Editor’s Message
An Interesting Year Ahead By Jack Laufenberg
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hank goodness for January. If I had to eat one more piece of rum cake, pumpkin pie, apple crostata, candied almonds, cheese cake, peppermint bark or chocolate covered anything I think I would explode. It’s a wonder I can move at all after the holidays. Oh, well. I’ll just head back to the gym. Swim a few extra laps. Get my head on straight. Eat a bran muffin or two (ugh!). And do it all over again next year. This should be an interesting year for the bar. We not only have a new bar president, Bruce Timm, but a new executive director, Larkin Chenault. Larkin comes to us from the 8,700-member Connecticut Bar Association, where he served as the executive director since 2009. Prior to that, he served 25 years as the executive director or
assistant executive director of a number of state and local bar associations, including the Michigan and Kentucky State Bar Associations.
build on the past good works of the previous administration and to chart a path to meet the challenges of the future. I know Bruce would like to start a mentoring program for young lawyers, while Larkin would like to explore the possibility of providing low-cost legal research services to members. Both would like to grow membership, expand revenues, and improve benefits, but tough economic times may test their imagination and ingenuity. Still, their combination of youth and experience should make for a formidable team. Here’s wishing them the best of luck!
With that kind of experience, you can’t help but wonder what new and exciting ideas he might bring to the table. It’s enough to make even the most jaded bar junkie salivate. January typically is a month of rededication and renewal – a time to
SCBA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR D. Larkin Chenault OFFICERS Bruce Timm - President Stacy Moak - 1st Vice President BJ Susich - 2nd Vice President Angela Lai - Secretary Treasurer SURFING FROM RIVER CITY Coral Henning (916) 874-6013 chenning@saclaw.org
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SACRAMENTO LAWYER JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2013
BOARD OF DIRECTORS DIRECTORS AT LARGE Sonia Fernandes David Graulich Jeannie Lee Jones Katie Patterson William Schuetz Mark Slaughter Sabrina Thomas SACRAMENTO LAW FOUNDATION Stephen Duvernay, saclawfoundation.org
AFFILIATE REPRESENTATIVES Asian Bar Association (ABAS) Kara Ueda Barristers’ Club Monica Hans Capitol City Trial Lawyers Jack Vetter Federal Bar Association Meghan Baker LaRaza Michael Terhorst Leonard M. Friedman Bar Association Jeff Levine Saint Thomas More Society of Sacramento (STMS) Herb Bolz Sacramento Lawyers for the Equality of Gays and Lesbians (SacLegal) Jeff Edwards South Asian Bar Association Nirav Desai Wiley Manuel Bar Association Alana Mathews