I could set out each of their many contributions. Suffice it to say, we are proud of them and their accomplishments. Our profession today is well trained and educated. We can read the law, research and analyze legal issues. We are counselors as well as litigators.
Counseling requires empathy and understanding.
Our fifty year recipients know the rules of conduct. Most discussions of the deterioration of civility are in terms of professionalism. The tactics of the Bully-Lawyer have an impact on public perception of the lawyer as a professional. The ambulance chaser and the marketing of big verdicts all have a negative impacts. Professionals don't act this way.