THE HIllSBoRoUGH CoUNTY BAR ASSoCIATIoN
LAWYER
SUMMER 2018 | Vol. 28, No. 6
divisions
features & events
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deStigmatiziNg depreSSioN
Editor’s Message
by Ed Comey
FareweLL aNd tHaNk you
HCBA President’s Message
by Gordon Hill
aNotHer great year
iN tHe yLd…tHaNkS to
tHe Support oF maNy
YLD President’s Message
by Melissa Mora
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2018 LiBerty BeLL award
goeS to Former FLa.
gov. BoB martiNez
Executive Director’s Message
by John F. Kynes
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emBraCiNg data to
improve CrimiNaL JuStiCe
From the State Attorney
by Andrew H. Warren
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addreSSiNg meNtaL
HeaLtH at Court
From the Thirteenth
Judicial Circuit Chief Judge
Ronald Ficarrotta
11 New Bar admittee
SweariNg-iN CeremoNy
14 #metoo – How a HaSHtag
CaN impaCt your Law Firm
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by Judge Claudia Rickert Isom
and Dean Laura Rosenbury
16 proFeSSioNaLiSm aNd etHiCS
Committee LuNCHeoN
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27 Law & LiBerty diNNer
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41 CoNStruCtioN SeCtioN LuNCHeoN/CLe
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52 HeaLtHCare SeCtioN LuNCHeoN
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63 SeCuritieS SeCtioN LuNCHeoN
68 diverSity Committee aNNuaL CLe
JudiCiaL LuNCHeoN – CiviL paNeL
CoLLaBorative Law LuNCHeoN/CLe aNd
yLd JudiCiaL appreCiatioN LuNCHeoN
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FoX 13 aSk-a-Lawyer voLuNteerS
2018 Law day memBerSHip LuNCHeoN
appeLLate LuNCHeoN aNd SeNior
CouNSeL SeCtioN LuNCHeoN
pirate pLuNder CarNivaL
yLd SpriNg Happy Hour aNd
weLLNeSS eveNt
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NatioNaL parkS pHoto SuBmiSSioNS
triaL & LitigatioN SeCtioN
awardS LuNCHeoN
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about the Cover
In our last issue of the 2017-18 Bar year, we are highlighting our final scenic spot, the beautiful Second Falls at Graveyard Fields, located
off the Blue Ridge Parkway near milepost 418 in the popular Pisgah National Forest in western North Carolina. The photo was taken by
Gordon Hill, our immediate past president, during one of his many sight-seeing trips.
The falls are at the junction of two high ridges, where the Yellowstone Prong of the Pigeon River has its headwaters. Capped by
mountains exceeding 6,000 ft. in elevation, Graveyard Fields is a high, flat mountain valley. The stunning waterfalls and distinct landscape
make it one of the most popular spots along the Blue Ridge Parkway for hiking. The trails lead to three waterfalls: Second Falls, Upper
Falls and Yellowstone Falls. The Pisgah National Forest is home of the first tract of land purchased under the Weeks Act of 1911 which led
to the creation of the national forests in the eastern United States. It is also home of the first school of forestry in the United States, now
preserved at the Cradle of Forestry in America historic site, and boasts two of the first designated wilderness areas in the east.
We have enjoyed highlighting our nation’s beautiful national parks and forests on our covers this Bar year, and thank the members who have kindly lent us their travel
photos. We received so many beautiful photos, and wished we could have highlighted more on our covers. So, as a special bonus, we are featuring several additional photo
submissions we received of national park scenes on page 58.
SUMMER 2018
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HCBA LAWYER
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