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This Bar year was filled |
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a Young Lawyer ’ s happy hour , |
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featured many NBA greats and future Hall of Famers , along with Coach Krzyzewski . If you know me at all , you know that my lawyer husband , Justin |
a pro bono event or something else — we came together in record numbers . Thank you to everyone who supported me and the HCBA . I navigated |
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Cleveland pride is unmatched and , somewhere early on in our 18 years of marriage , he |
Justin Petredis , Jacqueline A . Simms-Petredis , and Judge Ward and baby Robert . |
organization while also having a newborn baby at home . Robert Petredis ( named after |
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convinced me to be a Cavaliers basketball fan . This was an easy ask because of Lebron James — the greatest of all time ( find me at a Bar event and tell me I ’ m wrong !). Lebron is a leader , he is focused on giving back to his community and he is a vocal spokesperson for diversity , equality and inclusion . Many of us may not realize that we too have a stage to create change in our profession and in our community , and I encourage you to find your voice . |
my late father , the Honorable Robert Simms ), came into this world a few short weeks after I was sworn in last June , and he immediately became a member of the HCBA community . He attended the Bench Bar Conference ( photo above ), Committee / Section orientations , the Pig Roast / 5K River Run , and many other events . I am grateful for the HCBA family and honored to have my name on the long list of past Presidents ! n |
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