ABA Announcements
NOTICE BY THE SECRETARY REGARDING ELECTION OF DELEGATES-AT-LARGE
Pursuant to § 6.5 of the ABA Constitution, six Delegates-at-Large to the House of Delegates will be elected at the 2015 Annual Meeting for three-year terms beginning with the adjournment of that meeting and ending with the adjournment of the 2018 Annual Meeting. Candidates for election as Delegate-at-Large are to be nominated by written petition. The deadline for filing nominating petitions for the 2015 election in Chicago, Illinois, is Tuesday, May 19, 2015.
Under the Constitution, no more than one nominee from a particular state, territory or possession may be elected in the annual election. If more than one member accredited to the same state, territory or possession submits nominating petitions, each will be notified within ten days of the fact that there is more than one nominee.
Voting will take place adjacent to the 2015 Annual Meeting registration area at the conference headquarters hotel, the Hyatt Regency Chicago. The polls will be open during the same hours as registration, except that the polls will close on Monday, August 3, 2015, at 5:00 p.m. The votes will then be tallied and the six nominees with the highest number of votes (taking into account that no more than one may be elected from the same state, territory or possession) will be declared elected as Delegates-at-Large. In the event of a tie vote, I, as the Secretary, will determine the winner by lot. Rules that restrict campaigning for the position of Delegate-at-Large will be mailed to all nominees upon receipt of petitions.
Nominating petitions may be obtained from the Office of the Secretary, Attn: Leticia Spencer, American Bar Center, 321 N. Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois 60654. The petition must be signed by twenty-five (25) members of the American Bar Association. The signing by any member of one petition will not disqualify him/her as the signer of other petitions. Each petition must be filed with my office at the above address by the close of business at 5:00 p.m. (CT), Tuesday, May 19, 2015. The filing must include the written consent of the nominee and a biographical sketch approved by the nominee consisting of not more than seventy-five (75) words. All biographical sketches will be printed and available to Association members as they register or collect their credentials at the registration desk at the Annual Meeting.
Any questions regarding the foregoing should be sent promptly to the Office of the Secretary at the Bar Center in care of Leticia Spencer.
Mary T. Torres
ABA Secretary
Nominating Committee Action at the 2015 Midyear Meeting
In accordance with § 9.1 of the Association’s Constitution, the Nominating Committee of the House of Delegates, at its meeting on Sunday, February 8, 2015, nominated Linda A. Klein of Georgia as President-Elect (2015-2016).
The Nominating Committee also nominated the following individuals as members of the Board of Governors:
District Members (2015-2018)
District 3: Penina Lieber, Pennsylvania District 5: E. Fitzgerald Parnell III, North Carolina District 9: Joe B. Whisler, Missouri District 14: John L. McDonnell, Jr., California District 15: A. Vincent Buzard, New York District 16: Harvey B. Rubenstein, Delaware District 17: Alan Van Etten, Hawaii
Section Members-at-Large (2015-2018)
Section of Antitrust Law: Ilene Knable Gotts, New York
Section of Labor & Employment Law: Bernard T. King, New York
Judicial Member-at-Large (2015-2018)
Ramona G. See, California
Minority Member-at-Large (2015-2018)
Orlando Lucero, New Mexico
Young Lawyer Member-at-Large (2015-2018)
Erica R. Grinde, Montana
NOTICE BY THE SECRETARY REGARDING ELECTION TO FILL DELEGATE-AT-LARGE VACANCY FOR 2015-2017 TERM
Due to the resignation of Barbara Mendel Mayden, a Delegate-at-Large vacancy will exist. To fill this vacancy, one Delegate-at-Large to the House of Delegates will be elected at the 2015 Annual Meeting for a two year term beginning with the adjournment of that meeting and ending with the adjournment of the 2017 Annual Meeting. Candidates for election as Delegate-at-Large are to be nominated by written petition. The deadline for filing nominating petitions for the 2015-2017 Delegate-at-Large Vacancy Election in Chicago, Illinois, is Tuesday, May 19, 2015.
Voting will take place adjacent to the 2015 Annual Meeting registration area at the conference headquarters hotel, the Hyatt Regency Chicago. The polls will be open during the same hours as registration, except the polls will close on Monday, August 3, 2015 at 5:00 p.m. The votes will then be tallied and the nominee with the highest number of votes in the vacancy election will be declared elected as Delegate-at-Large. In the event of a tie vote, I, as the Secretary, will determine the winner by lot. Rules that restrict campaigning for the position of Delegate-at-Large will be mailed to all nominees upon receipt of their petitions.
Nominating petitions may be obtained from the Office of the Secretary, Leticia D. Spencer, American Bar Center, 321 N. Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois 60654. The petition must be signed by twenty-five (25) lawyer members of the American Bar Association. The signing by any member of one petition will not disqualify him/her as the signer of other petitions. Each petition must be filed with my office at the above address by the close of business at 5:00 p.m. (CT), Tuesday, May 19, 2015. The filing must include the written consent of the nominee and a biographical sketch approved by the nominee consisting of not more than seventy-five (75) words. All biographical sketches will be printed and available to Association members as they register or collect their credentials at the registration desk at the Annual Meeting.
Any questions regarding the foregoing should be sent promptly to the Office of the Secretary at the Bar Center in care of Leticia D. Spencer.
Mary T. Torres
ABA Secretary
