PRESIDENT’S LETTER | BY A. TYRONE GLOVER
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s I am writing the first solo president’s letter of my term, I am reflecting on our previous night’s gavel toss ceremony. We honored both past presidents and 50-year members with an eye to what the future holds. It was truly an inspiring event and one I will always remember. I found myself switching my Zoom to gallery view and scrolling through the attendees to take in the breadth of those who came in support. On my screen, I saw past presidents and members of the Sam Cary Bar Association — the first organization I joined after moving to Colorado. I saw judges I appeared in front of as a young lawyer and who, to this
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day, shape the way I practice law. I saw colleagues, classmates, and fellow bar leaders who I have had the pleasure and privilege to work with during my journey as a lawyer and leader. I was especially honored to receive perspectives, words of encouragement, and advice from past bar presidents. In those moments, I felt a deep connection to the DBA and the leaders who came before me. This experience reminded me of other times when I felt supported in the face of great challenges. In my previous career as a competitive fighter, I recalled times where I stumbled back to my corner after especially tough rounds to then be
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comforted, advised, and supported by my coaches and teammates before being sent back to an uphill, but winnable, battle. I remembered entering difficult and high-stakes stages in trial as a Denver public defender and then turning around to see the courtroom gallery full of my fellow PD colleagues, my client’s family, and my wife. In these moments of great challenge, people stepped up and let me know that I was not doing this alone. As I reflected on the gavel toss ceremony, I saw the parallels between these experiences and what I felt as I looked out at the virtual screens of the lawyers and judges in attendance. This DBA presidential term
