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Feb. 26, 2026

Long Beach Bar to celebrates legal leaders at annual awards dinner

The 109th Annual Installation & Awards Dinner will spotlight a posthumous honoree, a retiring port executive and a veteran family law judge.

The Long Beach Bar Association will hold its 109th Annual Installation & Awards Dinner on Thursday at the Hotel Maya, honoring a posthumous legal titan, a retiring port chief, and a veteran family law jurist while installing a new president.

The association will posthumously name Samuel "Skip" Keesal its Lawyer of the Year. Keesal built a global law firm and devoted much of his life to local philanthropy, leaving a lasting imprint on Long Beach and the broader legal ...

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