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Richard S. Wright

Richard S. Wright will soon complete a three-year term as chair of the MCB Fee Dispute Resolution Committee after serving four years as a Committee member. read more

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6-7-13 Let's Talk Criminal
Let's Talk provides opportunities to gain insight into the perspectives of district and superior court judges and to learn how to provide thoughtful leadership through effective, collaborative communication.

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Bar & Foundation Center Moving
The Mecklenburg County Bar & Foundation Center will be temporarily located at 1123 South Church Street, Suite 103, Charlotte, NC 28203 in the Charlotte Catholic Diocese Center effective Wed., May 29. All telephone and fax numbers and e-mail addresses will remain the same.

Bar Election Results
All active members of the MCB were mailed a ballot for Judge Bell's seat. This ballot must have been returned by Tuesday, May 21, 2013 to be accepted for tabulation.

Now Appointing 2013-14 Committee Members
One way you can get involved with your Bar, develop relationships with your colleagues and advance into a leadership position is to join MCB committees. Each June, the new Bar president appoints a new class of members to each committee - most for a three-year term.

Proposed Amendment of the MCB By-Laws
At the Annual Meeting on May 23, 2013, the membership will vote on the amendment of the MCB By-Laws. The proposed amendment is recommended to the membership by the unanimous vote of the Board of Directors at its February 28, 2013 meeting.

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Reflecting On Our Progress

By: Robert E. Harrington

This year's Law Day marked the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation with the theme, "Realizing the Dream: Equality for All." Congressman Mel Watt, our 1988-89 MCB president, was our keynote speaker at the May 2 event.

As the Law Day Committee recognized, we were particularly fortunate to have Congressman Watt as speaker for this year's Law Day program. Acknowledging that he had become the first African American president in the then 76-year history of the MCB, Congressman Watt remarked in his initial president's column: "I accept the position of President of the Bar in . . . the spirit that I'm a lawyer who happens to be black." His focus for the year was "to maintain the high standard of leadership this Bar has enjoyed in the past."

In April 2006, former MCB president and Senior Resident Superior Court Judge Shirley Fulton added her own observations. Recalling growing up in Williamsburg County, South Carolina, and going on to serve on the Mecklenburg county bench before becoming Bar president, Judge Fulton wrote, "I pinch myself because it amazes me that I, Shirley Louise Fulton, a little black girl from Kingstree, SC was able to reach for the stars. But again, all things are possible though seldom easy."

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