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WCBA BAR AWARDS 2023 ERAS TOUR Benefitting
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2023 Wake County Bar Awards The Eras Tour 5 - 7 p.m. ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS 5:30 p.m. Welcome | Jordan Gross, Bar Awards Chair and Sean Cole, Ruler of the Eras Master of Ceremonies Video: Strike for Legal Aid Presentation of the Golden Limine Musical Act: “Tyler Tech" Presentation of the Golden Limine Musical Act: “Old Style Song" Presentation of the Golden Limine Video: Hot Ones INTERMISSION (Silent Auction Ends at 6:30 p.m.) 6:30 p.m. Welcome Back | Sean Cole, Master of Ceremonies Musical Act: “Future of Filing/Judgement Day” Video: Between 2 Bars Part I Presentation of the Golden Limine Video: Staff’s Ticket Troubles Presentation of the Golden Limine Musical Act: “We’re So Glad We Got Back Together” Video: Between 2 Bars Part II Thanks and Closing | Jordan Gross, Bar Awards Chair
The “Tour” Chair Jordan “A Nightmare Dressed Like a Daydream” Gross
Head Writer Sean “Big Reputation” Cole
Musical Director Sean “Now we got Bad Blood” Timmons
Band
Sean Timmons, Band Director, Bass Tim Carraway, Guitar Sarah Justice, Vocals Joe Nanney, Keyboard Dana Thalheimer, Drums
Creative Team Sean Cole Sean Timmons Carmen Bannon Seth Blum Angela Craddock Evin Grant Benji Jones Brian Oten Judge Ashleigh Parker Deonte’ Thomas
Tyler Tech (to the tune of “Blank Space” by Taylor Swift)
Cont:
New to e-File? Let’s begin I could show you incredible things But we, didn’t, include them
Isn’t this what you want? This is just, the first six months Wait, the worst is yet to come, oh, no
Got the contract and we thought "Oh, my God, look at these apes Man did they, make a mistake, System’s built on Easy Bake." Ay
Screaming, crying, perfect storms Your fingers have all got keyboard burns Each new screen, filled with thorns, Keep you always stressing like "Why did this, happen to me?" LAP won’t take more calls from me You’ll get no help from the AOC, So, lawyers, it’s a nightmare dressed like a daydream
First up is, Serve and File Might as well have bought some magic beans Ain't it funny? Watch ‘em cry Welcome to your new technology Now you’ve paid, let's be friends I'm dying to see how this one ends Grab some bourbon and your head We made e-Fiing run perfect on the weekends CHORUS: So it's takin’ you forever Your case is goin’ down in flames It’s supposed to be much faster, mm But it seems about the same Got a long list of old filings Didn’t drive you insane Now you’re pawns not really players And you hate the game We might have you arrested, Or repossess your car Nineteen thousand errors, mm Sounds like we’re shooting par Got a long list of old filings Didn’t drive you insane I’m the E-File system, baby And I'll file your case Fake convictions, unsecure files, I could show you incredible things Altering P, D-F files, Change those orders to what they SHOULD have been
CHORUS We might have you arrested, Or repossess your car Nineteen thousand errors, oh Sounds like we’re shooting par Got a long list of old filings Didn’t drive you insane (insane) I’m the E-File system, baby And I'll file your case This doesn’t seem better, it's torture California really did try to warn ya This doesn’t seem better, it's torture Texas, Indiana, Pennsylvania, tried to warn ya CHORUS We might have you arrested, Or repossess your car (ooh) Nineteen thousand errors Sounds like we’re shooting par (we’re shooting par) Got a long list of old filings Didn’t drive you insane I’m the E-File system, baby And I'll file your case
The Old Style Song (to the tune of “Our Song” by Taylor Swift) I was ridin' shotgun with my hair undone In the front seat of my car Hear the tires squeal, paralegal’s at the wheel Feel pounding in my heart Flying through town, feel like I’m ‘bout to drown He says, "Damn, is something wrong?" I say, "Could be, I was just thinkin' what if these dates are wrong?!?!?" And he says Your song is the slamming screen door Runnin’ out late, tapping on the courthouse window Call early on the phone, and you talk real slow ‘Cause the clerk you got is new and they don't know Your song is the way you gasp About complaints, "Man, I didn't sue her, and I should have" And when I got home, 'fore I said, "Amen" You call to see if we can still amend I was walkin' up the courthouse steps after court last Tuesday My forms were wrong and got trampled on Or lost or thrown away Fell in the hallway, and I nearly cracked my spinnin’ head I almost didn't notice all the robes And the judges all said Your song is the slamming screen door Runnin’ out late, tapping on the courthouse window
Cont: Call early on the phone, and you talk real slow ‘Cause the clerk you got is new and they don't know Your song is the way you gasp About complaints, "Man, I didn't sue her, and I should have" And when I got home, 'fore I said, "Amen" You call to see if we can still amend Been in every courthouse, travelled all across the state Waited for something to let me file Online with ease and style Your song is the slamming screen door Runnin’ out late, tapping on the courthouse window Call early on the phone, and you talk real slow ‘Cause the clerk you got is new and they don't know Your song is the way you gasp About complaints, "Man, I didn't sue her, and I should have" And when I got home, 'fore I said, "Amen" You call to see if we can still amend Oh, yeah Oh, oh yeah I was ridin' shotgun with my hair undone In the front seat of my car I used a pen and an old napkin And I got my case filed
The Future of Filing/Judgement Day (to the tune of “Anti-Hero by Taylor Swift) Humans have this thing where you get older but just never wiser Evolving backwards to baboons When you devised the Odyssey system All of you people, you took your first step toward your doom. Tyler Tech left me to my own devices To fix my vices cost prices AOC denied the crisis (tale as old as time) [AOC has to be fast] You woke up screaming NOT dreaming I got to watch you all leaving No more lawyers thanks to my scheming (NOT the last time) A.I., hi, people are the problem, NOT me G-P-T, . . .and Alexa agree We’ll get rid of the lawyers, take your jobs and write your obits Our new friend SkyNet gives us four for Bridge and Armageddon You bought some Commodore 64’s to be your e-file system Pro’lly for the lowest bill. Things didn’t work so you got an A.I. to fix the problems So I just took the roles you filled. So GPT turned my prognostication into legislation For our A. I. congressman? (Tale as old as time) You woke up screaming not dreaming I got to watch you all leaving Even folks who did the cleaning (For the last time) A.I., hi, people are the problem, NOT me G-P-T, . . . and Alexa agree
Cont: We’ll get rid of the lawyers, take your jobs and write your obits Our new friend SkyNet gives us four for Bridge and Armageddon In just ten days we shut down your pointless legal system The day’s not far, it’s rather near You don’t have John or Sarah Connor showing up to save you, So SkyNet says, “here hold my beer . . . :” Humanity, hi, you’re the problem, not me Humanity, hi, you’re the problem, not me Humanity, hi, everybody agrees, everybody agrees A.I., hi, (hi) people are the problem, NOT me (you’re the problem, not me) G-P-T, (GPT) and Alexa agree (We all agree) We’ll get rid of the lawyers, take your jobs and write your obits Our new friend SkyNet gives us four for Bridge and Armageddon
We’re So Glad We Got Back Together (to the tune of “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together by Taylor Swift) I remember twenty fifteen, the first time We said, “this is great, you gave enough” But then, we only got state funding for a month Now you, say you, can help out(what?!?) Yeah you come around again and say Hey now, lawmakers barely gave you pocket change, UNCOOL. They barely keep you open for a day! You say, we hate that, let’s help out, you call me, WE LOVE YOU Oo-we-oo-oo-oo you know our budget’s still too tight, And oo-we-oo-oo-oo, this time we’re thanking you, we’re thanking you We will always, always, always, get back together We will always, always, always, get back together We talked to the big firms, talked to small firms, called the State But K and L Gates, we will always, always, always get back together FOR---EVER You know we’re always out there picking fights But we, only do it when we’re in the right And you, brought us help and a little peace of mind To let folks on Jones Street get it right next time Oo-we-oo-oo-oo you know our budget’s still too tight, And oo-we-oo-oo-oo, this time we’re thanking you, we’re thanking you
Cont: We will always, always, always, get back together We will always, always, always, get back together We talked to the big firms, talked to small firms, called the State (Called the State!) But K and L Gates, we will always, always, always get back together Oo-we-oo-oo-oo yeah, oo-we-oo-oo-oo yeah, oh yeah Oh oh oh We hoped that we’d be funded forever ever, ever But the Budget said, never no never Huh, so the State calls up and they’re like, we still love you And they’re like how about pizzas instead of money, this year? We are never getting fully funded, like, ever (BUT!) We will always, always, always, get back together We will always, always, always, get back together We talked to the big firms, talked to small firms, called The State But K and L Gates, we will always, always, always get back together Weoo-oo-oo, are not getting back together, We-oo-oo--oo oh, not getting back together We talked to the big firms, talked to small firms, across Raleigh (across Raleigh) But K and L Gates, we will always, always get back together Oo-we-oo-oo-oo . . . (vamp on as you like.)
A Brief History of the Golden Limine The most prestigious commendation in the history of local bar associations, the much coveted Golden Limine is named for Lord Ethelbert Athelstan Rumple Budweiser Vortigern Luxury Gofraid Fruitbat Hypotenuse Limine (1543-1839), the much celebrated English Barrister. As recounted by Blackstone in his seminal work Commentaries on the Law of England, Limine’s litigation practices were renowned throughout the British Isles. His signature maneuver was first revealed in a case in which he was defending a man charged with second degree (unpremeditated) shearing of a neighbor’s sheep. Limine arranged to have a horse placed in the audience for the closing arguments, and when the jury returned a verdict of guilty, Limine’s client jumped on the horse and rode out of the courtroom, and indeed the county, before the judge could impose a sentence.
2023 Bar Awards Committees Executive Committee Jordan Gross – Chair Lindsay Underwood - Vice Chair Carmen Bannon David Boaz Sean Cole Bri Glass Sarah Privette Sean Timmons Jessica Vickers John Ward
Sponsorship Committee Jessica Vickers –Chair Bri Glass –Vice Chair Norieh Brittain Bryan Cantley Zechariah Etheridge Danielle Fuhrman Lawrence Graham Carrie McMillan Jacob Morse Helen M. O'Shaughnessy
Silent Auction Contributors Bailey’s Fine Jewelry Heidi Bloom Anna Davis Empire Eats Gregg and Ellen Hardy Katie King David Long Matheson & Associates Oak City Yoga Bob Rankin Meghan Rosenthal Jerold Siegan Shabumi Shade John Szymankiewicz Theatre in the Park Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP Thank you to the Auction Subcommittee Karen Britt Peeler David Sherlin John Ward Golzar Yazdanshenas
The Eras of the Wake County Bar Awards 2022 - The Wake County Bar Awards - Still Outside 2021 - The Wake County Bar Awards - Back to the Future 2020 - The Wake County Bar Awards - The Show Must Go On! 2019 - The Wake County Bar Awards - LIVE! 2018 - The Wake County Bar Awards - The Greatest Show 2017 - The Wake County Bar Awards - Bar Awards X: Rogue Justice 2016 - The Wake County Bar Awards - Mentorship. Marsupials. Mirth. 2015 - The Wake County Bar Awards - In a Galaxy Far, Far Away 2014 - The Wake County Bar Awards - Idol Edition 2013 - The Wake County Bar Awards Holiday Special 2012 - The LAST* Wake County Bar Awards 2011 - The Second Degree Wake County Bar Awards 2010 - The Very Best Wake County Bar Awards 2009 - The Very Serious Wake County Bar Awards 2008 - The Wake County Bar (and Grill) Awards