december 2012 - Hillsborough County Bar Association

16th Annual
Bench Bar Conference,
Membership Luncheon,
and Judicial Reception
The 16th Annual Bench Bar Conference was a great success this year as
hundreds of HCBA members and supporters came together at the Hyatt Regency
for a day of education and networking. Embracing the Future of Our Evolving Profession
was the theme of the day. Judge Emily Peacock and Judge Caroline Tesche, of the
Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, served as the Bench Bar Conference co-chairs. The
conference included 16 informative sessions on popular topics such as e-filing and
social media, and provided an opportunity for lawyers and members of the
judiciary to candidly discuss the challenges facing the legal community.
The morning sessions were followed by a Membership Luncheon. Florida
Supreme Court Chief Justice Ricky Polston was the keynote speaker. Justice Polston
emphasized the importance of ethics in the practice of law, and the obligation
attorneys have to report others who are not behaving ethically. Also at the
luncheon, Hillsborough County Bar Foundation President Stan Murphy presented
checks to three local charities: Voices for Children, benefiting the Guardian Ad
Litem Program; The Spring, an after-hours personal protection program; and the
L. David Shear Children’s Law Center at Bay Area Legal Services.
The Judicial Reception followed an afternoon of well-attended Bench Bar
sessions, including roundtable discussions highlighted by interaction between the
lawyers and judges.
The HCBA thanks its many generous sponsors of this important event.
(See event photos on pages 34-38)
Judicial Reception photos by Joseph Brown III of JB3 Photography.
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