H C B A P R E S I D E N T ’ S M E S S A G E
P a i g e G r e e n l e e – G r e e n l e e L a w P L L C
MeetingMembers’pandemicneeds
whilehowwedothingshaschangedsignificantlyforthe
foreseeablefuture,theHCba’scommitmenttoourmembership
hasnot.
Ihope you, your families, and friends are healthy
and safe. As each of us have probably said many
times over the past several months, our world
has certainly changed, and we have all had to
pivot in almost every
aspect of how we live our daily
lives. I never imagined serving
as President of the HCBA in the
middle of a pandemic, but here
I am, welcoming you to a new
bar year, in our new normal. We
are certainly happy to have our
long-time members back, and
we extend a friendly welcome to
our new members.
As you may know, the HCBA
held its first (and hopefully, last),
virtual installation of our
officers, Board of Directors, and
YLD Board on June 4th. I want
to congratulate Traci Koster, the new YLD President,
and my colleagues on the Board and the YLD Board,
and to thank them for their service. We are off to an
Paige Greenlee being sworn in
as the new HCBA President.
interesting start in what appears to be a bar year with
many “firsts.”
However, while how we do things has changed
significantly for the foreseeable future, the HCBA’s
commitment to our membership
has not. Our Board, the YLD,
and the sections and committees
that do so much for our
association have been working
hard to adjust and to find ways
to continue to provide you with
meaningful programming and
support during these challenging
times. Hopefully, you have
already seen these efforts in
our weekly emails and CLE
programming. We have had to
adapt to a virtual world, and
luckily, we have technology
available that has allowed us
to continue providing both critical COVID-19 related
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