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C. Bruce Lawrence
Secretary
C. Bruce Lawrence of
Fairport (Boylan, Brown, Code, Vigdor &
Wilson, LLP) has been elected to serve as Secretary of the
Association’s Executive Committee.
Lawrencereceived his
undergraduate degree from the University of Rochester, and his law
degree from Pennsylvania State
University’s Dickinson School of Law.
Lawrenceis partner
of Boylan, Brown, Code, Vigdor & Wilson, LLP, heading the
Creditor’s Rights Department. He has more than 31 years of
experience in the fields of debtor/creditor law, bank and commercial
collections, business loan workouts, trustee litigation and commercial
bankruptcy. A frequent lecturer for the
Association on bankruptcy and debt collection, he
has been listed in “The Best Lawyers in America” for his bankruptcy expertise.
A member of the Association’s
House of Delegates since 1993, Lawrence has
served as Vice-President of the 7th Judicial District on the
Association’s Executive Committee since 2000. He is a fellow of
the New York Bar Foundation and currently co-chairs the Special
Committee on Civil Legal Service Funding, which developed NYSBA’s
Cy Pres Manual. He previously co-chaired the President’s Committee
on Access to Justice from 1999 through 2004 and later received the
President’s Pro Bono Service Attorney Award in
2005.
Lawrenceserved as Past President of the Monroe County Bar Association
and was a member of the American Bar Association’s House of
Delegates.
The 26-member Executive Committee has the authority to
act and speak for the NYSBA, consistent with previous action of the
House of Delegates, when the House is not in session.The Executive
Committee meets quarterly and at other times as necessary. The Executive
Committee is composed of the President, President-Elect, Treasurer, and
Secretary of the Association. In addition, there are vice-presidents
from each of the twelve judicial districts (the 1st district has two
Vice-presidents) in the state and eight members-at-large. The immediate
past president is also a member of this body. All officers are elected
to serve one-year terms.
The 74,000 member New York State
Bar Association is the official statewide organization of lawyers
in New York and the
largest voluntary state bar association in the nation. Founded in 1876,
NYSBA programs and activities have continuously served the public and
improved the justice system for more than 130 years.
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