The Oklahoma Bar Journal August 2023

participant. She attended the Bench and Bar Committee meeting and the Tri-County Bar Association reception. She discussed the expansion of mental health services with Executive Director Johnson and followed up on and reported to Lawyers Helping Lawyers Assistance Program Committee Chair Goode and Governor Barbush on ongoing efforts regarding LHL. Governor Barbush reported he attended the McIntosh County Bar Association meeting and gave a CLE presen tation on legal malpractice, gave four presentations at Durant High School on Law Day and attended the Tri-County Bar Association Banquet. Governor Bracken reported he attended the Oklahoma County Bar Association Law Day Luncheon, chaired the Military Assistance Committee meeting and worked on planning CLE sessions for the Military Assistance Committee. He attended the Bench and Bar Committee meeting and the Tri County Bar Association reception. Governor Conner reported by email he attended the Garfield County Bar Association meeting and the Oklahoma County Bar Association Law Day Luncheon. Governor Dow reported by email she attended the Center for Children and Families Annual Luncheon and Family Law Section meetings for both the OBA and Oklahoma County Bar Association. Governor Hilfiger reported he hosted a booth as part of the Muskogee County Bar Association at the Muskogee Chili Cook-Off and attended the Tri County Bar Association reception. Governor Knott reported she attended the Canadian County Bar Association meeting and the OCU School of Law Alumni Association Gala. Governor

Management Agency for the Disaster Response and Relief Committee in coordination with the Young Lawyers Division. She also attended the Pittsburgh County Bar Association Law Day reception and dinner as well as Law Day celebrations for the bar associations in Tulsa, Seminole and Oklahoma counties. She attended the YLD board meeting, the Membership Engagement Committee meeting, the Strategic Planning Committee meet ing and a meeting related to remodeling the Oklahoma Bar Center entrance. Additionally, she attended the new admittee swearing-in ceremony, the Board of Bar Examiners meeting, the YLD happy hour event for new admittees, the Bench and Bar Committee meeting and the Tri County Bar Association reception. She also discussed the expansion of Lawyers Helping Lawyers ser vices with Governor Ailles Bahm and the executive director of A Chance to Change. REPORT OF THE PAST PRESIDENT Past President Hicks reported he attended the Tulsa County Bar Association Law Day Luncheon and the Tulsa County Bar Foundation annual Charity Golf Tournament. He attended the Tulsa Lawyers’ Boy Scouts Luncheon and the Tri-County Bar Association reception. He also attended the State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting as a representative of the OBA, and he is planning on attending the Southern Conference of Bar Presidents in the fall. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS Governor Ailles Bahm reported she attended the Oklahoma County Law Day Luncheon and volunteered to serve as an Ask A Lawyer

finalized and transmitted the Professionalism Committee’s May letter to all Oklahoma county bar presidents. He also completed plans to attend the 2023 Louisiana State Bar Association Annual Meeting as a representative of the OBA and attended the Tri-County Bar Association Law Day reception and dinner. Additionally, he volunteered for Ask A Lawyer on Law Day at the Tulsa County Bar Association. He also attended the May meeting of the Council Oak/Johnson-Sontag American Inn of Court. President-Elect Pringle reported he worked on setting a date for the 2024 Annual Meeting. He attended Law Day celebrations at the Oklahoma County and Cleveland County bar associations, and he volunteered during the Ask A Lawyer event at the Oklahoma Bar Center. He worked with the Oklahoma Bar Foundation on IOLTA issues and attended the OBF Board of Trustees meeting. He attended the Membership Engagement Committee meeting and chaired the Strategic Planning Committee meeting. He worked on the process of remodeling the bar center front entrance and met Brian Shipp, the son of John E. Shipp, for whom the front entrance plaza is named. He also attended the Tri County Bar Association reception. Executive Director Johnson reported she worked on setting a date for the 2024 Annual Meeting and attended a planning meet ing for the Solo & Small Firm Conference. She attended the Cannabis Law Committee meet ing, the Diversity Committee meeting and weekly meetings with the Federal Emergency REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT-ELECT REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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