Dear Members,

It has been a true honor and privilege to serve as your 2018 President. As I write my final President’s message, I reflect on what an amazing legal community we are here in San Diego. I want to express my gratitude to all of you - our nearly 10,000 legal professional members - for all that you have contributed to making this a truly great place to practice law. From the civility and professionalism that we demonstrate to one another in our cases, to the growth and motivation that we share with one another through mentorships, to the community we build through our and the other San Diego law related organizations – the SDCBA celebrates you!

This year we have achieved much in advancing our mission, and in fact, we even created a new, more dynamic mission statement to guide the SDCBA into the future. Thank you to our SDCBA leaders – over 500 of you – including on our Board, in our Sections, Committees and Forum, for all that you have contributed to the betterment of your Bar and the San Diego legal community this year. Each and every one of you has truly had an impact on the SDCBA’s successes!

This is the last issue of This Week at the Bar this year, and you will receive the next issue on January 2, 2019, with a message from our 2019 President Lilys McCoy. Again, thank you for all of your contributions, and thank you to my family and friends for their unwavering support throughout the past year and always. Best wishes and happy holidays to you and yours, from all of us here at the SDCBA!