Proud to Be a Lawyer

Week of September 8, 2003

J. Richard Manning, 2002-2003 WSBA President

Thanks to All of You

My term as president of the Washington State Bar Association ends this month. During the last year, many lawyers have approached me to offer sympathy for the amount of time the job demands (somewhere between 100 and 125 hours a month). I cannot tell you how many times I've responded to my colleagues by revealing how satisfying and rewarding it has been to have the privilege of this office. Long ago, I learned that the glass can be half full or half empty; that problems can instead be challenges; and that problem-solving is its own reward. Not all problems lend themselves to solutions that make everybody happy, but facing each one now, the best way we know how, makes for decision-making that puts the problem behind us. So to all of you—this job is the most fun I've ever had professionally. I'm grateful to you and our profession. I am especially thankful to my colleagues on the Board of Governors, and to our staff and our wonderful executive director, Jan Michels.
 
Sic transit gloria mundi!

Bar News
September 2003

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