Underscoring lawyer commitment to keeping it civil, OBA members share the instances of kindness, courtesy and respect they have experienced in this profession that particularly impressed, inspired or stuck with them.

In a stirring acceptance speech, Michael Eizenga, 2024 recipient of the OBA Award of Excellence in Civil Litigation, asks: “In our increasingly fraught and tribal world, do the skills of the litigator apply outside the respectful context of the courtroom?”

Lawyers across practice areas can suffer from a particularly insidious form of burnout, often without even realizing it. In his 30 years of advocating for injury victims, Frank Van Dyke has learned how to identify the slow creep of specialty burnout and to deploy the strategies that will prevent it from taking hold.

The OBA’s inaugural Thomas G. Heintzman Member Recognition Dinner brought together leading members of the bench and bar to toast spectacular careers in transition and pay tribute to the lawyers in attendance who have demonstrated outstanding commitment to the profession through 50 or more consecutive years of membership in the OBA.

While he’s often the David taking on a Goliath in highly charged legal battles around everything from workers’ rights and encampment evictions to racial profiling and free speech, Wade Poziomka has become a giant in the field of human rights law by doing exactly what he always imagined a lawyer was meant to do: fight for the underdog.

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From stunning architecture to the functional design of services, a mixture of beauty and efficiency is embedded into every inch of Helsinki. Each September, the city hosts Design Week, a festival that celebrates design of all kinds – even legal design. Having experienced the festival and the spectacular setting firsthand, Kerri Salata finds fall a perfect time to celebrate the fusion of design with the practical, and to focus on rejuvenation, health and wellness.

Rooted in tradition and precedent, the emergence of Queer spaces should not be dismissed as a progressive fad but should be recognized as fundamental for developing a more inclusive, equal and stronger legal profession.

After suffering a brutal attack at the hands of her then husband that left her blind, Rumana Monzur not only went on to complete her master’s degree, graduate from law school and work as a litigator for the Department of Justice in Vancouver, she became an advocate for the rights of women and persons living with disabilities.

Many lawyers contemplating making greater use of generative AI in their practices – a prospect entertained with equal parts curiosity and caution – are in the early stages of testing out just what the rewards and risks might be. So, we asked members who’ve used AI tools, what has been the most surprising result they’ve received from a request.