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B riefs THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BAR’S March luncheon featured Bar President Kelly Overstreet Johnson and Warrick Dunn, running back for the Atlanta Falcons and founder of the Warrick Dunn Foundation. The HCBA and the 13th Circuit’s pro bono program, H.A.V.E. A Heart, also recognized local attorneys for their outstanding pro bono service. Among the pro bono award recipients were Caroline Black, Jeffrey Stull, Gwendolyn Hinkle, Larry Samaha, Scott Stichter, Bruce Goldstein, Alex Caballero, Anita Brannon, Andrew Rock, Peter Macaluso, Marshall Rainey, Joryn Jenkins, Stephen Sessums, Kathleen McLeroy, and Miriam Mason. JOINING SOME 300 other emerging leaders of lawyer organizations from across the country at the ABA’s Bar Leadership Institute was Bar President-elect Alan B. Bookman and a delegation from Florida. The BLI is held annually in Chicago for incoming officials of local and state bars, special focus lawyer associations, and bar foundations. The seminar provides the opportunity to confer with ABA officials, bar leader colleagues, executive staff, and other experts on the operation of such organizations. The Florida group joined ABA officials in sessions on bar governance, finance, communications, and planning. Various ABA entities also briefed the participants on resources available from the ABA for local, state, national, and specialty bar associations, and foundations. Pictured in the back from the left are Seymour Gordon, president-elect, St. Petersburg Bar; Nora Bergman, executive director, St. Petersburg Bar; Alan Pickert, president-elect, Jacksonville Bar; Tom Elligett, Hillsborough County Bar; John F. Harkness, Jr., executive director, The Florida Bar; and Lansing C. Scriven, president-elect, Hillsborough County Bar. In the center from the left are Edith Osman, former Florida Bar president; Diane Gill, executive director, Jacksonville Bar; Patience Burns, executive director, Palm Beach County Bar; Connie Pruitt, executive director, Hillsborough County Bar; and Bookman. In the front from the left are ABA President Robert J. Grey, Jr., of Virginia, and ABA President-elect Michael S. Greco of Massachusetts. The BLI is sponsored by the ABA Standing Committee on Bar Activities and Services and the ABA Division for Bar Services as part of the association’s long-standing goal of fostering partnerships with bars and related organizations nationwide. Cooperating ABA staff entities included the Division for Media Relations and Communication Services. . JUDGE CORY CIKLIN recently shared his love of reading with children at the Thelma Pittman pre-school in Jupiter. This was the second year that Judge Ciklin participated in the Palm Beach County Bar Association’s Annual Read Across Palm Beach County event. More than 35 members of the Palm Beach County Bar Association recently volunteered their time to read to children in schools from Boca Raton to Jupiter during the association’s fourth annual reading program. The attorneys also donated more than 100 new, hardcover books to all of the schools. THE MANATEE COUNTY BAR recently earned honors for its Law Day 2004 production of Brown v. Board of Education from Manatee Educational Television as part of its inaugural Community Recognition Awards. The program, which was patterned after the Academy Awards, was a showcase of local nonprofit and public service organizations’ efforts to inform, educate, and entertain Manatee County residents. Pictured from the left are Judges Charles Williams, Judge Durand Adams, Manatee Bar Executive Director Sue Revell, Past President Gilbert Smith, Jr., President Bart Ray, and Judge Janette Dunnigan. briefs April 15, 2005 Regular News