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State Bar & Bar Associations

Aug. 15, 2013

New ABA president weighs in on hot-button legal issues

New York attorney James R. Silkenat took over this week as president of the influential American Bar Association. He spoke with Daily Journal staff writer Emily Green about top-of-mind topics affecting the legal community.


SAN FRANCISCO - New York attorney James R. Silkenat took over this week as president of the influential American Bar Association. The positions adopted by the 392,000-member group help establish legal standards throughout the country, as well as become focal points for the group's lobbying efforts in Congress.


Silkenat said that among his top priorities during his year-long presidency will be matching young lawyers with disadvantaged clients who need legal a...

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