The St. Joseph County Bar Association on Wednesday – May 1st, Law Day – continued a tradition dating back to 1985 by presenting the 2013 ‘Liberty Bell Award’ to the Day Reporting Center (DRC) and its program director, Anthony Callaway. The award is presented annually to a non-lawyer, individual, or organization, within the St. Joseph [...]
The St. Joseph County Bar Association has announced the winner of its 2013 ‘Liberty Bell Award’ – The Day Reporting Center and its Program Director, Anthony Callaway. The Bar Association created the award on May 1, 1985 and presents it annually on Law Day, May 1st, to a non-lawyer, individual, or organization, within the St. [...]
As reported earlier this week in the River Country Journal, “Judicial candidates were in the spotlight Monday evening (May 14) during the May meeting of the St. Joseph County Bar Association.” In keeping with a promise at the end of the earlier story, this post offers audio of each of the judicial candidates, plus Prosecuting [...]
Judicial candidates were in the spotlight Monday evening (May 14) during the May meeting of the St. Joseph County Bar Association. The event – held at the Sturges-Young Auditorium and Civic Center in Sturgis – featured the candidates who are vying to succeed St. Joseph County District Judge William Welty and Probate Judge Thomas Shumaker, [...]
It was ‘standing room only’ in Probate Judge Thomas Shumaker’s ‘Courtroom B’ in Centreville Tuesday (May 1st) – Law Day – as friends, family and associates gathered to honor Eva Sylvester as the recipient of the 2012 St. Joseph County Bar Association Liberty Bell Award. Sylvester, St. Joseph County Probate Register, has worked in the [...]
Eva Sylvester, St. Joseph County Probate Register, is the winner of the 2012 St. Joseph County Bar Association Liberty Bell Award. The local Liberty Bell Award was created by the Association on May 1, 1985. It is presented annually on Law Day – May 1st– to a non-lawyer, individual, or organization within the St. Joseph [...]
The St. Joseph County Bar Association will hold a Eulogy Ceremony for former St. Joseph County District Judge William L. McManus. Judge McManus, who served as St. Joseph County’s first District Judge from 1969 to 2002, died on September 23, 2011. According to District Judge Jeff Middleton, the ceremony will be held on Friday (November [...]
Linda Baker, Victim Advocate with the St. Joseph County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, has been honored by the St. Joseph County Bar Association as the recipient of the organization’s 2011 Liberty Bell Award. The award – announced on April 26th – was presented during a ceremony Monday morning (May 2nd) in Circuit Judge Paul Stutesman’s Courtroom [...]
The winner of the 2011 St. Joseph County Bar Association Liberty Bell Award is Linda Baker, Victim Advocate from the St. Joseph County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office. The Bar Association created the local Liberty Bell Award on May 1, 1985. The award is presented annually on Law Day, May 1st, to a non-lawyer, individual, or organization [...]
Lori Rumsey, a St. Joseph County Judicial Secretary, has been honored as the winner of the 2010 St. Joseph County Bar Association Liberty Bell Award. Rumsey, a Three Rivers resident currently serving as Judicial Secretary to Judge William Welty, received the award during a formal presentation Monday morning (May 3rd) in Circuit Judge Paul Stutesman’s [...]
