CONTENTS SACRAMENTO COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION MAGAZINE
JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2017 VOLUME 118, NUMBER 1
COVER STORY 18 Sabrina L. Thomas, SCBA President for 2017 FEATURE ARTICLE 22 Forgotten Heroes, No More EVENTS 8
29th Annual Unity Bar Dinner
10 McGee, Tamura, and Carlson Honored at the SCBA’s Annual Meeting 14 Party for a Cause
18
ETHICS 26 Succession Planning for Your Practice SECTIONS & AFFILIATE NEWS 16 Justice Art Scotland (Ret.) Receives Fourth Annual SacLEGAL Founders Award 17 Administrative, Environmental, and Public Law Sections Co-Host Leaders of Medical Cannabis Regulation 28 The Collaborative Court System: A Presentation by the Honorable Larry Brown to the SCBA Public Law Section
8
12
30 Sacramento Lawyers Mingle with Regulators at the Environmental Law Section’s First “Meet Your Regulators” Networking Event VLSP 12 Retirement Reaps Its Own Reward
DEPARTMENTS
10
14
4 Editor’s Message 6
President’s Message
Sacramento Lawyer magazine welcomes letters and article suggestions from readers. Please e-mail them to editor@sacbar.org. The Sacramento County Bar Association reserves the right to edit articles and letters sent in for publication. Please contact the SCBA at 916-564-3780 for deadline information, fax 916-564-3787, or email mburroughs@sacbar.org. Web page: www.sacbar.org. Caveat: Articles and other work submitted to Sacramento Lawyer magazine become the copyrighted property of the Sacramento County Bar Association. Returns of tangible items such as photographs are by permission of the Executive Director only, by pickup at the SCBA office only.
COVER
2017 SCBA President Sabrina L. Thomas www.sacbar.org | January/February 2017 | SACRAMENTO LAWYER
5