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July Briefcase JULY 2014 Vol. 46, No. 7 A Publication of the OKLAHOMA COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION WWW.OKCBAR.ORG OCBA 2014 OCBA Award recipients include: Awards Luncheon A Success for All Robert H. Gilliland, Professional Service Award Edward & Tom Goldman, Goldman Law Firm, Don Holladay & James Warner, Jr., Pro Bono Award Community Service Award Ages President Patricia Parrish greeted, pre- sented awards and entertained a crowd of over 250 at this year’s Annual Award Luncheon on June 20 at the Tower Hotel. Past President and Awards Committee Chair John Heatly assisted in the presentation of this year’s OCBA awards. The 50- and 60- year OBA Service Awards were handed out to the recipients by the Honorable Tom Colbert, Chief Justice of the Oklahoma Gretchen Harris, Chair of Lawyers Against Editor Geary Walke presents the Briefcase Award to Charles Geister accepted the Bobby G. Knapp Supreme Court, and M. Joe Crosthwait, Past Domestic Abuse Committee Alissa Shaddix White Leadership Award on behalf of Laura McConnell- OBA and OCBA President. Corbyn Seth Day, President’s Courageous Lawyer Award; YLD Chair Drew Mildren presents the Outstanding Dawn Rahme, representing the firm of Phillips Judge Lisa Hammond, YLD Beacon Award Susanna Gattoni was also a recipient of this award, YLD Director Award to Curtis Thomas Murrah, received the YLD Friends of the Young but was unable to attend Lawyers Award See AWARDS, PAGE 16 Inside Profiles in OCBA Golf From The President . .2 Work Life Balance. .6 In Remembrance: Book Notes. .8 Professionalism Tournament Judge David M. Cook . .3 Bar Observer . .13 Glimpse at Attorney Edward A. A Successful Afternoon of And the Court Said . .4 Old News . .13 Goldman’s Life & Career Golf and Tall Tales iBar Definitive Playlists . .5 Stump Roscoe . .14 Page 2 Page 10-11 Events and Seminars . .5 War Stories. .18 OKLA CITY OK CITY OKLA PERMIT# 59 PERMIT# PAID US POSTAGE US PRSRT STD PRSRT 2 BRIEFCASE • July 2014 BRIEFCASE From the President July 2014 Briefcase is a monthly publication of the Oklahoma County Bar Association 119 North Robinson Ave. Taking a Moment to Help our Seniors Oklahoma City, OK 73102 (405) 236-8421 We may never know how much our smallest acts of kindness Briefcase Committee Judge Jim Croy, Jim Drummond, Michael are appreciated - but they greatly are. Duggan, Justin Hiersche, Scott Jones, Matt Kane, Teresa Rendon, Bill Sullivan, Rex Travis, By Judge Patricia Parrish neighbors. Our effort can be as simple as an elderly person who needs assistance in Alisa White, Chris Deason, Judge Don Deason OCBA President bringing a trash can up the drive for an eld- completing a project, such as yard work or and Judge Allen Welch. erly woman or changing a light bulb in a Mother Teresa once said, “Loneliness a home project, to Connie at the OCBA at Editor Judge Geary L. Walke ceiling fixture for a senior and the feeling of being (405) 236-8421. neighbor. When we spend Contributing Editors Dean Lawrence Hellman unwanted is the most ter- The Senior Law Resource Center, a time with the elderly, we Richard Goralawicz rible poverty.” non-profit organization, provides another reinforce their value and Bill Gorden Perhaps the greatest opportunity for attorneys to assist our sen- worth as people. We, too, Warren Jones enemy for our elderly is iors. Their mission statement reads: “To benefit in unexpected loneliness. Although we empower Oklahomans to age with inde- ways from the interaction. Oklahoma County Bar Association may know many seniors pendence, dignity, and security by provid- who are healthy and This upcoming year, ing high-quality, affordable legal informa- OFFICERS: active, and involved with the OCBA Community tion, resources, and services.” If you are President Judge Patricia Parrish friends and family, some Service Committee will interested in representing the elderly on a President-Elect Jim Webb are not so fortunate. These pro bono basis, particularly in areas Vice President Angela Ailles Bahm be focusing on the needs seniors may live alone and involving social security matters, please Past President John Heatly of the elderly. A summer have little or no contact contact Jill Watskey at jillwatskey@ Treasurer Robert D. Nelon event is being planned at with others. They are the senior-law.org. Bar Counsel Brandon Long a nursing facility, and the ones that easily go unno- I challenge each of our members to STAFF: committee is looking for ticed and unattended. Judge Patricia Parrish spend some time helping an elderly per- Executive Director Debbie Gorden “hands-on” projects to Legal Placement Director Pam Bennett How do we help end son. You might just find that your gift of help the elderly in our community. Please Membership Services Connie Resar this loneliness? The answer is simple. We giving becomes a marvelous blessing to must reach out to our elderly friends and submit your suggestions and/or needs of you! Journal Record Publishing Co. Inc. Publisher Mary Mélon Profiles in Professionalism Director of Sales and Community Relations Sunny Cearley Art Director Gary L. Berger Creative Services Tiffany English Edward A. Goldman Velvet Rogers Sarah Williams By Robert M. Goldman Advertising Acct Exec Jessica Misun Many brothers have attempted to practice law together. Some have been successful, but many have not. I have been asked* to For advertising information, write this article on my brother and will call 278-2820. attempt to do him, and the article, justice. I have been practicing law with my older Postmaster: Send address changes to OCBA brother (emphasis on “older”) since 1977. Briefcase, 119 North Robinson Ave., Oklahoma Through it all, it has been a wonderful ride. City, Oklahoma 73102. Countless times fellow attorneys pass me in Journal Record Publishing produces the Briefcase the hall of the courthouse and call me for the Oklahoma County Bar Association, which is “Eddie” and then give me an immediate solely responsible for its content. apology. © 2014 Oklahoma County Bar Association Edward Goldman was born in Bayonne, New Jersey, a peninsula town approximate- ly seven miles from New York City. It is OKLAHOMA COUNTY three miles by a mile and a half and has BAR ASSOCIATION approximately 70,000 people. The experi- MISSION STATEMENT ence growing up in Bayonne was incredible. It was a true melting pot of ethnicity and Volunteer lawyers and judges dedicated to serving the judicial system, their profession, race. It was impossible not to be touched by and their community in order to foster the the multicultural experience. highest ideals of the legal profession, to bet- Eddie is the middle child and we had ter the quality of life in Oklahoma County, exceptional parents who provided love, and to promote justice for all. humor, nurturing and a few of the finer things in life. “The finer things in life” was- n’t just a proverb for us; we actually lived across from the railroad tracks. I feel like our mother invented Hamburger Helper as we never had hamburger that wasn’t extended by adding lots of bread crumbs and eggs. In high school, Eddie played football and Ed Goldman with Adalise Goldman and Briella Goldman, two of his eight grandchildren. baseball. On an eventful day, he was roam- ing the halls of school with a pack of other University undergraduate and play baseball. him at the airport and from that day a per- football players when he was intercepted by After a summer of indecision and goading sonal relationship between our families a teacher inquiring why he wasn’t in class. by his mother, Eddie’s father, who is now 97 existed. He couldn’t have asked for more, He responded that he did not have a class years old, removed any doubt by packing than to be adopted by Paul and Carol that period. She said “You do now. You’re Eddie’s bags and providing him a one-way Hansen. taking typing!” More on this later. airplane ticket to Oklahoma City. So follow- One day Jack Dawson came back into the After finishing high school, he came to ing Horace Greeley’s advice, Eddie went Oklahoma City to attend Oklahoma City west to uncharted land. Paul Hansen met See PROFILES, PAGE 14 www.okcbar.org • July 2014 • BRIEFCASE 3 Externship with Oklahoma County By Abigail Patten For those of you who may be questioning this summer has been a wonderful experi- have gained so far from observation and par- Time in the courtroom is very limited for the similarities and differences between an ence. Not only have I become more confi- ticipation in the externship program, I have most law students just finishing up their first extern and an intern, it is simple. First, the dent in my knowledge of the law, but it has also met numerous wonderful people, many year. Throughout the year, we devote time to main similarity in an externship and intern- also given me the opportunity to learn a of whom have given me priceless informa- reading case after case to learn the rules and ship is that a student in both programs has an wide array of new things. Every day is tion and advice about anything from school laws as they theoretically apply in each case. opportunity to see the law applied which something different. The Special Trial right now to my career years in the future. We learn procedures and the way the law allows them to increase their knowledge of Division hears a variety of cases such as These individuals base their advice on prior works through studying Property, Torts, areas of the law and gain exposure to real Small Claims, Forcible Entry & Detainer, knowledge and experience, and that I find is Contracts, Criminal Law, and Civil life situations as well as having a supervisor Department of Human Services Child just magnificent! After all why “recreate the Procedure, as well as how to draft legal to provide valuable support and advice.
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