Expanding Knowledge, Advancing Justice Fellows News Fall 2006, Number 95 FROM THE CHAIR Ellen F. Rosenblum I am delighted to have the honor of chairing success of the recent membership drive. That evening featured the the Fellows this year, having taken the reins Fellows Annual Summer Reception, attended by over 150 at the lovely after the August Annual Meeting from my and historic Halekulani Hotel overlooking the ocean. For the reception, fabulous predecessor, Richard Pena. This the Fellows departed from tradition by partnering with the ABA Coalition column gives me a chance to report to you for Justice and its chair, Judge Cara Lee Neville, to present the occasionally about our activities and progress. Coalition’s first annual Burnham “Hod” Greeley Award, named after a First, I’d like to say thanks to all of you for beloved friend of so many in the ABA and the Fellows. Hod had so believing in the important work of the looked forward to this Annual Meeting so that he could give everyone the American Bar Foundation and for your tremendous support of both the true “aloha greeting” in his home state, which made this a particularly Fellows and the Foundation. Our ranks are growing every day, thanks to fitting and poignant tribute to a wonderful, warm man who, sadly, did not the fantastic efforts of so many—Richard’s leadership, and Jim live to see it. The award presentation to the League of Women Voters Silkenat’s and Steve Walther’s before him, the state and regional included a heartfelt dedication to Hod’s widow, Jackie Greeley, and family, chairs, and of course, our enthusiastic and hard-working staff. We have by then ABA President-elect Karen Mathis. The next morning we were begun to focus on state-by-state initiatives and to put special emphasis on addressed by the Chief Justice of the Hawaii Supreme Court, Honorable those who are already members of the ABA, since ABA membership is a continued on page 5 condition of membership in the Fellows. As a result, we have seen our Richard Pena, then Chair of the positive response rate increase dramatically while at the same time Fellows and Karen Mathis, then maintaining the highest standards for membership. If you know of President-Elect of the ABA, kick- someone who is not yet a Fellow, but should be, please let your state chair off the presentation of the First Annual Burnham “Hod” Greeley or Fellows Program Associate Edward Schexnayder know and they will Award, which is given by the follow up. ABA Coalition for Justice. This year’s award was presented This year’s team of officers—chair-elect Ellen Flannery, secretary during the Fellows Annual Jimmy Goodman, and I, look forward to serving you. We have already Summer Reception at the jump-started the year with a wonderful fall seminar and we have a lot of Halekulani Hotel. great ideas and plans in the pipeline. And, as always, we welcome your suggestions for ways to improve your experience as a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. So, what have we been up to? Not all of you were able to make it to the Annual Meeting in Honolulu, so I’ll begin with that. Unlike the typical ABA annual meeting, this was a “no suits or ties” gathering with emphasis on having time in the afternoons to enjoy the beauty of Hawaii and recre- ational activities. But, of course, the Fellows kept busy the rest of the time. Honorable Ronald T.Y. Moon, Chief Justice of We opened with the State and Regional Chairs’ luncheon on Friday the Supreme Court of Hawai’i, addresses the afternoon, where Richard congratulated the chairs on the overwhelming Fellows during the Annual Business Breakfast at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the ABA. Welcome New Fellows ALASKA GJ Stillson MacDonnell Eugene G. Beckham Errol H. Powell Dana Fabe Joseph L. Manalili Pamela Beckham Timothy M. Ravich Maryann Foley Neda Mansoorian Morgan Ray Bentley R. James Robbins, Jr. David Mannheimer Edith R. Matthai Paul Richard Berg John W. Robinson IV Allison Elizabeth Mendel Alejandro N. Mayorkas Elizabeth M. Bohn Jim Rossi James E. Torgerson Niall McCarthy Cynthia Lee Bulan Jose A. Santos, Jr. ARIZONA Patricia A. Meagher Luis A. Cabassa Teresa Nicole Saunders-Meske Lee Stein Heather J. Meeker Mariana L. Cancio Joseph Schimmel David C. Tierney Beatriz Mejia Dominic Mark Caparello Lansing Charles Scriven ARKANSAS Audra M. Mori Henry M. Coxe III Frances D. Sheehy Thomas Daily John C. Murphy A. Darby Dickerson William N. Shepherd Steven T. Shults John Walshe Murray G. Ray Driver, Jr. Darcee S. Siegel CALIFORNIA David B. Nemer, Jr. Thomas S. Edwards, Jr. Theodore W. Small, Jr. Tsan Abrahamson Nguyen Huu Nguyen Katherine Warthen Ezell Larry Dean Smith Jeffrey Michael Allen Nanci Nishimura Glenn Phillip Falk Thomas W. Snook Sharon Joellen Arkin Walter F. Pettit Manuel Farach Timon V. Sullivan Neil R. Bardack Frank M. Pitre Stephanie Ingrid Fidler J. Michael Swaine James F. Basile Laurence Pulgram Richards Huff Ford Christi L. Underwood Michael J. Bidart John W. Ralls William C. Frye Roderick D. Vereen David T. Biderman Celina Duran Ramirez Rachel E. Fugate Karen D. Walker Steven R. Binder Kathleen M. Robertson Arthur Charles Fulmer Martha Curtis Warner Brad D. Brian Alan Joel Robin David A. Gemunder William A. Weber James A. Bruen Jerome C. 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