession
Brandon Jackson
Patent, Trademark & Copyright
Joel Samuels
Probate & Trust Law
Abbi Kirchner
Securities
Sally Townsley
Solo & Small Firms
Fredrick Ludwig
Taxation
Mark Milton
Trial
Jim Gottschalk
Women in the Legal Profession
Sarah Bardol
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Additionally, an awards ceremony was held for BAMSL members in recognition of their contributions to the legal profession, BAMSL and the community during the previous bar year, 2020-21, that ran May 1, 2020, through April 30, 2021.
BAMSL's 2020-21 President Hon. Glenn Norton selected the following honorees:
DISTINGUISHED LAWYER AWARD
Paul N. Venker
Member
Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice LLC
RONDA F. WILLIAMS COMMUNITY AWARENESS AWARD
Sarah Bardol
Associate
Armstrong Teasdale LLP
Beth C. Boggs
Managing Partner
Boggs, Avellino, Lach & Boggs, LLC
PRESIDENT’S AWARDS
Bill Bay
Partner
Thompson Coburn LLP
Maurice B. Graham
President
Gray, Ritter & Graham, P.C.
Amy Rebecca Johnson
Attorney
Paule, Camazine & Blumenthal, P.C.
Cardina Johnson
Associate General Counsel
Illinois Education Association
Hon. E. Richard Webber
Senior Judge
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri
BAMSL PRESIDENT GAVEL AWARD
Hon. Glenn A. Norton
Of Counsel
Blitz, Bardgett & Deutsch, L.C.
Mediator, Special Master
Alaris
JOHN C. SHEPHERD PROFESSIONALISM AWARD
Katherine Ricks
Associate
Armstrong Teasdale LLP
YOUNG LAWYERS DIVISION (YLD) AWARD OF MERIT
(Selected by BAMSL’s 2020-21 YLD Chair Rene Morency.)
Sarah Bardol
Associate
Armstrong Teasdale LLP
Lace Cline
Associate
Littler Mendelson P.C.
Whittney Dunn
Risk Manager
The Bar Plan
Tamar Hodges
Associate General Counsel
Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals
Alexus Williams
Associate
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP
YLD GAVEL AWARD
Rene Morency
Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard P.C.
YLD Chair, 2020-21
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION (ABA) 2021 LAW DAY THEME
Law Day is officially held on May 1 every year to celebrate the role of law in our society and to cultivate a deeper understanding of the legal profession. The 2021 Law Day theme is "Advancing the Rule of Law Now."
The rule of law is the bedrock of American rights and liberties - in times of calm and unrest alike. The 2021 Law Day theme reminds all of us that we the people share the responsibility to promote the rule of law, defend liberty, and pursue justice. For more information about the theme, please visit https://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_education/law-day/.
History of Law Day
May 1 is designated as Law Day every year to celebrate the role of law in our society and to cultivate a deeper understanding of the legal profession. President Dwight Eisenhower established the first Law Day in 1958 to mark the nation's commitment to the rule of law. In 1961, Congress issued a joint resolution designating May 1 as the official date for celebrating Law Day, which is subsequently codified (U.S. Code, Title 36, Section 113). Every president since then has issued a Law Day proclamation on May 1 to celebrate the nation's commitment to the rule of law.
About The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (BAMSL)
With more than 6,500 members in the St. Louis region, including attorneys, judges, paralegals and law firm administrators, The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (BAMSL) is the oldest and most respected voluntary bar association in the area. BAMSL exists to benefit its members as well as to serve the legal profession and the public at large.
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