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Rhode Island Bar Journal Lauren Confidential Assistance for Bar Michael R Rhod e Isl and Bar Journal Rhode Island Bar Association Volume 61. Number 1. Jul y/August 2 012 Rhode Island Bar Association Officers 2012-2013 Association Annual Report and Committee Reports Annual Meeting and Awards RHODE I SLAND Bar Association 1898 33 RHODE ISLAND BAR ASSOCIATION LAWYER’S PLEDGE As a member of the Rhode Island Bar Association, I pledge to conduct myself in a manner that will reflect honor upon Article the legal profession. I will treat all participants in the legal process with civility. In every aspect of my practice, I will be 9 Remembering Attorney and Friend John Bomster honest, courteous and fair. John A. Tarantino, Esq. Editor In Chief , David N. Bazar Editor , Frederick D. Massie Assistant Editor , Kathleen M. Bridge Editorial Board Features Victoria M. Almeida, Esq. Roland E. Chase, Esq. 3 You may ask, “Who is this guy?” 20 Bar Foundation 2012 Annual Meeting Jerry Cohen, Esq. Eric D. Correira, Esq. 4 Letter to the Editor – Response to 24 Annual Meeting Highlights William J. Delaney, Esq. Commentary: St. Thomas More and 33 Our Local Hero: Bruce W. McIntyre, Maureen D. Gemma, Esq. the Cranston West Prayer Banner Life-Saver and Bar Officer Jay S. Goodman, Esq. Case Bryan W. Hudson, Esq. 35 New Bridge the Gap Mandatory CLE 5 New Rhode Island Bar Association Hon. Patricia A. Hurst for New Attorneys Debuts in April Ernest G. Mayo, Esq. President and 2012-2013 Executive Elizabeth R. Merritt, Esq. Officers 36 Lawyers on the Move John T. Mulcahy, Esq. 7 Rhode Island Bar Association 37 Bar’s Volunteer Lawyer Program and Matthew R. Plain, Esq. 2012-2013 Officers’ Profiles RWU School of Law Provide Free Kevin N. Rolando, Esq. Family Mediations 11 2012 Ralph P. Semonoff Award for Miriam Ross, Esq. Andrew C. Spacone, Esq. Professionalism 37 Live! From the Bar! It’s CLE Seminar Simulcasting! Elliot Taubman, Esq. 11 2012 Florence K. Murray Award Harris K. Weiner, Esq. 38 SOLACE – Helping Bar Members 12 2012 Victoria M. Almeida Servant in Times of Need Leader Award 40 In Memoriam Executive Director , Helen Desmond McDonald 12 2012 Award of Merit Association Officers 44 New Name, Same Excellent, and Free, 13 Rhode Island Bar Journal Lauren Confidential Assistance for Bar Michael R. McElroy President E. Jones Writing Award Association Members and Their J. Robert Weisberger, Jr., President-Elect 13 50 Years of Service – 2012 Honorary Families Bruce W. McIntyre , Treasurer Melissa E. Darigan, Secretary Members 45 Memoriam: July 2011 – June 2012 14 2012 Volunteer Lawyer & Pro Bono 46 Publish and Prosper in the Rhode Direct advertising inquiries to the Editor, Frederick D. Program For The Elderly Award Island Bar Journal Massie, Rhode Island Bar Journal, 115 Cedar Street, Recipients Providence, RI 02903, (401) 421-5740. 46 Please consider joining or renewing USPS (464-680) ISSN 1079-9230 16 Rhode Island Law Day Focused on your membership in a Bar Committee Balancing Individual Rights Rhode Island Bar Journal is published bimonthly by this year. the Rhode Island Bar Association, 115 Cedar Street, 18 Ponaganset High School Student 47 Advertiser Index Providence, RI 02903. Wins 2012 Hon. Francis J. Darigan, Jr. PERIODICALS POSTAGE PAID AT PROVIDENCE, RI Rhode Island Law Day Essay Contest Subscription: $30 per year 19 Bar President William Delaney and Postmaster NBC10 News Anchor Frank Colletta Bar Summer Hours Send Address Correction to Rhode Island Bar Discussed Bar Volunteer Education Rhode Island Bar Association Office Journal, 115 Cedar Street, Providence, RI 02903 and Pro Bono Work www.ribar.com 19 Volunteer Bar Lawyers Offer Free Monday, June 18, 2012 Front Cover Photograph Information and Advice on Rhode through View from Benefit Street, Providence, Island Bar/NBC10 Ask a Lawyer Tuesday, September 4, 2012 Partnership Programs by Brian McDonald 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday – Friday XX% Cert no. XXX-XXX-000 You may ask, “Who is this guy?” Looking at this picture, you may ask, “Who is the Southeastern US , and I argued a number of this guy? Can he really understand what I need cases in the US Courts of Appeals for the fifth from the Bar Association?” and sixth circuits. Good questions, because I have not had an In 1981, with our one year-old son Brian, we opportunity to meet as many of you as some moved back home to Rhode Island to be closer of my predecessors, so I believe an introduction to our families. Chris was pregnant with our is in order. I want you to feel comfortable daughter Dianne. I hung my shingle and started approaching me, knowing that, whatever your my own practice. Since then, I have prac ticed situation, whether you are struggling or well- either with one other attorney or as a solo. established, hanging your own shingle, or prac - When I first started practicing, I took nearly ticing in a big or small office, I have been there, every client who walked in the door. After all, Michael R. McElroy, Esq. so I understand your needs, and I will do my we needed to eat! I also took almost every President best to help you meet them. Continuing Legal Education course offered by Rhode Island Bar Association I was raised in West Warwick. I have three the Bar Association. These courses and related younger sisters. We lived with my mother in a forms were, and still are, invaluable to me. tenement house in Arctic. We survived on wel - As I developed a business practice, I realized fare and the generosity of my mother’s parents. most business transactions had tax implications I found out what it was like to have to make I did not understand, so I took night courses at payroll at the end of every week when I was 12 Bryant University and earned a master’s degree years old and took over a large paper route in taxation. Eventually, my practice became pri - requiring me to hire a helper. When I turned 16, marily general commercial and litigation. Our I became a truck driver for the newspaper dis - three children are now adults. And Chris and I I hope over the tributor. In my high school years, I worked 40 have two grandchildren, with a third on the way! course of the to 50 hours per week outside of school driving I met Lauren Jones as a co-counsel in the the truck. I played bass in a rock ‘n roll band I early 1980s. Lauren became a close friend and coming year, started with my best friend. Our band was pop - an invaluable source of legal advice. He recruit - you will feel com - ular because we played music you can dance to. ed me into active Bar Association involvement. We were booked every Friday and Saturday I spent three years as Superior Court Bench/Bar fortable approach - night for years. Committee Chair. Working with then Presiding ing me with any At the University of Rhode Island, I was Justice Rodgers, we developed the first medical captain of the rowing team, and I worked every malpractice mediation program in the state, and ideas you have job I could find to pay tuition, books and living we also completed a significant revision to the about how your expenses. I had a lawn-cutting business. I ran a rules of civil procedure. jackhammer, dug ditches, drove a dump truck, I hope over the course of the coming year, Bar Association roofed houses, and did rough carpentry. I you will feel comfortable approaching me with can help you. worked in a textile mill, a commercial laundry, any ideas you have about how your Bar Associa - and on an assembly line. tion can help you. I guarantee you that, working At Boston University School of Law, I worked with our terrific executive director of over 25 as a resident assistant in the undergraduate years, Helen McDonald, her staff, and our dorms and, in the summers, as a mailman. In a Executive Committee and House of Delegates, litigation clinic at BU Law, I was assigned to the we will listen carefully to your thoughts and Dorchester District Court with a small group of concerns. We will do our best to make your Bar student public defenders including our First Cir- Association work hard for you, whether you cuit Court of Appeals Judge Rogeriee Thompson. are a solo practitioner, in a small or large firm, After dating her since she was 15 years old, or in-house. I finally married my wife Christine on June 5, That said, I would like to make one request. 1976. I graduated from law school the next day. In order to get better, your Bar Association One week later, I started as a trial attorney for needs you as an active participant in whatever the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) , a federal way works best for you. Working on one of our agency in Knoxville, Tennessee. I worked at 26 committees and volunteering to take a pro TVA for five years on a staff of 75 lawyers. I bono case is a great way to start. Together, let’s handled cases in US District Courts throughout make this a year to remember! O Rhode Island Bar Journal Jul y/August 2012 3 RHODE ISLAND BAR JOURNAL Editorial Statement LETTER TO THE EDITOR The Rhode Island Bar Journal is the Rhode Island Bar Association’s official magazine for Rhode Island attorneys, judges and others interested in Rhode Island Response to Commentary: law. The Bar Journal is a paid, subscription magazine published bi-monthly, six times annually and sent to, St.
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