PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Gratitude
Bryan Hawkins,President, Sacramento County Bar Association
By Bryan Hawkins
I am honored to represent the Sacramento County Bar Association (SCBA) in 2022. While I have many goals and ideas for this year, the theme of my tenure is gratitude. I am grateful for the SCBA board for their time and dedication. I am grateful to the SCBA’s amazing staff – Milenko Vlaisavljevic, Larry Doyle, and Barbara Souza – who have done and continue to do amazing work under the most demanding of circumstances. I am grateful to the judges for their continued support and leadership. But most of all I am grateful to the SCBA’s members. The SCBA exists for you and to assist you in practicing law and serving your clients to the best of your abilities. My number one priority is to continue to show you not only how much we value your membership but also the value of that membership to you. We are cautiously optimistic that after the long hiatus we will be able to resume in-person events this year. We know that would come as very welcome news to many of you who are looking for the collegiality and camaraderie that comes from being in the same room together. We are all keeping our metaphorical fingers crossed! Regardless, and until that time comes, the SCBA and its sections will continue to offer webinars and other virtual events to section members to ensure that everyone is up to date on the ever-changing landscape of California law. As many of you know, for the
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past two years, the SCBA and its board have been running triage on a number of outstanding issues. I am very happy to report that a significant number of those issues have now been addressed. Accordingly, we are looking forward to spending more time refining and possibly expanding some of our existing programs. This includes the possibility of expanding the mandatory fee arbitration program to counties outside of Sacramento. We are also currently discussing
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the best way to ensure that all of you receive consistent and timely information regarding the comings and goings of the Association and our affiliate organizations, which include discussions about the Sacramento Lawyer Magazine and the weekly newsletter. Again, I want to thank you all for your continued support and am looking forward to 2022 and its promises of no (or at least fewer) Zoom meetings.
