LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Jon Streeter, president of the State Bar of California, will address the Lake County Bar Association at a dinner meeting on Thursday, Feb. 23.
“Having the president of the State Bar Association take time to come to Lake County and address our local legal community is quite an honor,” said Mary Heare Amodio, president of the Lake County Bar Association. “The State Bar has been instrumental and very supportive to our efforts at reorganizing the local bar association and President Streeter’s office welcomed the idea of visiting Lake County and worked with us to accommodate our schedule.”
Streeter will address the relationship between the State Bar and local practitioners in regard to State Bar discipline of attorneys, changes to the Rules of Professional Responsibility and the changing role of attorneys in our society.
In addition, Streeter will discuss the current funding crisis faced by California courts.
The crisis was created by the $1 billion in cuts that had to be absorbed by the judicial branch over the past three years; expected layoffs and court closures as a result of proposed cuts for the 2012-13 state budget; and the threat to judicial independence and public safety created by such cuts.
Attorneys attending the event will receive one hour of continuing education credit.
Streeter is a partner in Keker & Van Nest, LLP, a litigation firm in San Francisco. He regularly performs pro bono work and has been active at the State Bar and in his local bar association in addition to his public service activities.
He attended Stanford University and received his law degree from UC Berkeley School of Law. He worked for Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP and served a judicial clerkships for the Hon. Harry T. Edwards of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
Members of the legal community interested in attending the event should contact Amodio at 707-263-5759 or Lake County Bar Association Treasurer Jacqueline Snyder, 707-263-5212.