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We are well into the New Year and I mean NEW!!!!
You have probably already noticed some changes.
We are going GREEN, both ecologically and fiscally.
Lawyers Referral Service is now in-house and we are logging in more confirmed appointments with our panel members than ever before. This is now a revenue generator vs. expenditure more Green, no Red, and in the Black.
Invitations are now via email. GREEN no paper (or paper cuts opening them) no postage and you have it instantly. We can at your request send our announcements/communications/invitations and soon the Non-Sequitur to all or anyone in your office. We will maintain ADA compliance for all technologically challenged attorneys and will snail mail (that means paper and stamp delivery via US Postal Service) just make your request to Deana and we will accommodate you.
We are launching our new web-site, a big thanks to Sally Chenault. Take this opportunity to send us your firm and attorney information, include a photo, a link to your firm’s webpage, and let the public get to know a little about you and your areas of practice before they walk in the door. We are also now members of the Modesto Chamber of Commerce. This will open up your client base as SCBA will have a link on their web-site to ours, virtually linking the Chamber’s member base to every attorney and firm represented by the SCBA. The goal here is to build bonds between the business members in our community by providing that prospective client in need access to all of our members.
We are very fortunate that the changing of the guard has gone so smoothly. Deana Skelton has jumped right in with both feet and the office is full of new energy. I was a little concerned that I would be the first president in decades, without the benefit of Roberta Burge’s vast historical background. My predecessors and I just had to whisper in her ear, “What do we now?”, and she made us look good, or at least knowledgeable. But my concerns were quickly put to rest. Deana grabbed the reins and took off at a gallop. If you haven’t had a chance to meet her yet, please drop in and get acquainted.
Your calendars should be full with a long list of upcoming events. Hope you have reserved your table for Law Day, May 6th at the SOS Club. You won’t want to miss our key note speaker, Justice Charles S. (Chuck) Poochigian and we honor Michael Tozzi with the coveted Liberty Bell Award in addition to the bestowing of SCBA Scholarships to deserving students in our county.
MCLE attendance has been up, due to your patronage, costs have been down primarily due to emailing announcements which saves on postage, and the cost of flyers not to mention the time it takes to put them out.
Closing on a Green note, we hope to see you on the greens at our annual Golf Tournament. Sponsor a foursome, a hole or just show up for a fun day of golf. If you can’t beat ‘em in the court room, try your luck on the fairway. If you have been to the event before you know how much fun it is and if you haven’t…well, you are certainly due.
Peter Stavrianoudakis
President