THE HONORABLE VICKI BALLOU-WATTS SWORN IN AS PRESIDENT OF THE BALTIMORE COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION by Alexander “Sandy� C. Steeves
More than 150 attorneys, judges, friends and colleague packed Courtroom Number 2 in the County Courts Building on Thursday, June 18, 2015, to witness a historical moment in Baltimore County as the Honorable Vicki Ballou-Watts was sworn in as President of the Baltimore County Bar Association. Judge Ballou-Watts will lead the organization as it strives to continue to evolve in this new age of technology, and continues to use social media and other technology to attract new members and communicate with the existing membership. After a very heartfelt and emotional introduction by outgoing President T. Wray McCurdy, Judge Ballou-Watts addressed the crowd assembled to honor her presidency, and called for more attorneys to take on leadership positions with the association, and also echoed a message of inclusion for all lawyers. She reiterated that we all need to recognize our friends and colleagues who may want to get involved with the bar association, but they just need a little motivation, or perhaps an invitation from another person to invite them to an event or a CLE. Judge Ballou-Watts asked all of the members of the THE ADVOCATE
Executive Council to stand up during her speech, and urged everyone present to communicate with the bar association leadership, and share their ideas for how to improve the organization. It was abundantly clear that the new President is inviting the membership as a whole to contact her with suggestions on how the bar association can better serve them. The Baltimore County Bar Association was very blessed to have three past Maryland State Bar Association Presidents in attendance to see Judge Ballou-Watts sworn in as our new president. We were especially honored to have current MSBA President, the Honorable Pamila J. Brown, in attendance to support her friend and colleague on the judiciary. It is clear that the bar association will continue to strive to attract younger members, and the new president encouraged everyone to "like" the Baltimore County Bar Association on Facebook, and follow BCBA on Twitter. We will also be promoting the bar association on social media using #BCBA 2015!
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