Message from the Chair
Section Chair:
William Frank Carroll
Cox Smith Matthews Inc.
Dallas, Texas
As the new Chair of The Federal Litigation Section, I hope you enjoy this issue of our award winning Newsletter, SideBAR. I know you will find the many articles of interest in your daily practice.
I also want to acknowledge the excellent work of my predecessor as Chair, Shelline Bennett of Fresno, California. Under her leadership during this past year, the Section has grown to over 3,000 members and we have continued to expand our informational and educational services to the members of the Section and of the Federal Bar Associations.
The Section leadership has several new activities planned for the coming year. Among the items under consideration are CLE webinars, one all day CLE program and several joint programs with local FBA Chapters. We also plan to continue our CLE presentations at the Annual Meeting and are considering having a Section breakfast or dinner at both the Annual and Mid-Year Meetings.
Of course we will continue to publish SideBAR under the excellent leadership of our Editor (and Section Vice Chair) Rob Kohn. I would encourage each of you to consider writing an article for SideBAR. Please contact Rob if you have an interest in preparing an article. His email is
rkohn@kohnlawgroup.com.
I hope you will also note on your calendar the Mid-Year Meeting in Arlington, Virginia (March 29-31, 2012) and our Annual Meeting in San Diego (September 20-22, 2012). If you have never attended one of these meetings, I would encourage you to do so. There are always a number of excellent CLE programs available along with opportunities to visit with fellow federal practitioners from across the country.
Finally, I would encourage you to become active in our Section’s and Committees’ activities and programs. If you are interested in becoming involved, please contact me at any time at
fcarroll@coxsmith.com or (214) 698-7828.
William Frank Carroll
Section Chair