2019 HCBA Annual Meeting to Kick Off 100th Anniversary Celebrations

NEWS RELEASE: April 29, 2019

MINNEAPOLIS—The Hennepin County Bar Association will celebrate its 100th anniversary at its Annual Meeting on May 30 at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Minneapolis Downtown. The meeting will kick off a year of celebrations for the HCBA, which will include historical-themed CLEs, special articles in the Hennepin Lawyer magazine, and unique content from the association’s archives on social media.

The HCBA will also welcome its 101st president, Jeffrey Baill. Baill will receive the ceremonial leadership gavel from current HCBA president, Adine S. Momoh. He will begin his term on July 1, 2019. 

Ten attorney members will also be recognized at the meeting with 2019 HCBA Excellence Awards. The HCBA selected nine members for their work from among six different categories, and one member for career contributions to the profession. Congratulations to: 

• Blaine Balow (Halunen Law) for Providing Pro Bono Service 
• Jess Birken (Birken Law) for Advancing Innovation in the Profession
• Michael Boulette (Barnes & Thornburg) for Providing Pro Bono Service 
• Kendra Brodin (Briggs and Morgan) for Service to the Association/Foundation
• Sybil L. Dunlop (Greene Espel) for Advancing Diversity & Inclusion
• Pamela Hoopes (Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid/Minnesota Disability Law Center) for Career Contributions to the Profession
• Loan T. Huynh (Fredrikson & Byron) for Advancing Diversity & Inclusion
• Cynthia Y. Lee (Faegre Baker Daniels) for Advancing Diversity & Inclusion
• Lisa Lodin Peralta (Peralta Appellate Law) for Advancing Diversity & Inclusion
• Gloria Stamps-Smith (Hennepin County Attorney’s Office) for Mentoring in the Profession.

Individual tickets for the event are available at hcba.org. To reserve a table or to purchase multiple tickets, contact Sheila Johnson at 612-752-6615. If you are a member of the media and interested in attending, contact Sheila Johnson. Photos of the event will be available by contacting Nick Hansen at nhansen@mnbars.org. 

The Hennepin County Bar Association is a professional society organized in 1919 that represents more than 8,000 area attorneys and law students with a wide variety of services for the community and the profession.  The association strives to ensure the fairness and accessibility of the legal system by promoting public understanding and confidence in our system of justice and by working along with the courts to improve the administration of justice.