in ABA Bar Leadership Institute
Tampa
Tampa, FL – Thomas Bopp joined some 300 other emerging leaders of lawyer organizations from across the country at the American Bar Association’s Bar Leadership Institute (BLI), March 13 – 15. Mr. Bopp of Fowler White Boggs Banker in Tampa, Florida is President-Elect of the Hillsborough County Bar Association.
The BLI is held annually in Chicago for incoming officials of local and state bars, special focus lawyer organizations, and bar foundations. The seminar provides the opportunity to confer with ABA officials, bar leader colleagues, executive staff, and other experts on the operation of such associations.
Bopp joined ABA President-Elect Tommy H. Wells of Birmingham, AL, and ABA Executive Director Henry F. White in sessions on bar governance, finance, communications, and planning for a presidential term.
Various ABA entities briefed the participants on resources available from the ABA for local, state, national, and specialty bar associations and foundations.
The BLI is sponsored by the ABA Standing Committee on Bar Activities and Services and ABA Division for Bar Services as part of the Association’s long-standing goal of fostering partnerships with state and local bars and related organizations. Cooperating with ABA staff, entities included the Division for Media Relations and Communication Services.
Fowler White Boggs Banker is one of Florida's oldest and largest law firms with more than 200 attorneys in seven offices throughout Florida in Tampa, St. Petersburg, Ft. Myers, Tallahassee, Orlando, Jacksonville and Fort Lauderdale. For more information, visit www.fowlerwhite.com.
