THE ADVOCATE Newsletter of The Baltimore County Bar Association VOLUME XXV, NO. 7
January 2017
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE by Robert J. Thompson As many of you have heard me say on multiple occasions, being president of the Baltimore County Bar Association is the best job in the world….or at least the best job in Baltimore County. I have enjoyed the hard parts, the easy parts and the fun parts. And as we begin this new year, I want to thank you for giving me this opportunity. Last month, I was honored to be invited by the Court of Appeals to move for the admission of some brand new lawyers. It was indeed a privilege to represent each of you in that forum. Here is an excerpt from my remarks before the Court of Appeals on December 14, 2016: I don’t remember who moved for my admission or what he said, or even whether it was a man or woman who spoke. I don’t remember the response from the bench or almost anything else about that day other than taking the oath and signing the register. Because I know that in a couple of hours, you won’t remember who I am or what I’ve said here, I’m not going to take too much of your
time, but while I have this small opportunity, I’d like to give you some advice: The first thing I want to tell you is that even when things look really bad, they’re not as bad as they look. When I sat in one of those seats not so many years ago, my 3 year old son sat next to me, between my wife and me. Let’s just say that he wasn’t having his best day, and during the proceedings he got sick... When I stood up for my first appearance before this august and honorable court, I was covered from the waist down in toddler vomit. What an auspicious and glorious beginning to my career! But you know what? As bad as it seemed at that moment, it all worked out in the end. And they didn’t even send me a bill for the carpet cleaning! Life is an endless series of adjustments.
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