July/August 2024
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The Changing Shape of the Practice and the MBA Adapting to the Needs of the Membership by Brad Krupicka MBA President
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Volume 70, Number 7
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OCTOBER
As I step into this year’s role as MBA President, I want to thank our immediate Past President Terry Wright for an outstanding year for the MBA. I started my term just over a few weeks ago and the seamless transition is a great credit to Terry for how well the organization is functioning. I began my service in the MBA almost immediately after graduating from law school and after passing the bar. Even before I had my first paying legal job, I was already volunteering on multiple committees and joined the MBA mentor/mentee program as a mentee. Coincidentally, my mentor is also a past MBA president; it is a small (legal) world, to say the least. As I started my judicial clerkship for Judge Henry Kantor and transitioned into the world of being an associate and eventually a partner in a busy civil practice, I never stopped volunteering for the MBA. I served on multiple committees, rose up the ranks of the Young Lawyers Section (YLS) to become YLS President, and then joined the MBA Board to get where I am now. MBA membership and participation has been one of the most fun and easy ways to give back to our incredible legal community. I have met numerous new friends and bar colleagues on my MBA journey. I am very proud of how well the MBA as an organization and community has continued to change and adapt to new and sometimes trying times. As a new generation of diverse and wonderful attorneys has sprung up, the MBA and YLS have provided ample space to develop these lawyers through CLE seminars and volunteer opportunities, and fostered a welcoming environment. The YLS has also provided a great opportunity to develop leaders and to create space for this new generation to come up with their own ideas and permutations of what I am very proud of how well it means to be a lawyer in the MBA as an organization our community. We are all greatly rewarded for that and community has continued continued redefinition and to change and adapt to new reimagining. We are busy and sometimes trying times. appointing new volunteers to committees and preparing for the upcoming program year, beginning in the fall. That said, it is never too late to sign up for a YLS or MBA committee as all volunteers are welcome. Further, we have seen a great deal of change during the pandemic which has left lasting impacts on all of us. I am so proud of how the MBA adapted and pivoted to virtual events and CLEs. Remote attendance has provided greater flexibility for our members and further inclusiveness for some who are unable to come downtown for a variety of reasons. However, it has been really amazing and rewarding to get back together and meet in person when appropriate. It was truly great to see everyone at the MBA MULTNOMAH BAR ASSOCIATION
July/August 2024
Annual Meeting and Dinner this past May at the Hilton Portland Downtown. Planning for the 2025 Annual Meeting is already under way and we’ll keep you posted. My simple and straightforward goal for the year is to keep the MBA running as the amazing organization it is. My more difficult goal is to keep reimagining how the MBA and our community can adapt to meet the ongoing challenges and changes. Not only those that are in our immediate future, but those we will undoubtedly face in five years or even 10 years. Any advice or recommendations for how we can keep up with those challenges would be greatly appreciated. So, thank you in advance. And thank you for being a member of the MBA! Thank you also to the current MBA Board of Directors and the past Directors and volunteers for keeping the organization running as it has. And most of all, a big thank you to the MBA staff for all of their hard work to do the little things (which there are a lot of!) and organizing the many opportunities My more difficult for all of us to get together. goal is to keep I look forward to catching up with reimagining how committee volunteers, bar colleagues, the MBA and our and our community members as a community can whole, as well as welcoming new adapt to meet the members, for another outstanding year of programming, CLEs and events. I ongoing challenges hope to see you at the MBA’s Battle of and changes. the Lawyer Bands on August 15th at the McMenamins Mission Theater (an event that is near and dear to my heart as one of the original organizers). And don’t forget to sign up for the MBA Absolutely Social on October 15th at the Multnomah Athletic Club. This promises to be another fantastic year for the MBA. I am sure that the MBA committees will continue to innovate and come up with new ideas. I encourage everyone to think creatively and help me reimagine what the practice and the MBA should look like as the calendar moves forward from summer to fall, and what new promises await in 2024.
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In This Issue CLE �������������������������������������������������� 3 Announcements ������������������������������� 5 Ethics Focus ������������������������������������� 5 Around the Bar ��������������������������������� 6 Tips From the Bench ������������������������� 8 MBF ������������������������������������������������� 9 Profile: Referee Jane Fox ������������������� 9 YLS �������������������������������������������������10 Classifieds �������������������������������������� 13
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