Fort Worth Hosts Bar Convention

TOP LEFT:SCOTT SANNER, PRESIDENT FWPA  ABOVE: PAT HAMMER, ANNUAL MEETING CHAIR TOP RIGHT: JIM BUCHANAN, IMMEDIATE PAST-PRESIDENT, PASSES THE GAVEL TO LISA SPRINKLE, PRESIDENT 1999-2000 ABOVE LEFT: JIM BUCHANAN RECOGNIZED LAINA BARTLOW, MEMBERSHIP CHAIR, WITH A TOKEN OF APPRECIATION FROM THE DIVISION FOR HER OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS LEFT: NANCY McLAUGHLIN, PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE CHAIR, ACCEPTED THE “COMMITTEE CHAIR OF THE YEAR AWARD” FROM JIM BUCHANAN RIGHT: JIM BUCHANAN AND THE HONORABLE ROBERT McCOY, KEYNOTE SPEAKER, WHO GAVE A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION ON THE HISTORY OF FT. WORTH WHICH INCLUDED FASCINATING STORIES ABOUT BUTCH CASSIDY, THE SUNDANCE   KID AND THE HOLE IN THE WALL GANG

   Local LAD members, with the assistance of the Ft. Worth Paralegal Association, were pleased and proud to host this year’s bar convention. After a year of meetings, planning, and worry over logistics, the bar convention went off without a hitch!  We were especially proud to show off our city this year since we are celebrating Ft. Worth’s 150th birthday! Judge Robert McCoy, our Annual Luncheon speaker, gave an informative, entertaining, (and sometimes racy!) account of Ft. Worth’s beginnings.  The seminar topics and speakers were wonderful, the goodie bags were stuffed to the top with great surprises, the social was upbeat with great food and entertainment, and a good time was had by all!  I look forward to next year’s convention in San Antonio, and will appreciate all the effort that goes into hosting this event more than ever.  Pat Hammer, Annual Meeting Chair

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