September 18 2009 Minutes

Trial and Appellate Advocacy Section
Annual Meeting/CLE
September 18, 2009
12:00 p.m.
Clarion Downtown Hotel
1615 Gervais Street
Columbia, SC  29201

MINUTES
William Watkins, Chair

Members Present:                            Bar Staff:
Reynolds Blankenship                        Dana Kurtz
Lance Boozer
Emma Boyson
Robert Brown
Tina Cundari
Carmen Ganjehsani
Kimberly Gertner
Stephen Hightower
Robert Hill
Brad Lanford
Raymon Lark
Deidre Laws
John Mahon
Steve Matthews
Lucy McDow
E. Ray Moore
T.B. Patterson
Ashley Stratton
Robert J. Thomas
Harvey Watson



I.    Call to Order and Welcome            
    In Chairperson Watkins’ absence, Mr. Boozer welcomed the     Section members and called the meeting to order.

II.    Approval of September 3, 2009, minutes  
        Mr. Boozer asked for a motion to approve the minutes from the             September 3, 2009, meeting. A motion was made, and the minutes             were passed by acclamation.





III.    Introduction of Council Members
        Mr. Lanford introduced the Trial and Appellate Advocacy Section             Council FY2009-2010:

        William Watkins, Chair
        David S. Cobb, Chair-Elect
        S. Prentiss Counts, Secretary
        Sallie P. Phelan, Immediate Past Chair/Section Delegate
        Michael Meetze
        Kirsten Small
        Bradley Lanford
        Damon Wlodarczyk
        Clayton Custer
        Thomas Vanderbloemen

IV.    New Business
        There was no new business.
        
      VI.     Adjournment    
        There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.