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Burr, Hagan Will Address Annual Meeting
Article Date: Thursday, June 11, 2009
Attendees of the 2009 NCBA Annual Meeting, scheduled June 25-28 at the Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa in Asheville, will have a rare opportunity to hear U.S. Sens. Richard Burr and Kay Hagan at the same event.
North Carolina’s U.S. Senators will both appear on the NCBA Annual Meeting stage during the Saturday morning General Session. This portion of the program, during which each senator will appear individually for remarks followed by questions and answers, will fall under the agenda heading of “The View from Capitol Hill: Issues and Answers.”
Sen. Burr appeared at the 2004 NCBA Annual Meeting when he was seeking his first term in the U.S. Senate following five terms as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina’s 5th congressional district.
Sen. Hagan appeared at the 2008 NCBA Annual Meeting as a candidate for her first term in the U.S. Senate following five terms in the N.C. Senate, where she represented Guilford County.
This unique appearance of our U.S. Senators during the same is but one of a number of exceptional events and activities in store at the 2009 NCBA Annual Meeting, including the Family Dinner at Taylor Ranch on Friday evening, golf and tennis tournaments on Friday, and in incredible schedule of CLE programs.
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The highlight of the Annual Meeting is the passing of the gavel which will occur on Saturday evening, June 27, as John Wester of Charlotte succeeds Charles Becton of Durham as the 115th president of the NCBA.
Gala events surrounding the installation ceremony include a banquet and performance by the Mecklenburg Bar Revue.
The Annual Meeting speakers list also includes Gov. Bev Perdue, Chief Justice Sarah Parker, ESPN personality and NCBA member Jay Bilas, CLE superstar and NCBA Past-President Don Cowan, NFL official Walt Coleman, Wachovia senior economist Mark Vitner, and Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue who will address the Sunday prayer breakfast.
The honor roll of award recipients begins with F. Leary Davis, founding dean of law schools at Campbell University and Elon University, who has been selected to receive the North Carolina Bar Association’s highest honor, the Judge John J. Parker Award.
Presentation of the award will take place during the Saturday morning General Session. The name of the individual chosen to be president-elect of the NCBA will also be placed in nomination during this General Session. Upon his or her election, the president-elect will serve in that capacity during the 2009-10 association year and as president of the NCBA during 2010-11.
Edmund I. Adams of Sparta has been selected as the fifth recipient of the Dr. I. Beverly Lake Public Service Award. Presentation of the award will take place during the Friday morning General Session.
The H. Brent McKnight Renaissance Lawyer Award will be presented during the President’s Luncheon on Friday, June 26, to longtime Charlotte attorney Mark Bernstein.
The Pro Bono Service Awards will also be presented during the President’s Luncheon. The recipients are Thomas Berkau of Smithfield (William L. Thorp Award), Christine Trottier of Raleigh (Deborah Greenblatt Outstanding Legal Services Attorney Award), Hunton & Williams of Raleigh and Charlotte (Large Law Firm Award), Charlotte School of Law (Law Students Pro Bono Project Award) and Laura Slaughter of Rutherfordton (Younger Lawyer Pro Bono Award, presented by the NCBA Young Lawyers Division).
The newest members of the General Practice Hall of Fame, who will be inducted on Thursday night, June 25, are J. Mac Boxley of Raleigh, Charles E. Clement of Boone, William H. Holdford of Wilson, William P. Mayo of Washington, Bobby Burns McNeill of Raeford, Meyressa H. Schoonmaker of Winston-Salem and Henry P. “Hank” Van Hoy II of Mocksville.
Citizen Lawyer Awards will be presented during the Friday morning General Session. The recipients are Carole Bruce of Greensboro, Sen. Dan Clodfelter, Kristi Kessler Walters, Robert Harrington and Shirley Fulton of Charlotte, Paul Meggett of Hillsborough, James Narron of Smithfield, Kim Stogner of Winston-Salem, Lisa Angel of Raleigh, Philip Baddour Jr. of Goldsboro, Paul Holt Jr. of Sylva and Wade Harrison of Burlington.