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November 2011
Moffly Publications lists Amy as a Top Lawyer in Fairfield County in
Greenwich, New Canaan & Darien, and Westport Magazines.
08.06.11
The ABA General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Division elects and installs
Amy as Division Secretary for the 2011-2012 bar year.
November 2010
Westport Magazine lists Amy as one of the Top Lawyers in Fairfield
County, Connecticut.
08.26.10
Amy was the Distinguished Alumna Speaker at the 2010 Orientation for
the entering class of students at the University of Connecticut School of
Law.
08.10.10
American Bar Association President Stephen Zack appoints Amy to the ABA
Standing Committee on Professional Discipline for a three-year term.
Established in 1973, the Committee assists the judiciary and the bar in the
development, coordination, and strengthening of disciplinary enforcement
in the legal profession throughout the United States.
04.15.10
Connecticut Senator John McKinney, Senate Minority Leader, appoints Amy
as a Commissioner to the state's Asian Pacific American Affairs Commission.
November 2009
Amy becomes a Fellow of The James W. Cooper Fellows Program of The
Connecticut Bar Foundation that strives to promote a better
understanding of the legal profession and the judicial system among the
citizens of Connecticut, and addresses matters concerning the legal
profession and administration of justice in Connecticut, including its
structure, organization and challenges. Selection as a Fellow requires
demonstrated superior legal ability and devotion to the welfare of the
community, state, and nation, as well as to the advancement of the legal
profession.
03.30.09
Accepting the invitation of the Connecticut Bar Foundation, Amy joins its
Board of Directors. The Connecticut Bar Foundation, established in 1952,
is a non-profit organization which develops and administers programs to
enhance understanding and improvement of the law and legal institutions,
provides grants for legal research, and sponsors educational symposia.
The Foundation also administers the Interest on Lawyers' Trust Accounts
(IOLTA) program for the benefit of legal services agencies and law school
scholarship programs for students demonstrating financial need attending
law schools in Connecticut.
03.28.09
An alumna of the Sigma Delta chapter of Kappa Delta Sorority at Duke
University, Amy joins the Chapter Advisory Board of the newly installed Eta
Nu chapter at Sacred Heart University.
August 2007
Amy joins the National Advisory Council of the American Judicature Society
(AJS). Founded in 1913, the AJS is an independent, national, nonpartisan
organization of judges, lawyers, and other members of the public who
seek to improve the justice system. AJS, which brings a public perspective
to justice system issues, has the mission to secure and promote an
independent and qualified judiciary and fair system of justice. Primary
areas of focus are:
Judicial independence
Judicial conduct and ethics
Judicial selection
The jury
Criminal justice system
Public understanding of the justice system
07.01.07
Amy Chairs the Solo and Small Firm Practice Committee of the Connecticut
Bar Association for the 2007-2008 bar year.
04.05.07
Amy is featured in the Connecticut Lawyer magazine.
08.05.06
Amy joins the Council of the ABA General Practice, Solo and Small Firm
Division. With over 32,400 members, the GP Solo Division is one of the
largest groups within the ABA. Amy's four-year term began at the
adjournment of the ABA Annual Meeting in August 2006. She is also
serving as Director of Division 4 of the GP Solo Division.
04.26.06
Amy receives the 2nd Annual Edwin Archer Randolph Diversity Award from
the The Lawyers Collaborative for Diversity (formerly known as the
Connecticut Lawyers Group) for her significant contributions and
accomplishments in the advancement of attorneys of color within
Connecticut’s legal community. The award was presented at the Aetna
Theater in the Wadsworth Atheneum along with a Proclamation from CT
Governor M. Jodi Rell proclaiming April 26, 2006 as Amy Lin Meyerson Day
in the state of Connecticut.
03.17.06
Amy is featured as Law Star on Lawcrossing.com.
11.07.05
The Connecticut Bar Association Board of Governors appoints Amy to serve
on the Board of the Statewide Legal Services of Connecticut, Inc. that
serves as the access point to the legal aid services programs in
Connecticut which provide legal assistance in civil matters to low-income
persons.
10.20.05
Amy is installed as the President of the National Asian Pacific American Bar
Association (NAPABA) at its 17th Annual Convention in Chicago, IL.
Headquartered in Washington, DC, NAPABA advocates for the legal needs
and interests of the APA community and represents over 40,000 attorneys
and 47 local APA bar associations, whose practice settings range from solo
practices to large firms, corporations, legal services organizations, non-
profit organizations, law schools, and governmental agencies.
09.01.05
Amy accepts an invitation to become a Fellow of the American Bar
Foundation. Selection as a Fellow is recognition of a lawyer as one whose
professional, public and private career has demonstrated outstanding
dedication to the welfare of the community, the traditions of the profession
and the maintenance and advancement of the objectives of the American
Bar Association. Membership in The Fellows is limited to one-third of one
percent of the lawyers in each state.
Moffly Publications lists Amy as a Top Lawyer in Fairfield County in
Greenwich, New Canaan & Darien, and Westport Magazines.
08.06.11
The ABA General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Division elects and installs
Amy as Division Secretary for the 2011-2012 bar year.
November 2010
Westport Magazine lists Amy as one of the Top Lawyers in Fairfield
County, Connecticut.
08.26.10
Amy was the Distinguished Alumna Speaker at the 2010 Orientation for
the entering class of students at the University of Connecticut School of
Law.
08.10.10
American Bar Association President Stephen Zack appoints Amy to the ABA
Standing Committee on Professional Discipline for a three-year term.
Established in 1973, the Committee assists the judiciary and the bar in the
development, coordination, and strengthening of disciplinary enforcement
in the legal profession throughout the United States.
04.15.10
Connecticut Senator John McKinney, Senate Minority Leader, appoints Amy
as a Commissioner to the state's Asian Pacific American Affairs Commission.
November 2009
Amy becomes a Fellow of The James W. Cooper Fellows Program of The
Connecticut Bar Foundation that strives to promote a better
understanding of the legal profession and the judicial system among the
citizens of Connecticut, and addresses matters concerning the legal
profession and administration of justice in Connecticut, including its
structure, organization and challenges. Selection as a Fellow requires
demonstrated superior legal ability and devotion to the welfare of the
community, state, and nation, as well as to the advancement of the legal
profession.
03.30.09
Accepting the invitation of the Connecticut Bar Foundation, Amy joins its
Board of Directors. The Connecticut Bar Foundation, established in 1952,
is a non-profit organization which develops and administers programs to
enhance understanding and improvement of the law and legal institutions,
provides grants for legal research, and sponsors educational symposia.
The Foundation also administers the Interest on Lawyers' Trust Accounts
(IOLTA) program for the benefit of legal services agencies and law school
scholarship programs for students demonstrating financial need attending
law schools in Connecticut.
03.28.09
An alumna of the Sigma Delta chapter of Kappa Delta Sorority at Duke
University, Amy joins the Chapter Advisory Board of the newly installed Eta
Nu chapter at Sacred Heart University.
August 2007
Amy joins the National Advisory Council of the American Judicature Society
(AJS). Founded in 1913, the AJS is an independent, national, nonpartisan
organization of judges, lawyers, and other members of the public who
seek to improve the justice system. AJS, which brings a public perspective
to justice system issues, has the mission to secure and promote an
independent and qualified judiciary and fair system of justice. Primary
areas of focus are:
Judicial independence
Judicial conduct and ethics
Judicial selection
The jury
Criminal justice system
Public understanding of the justice system
07.01.07
Amy Chairs the Solo and Small Firm Practice Committee of the Connecticut
Bar Association for the 2007-2008 bar year.
04.05.07
Amy is featured in the Connecticut Lawyer magazine.
08.05.06
Amy joins the Council of the ABA General Practice, Solo and Small Firm
Division. With over 32,400 members, the GP Solo Division is one of the
largest groups within the ABA. Amy's four-year term began at the
adjournment of the ABA Annual Meeting in August 2006. She is also
serving as Director of Division 4 of the GP Solo Division.
04.26.06
Amy receives the 2nd Annual Edwin Archer Randolph Diversity Award from
the The Lawyers Collaborative for Diversity (formerly known as the
Connecticut Lawyers Group) for her significant contributions and
accomplishments in the advancement of attorneys of color within
Connecticut’s legal community. The award was presented at the Aetna
Theater in the Wadsworth Atheneum along with a Proclamation from CT
Governor M. Jodi Rell proclaiming April 26, 2006 as Amy Lin Meyerson Day
in the state of Connecticut.
03.17.06
Amy is featured as Law Star on Lawcrossing.com.
11.07.05
The Connecticut Bar Association Board of Governors appoints Amy to serve
on the Board of the Statewide Legal Services of Connecticut, Inc. that
serves as the access point to the legal aid services programs in
Connecticut which provide legal assistance in civil matters to low-income
persons.
10.20.05
Amy is installed as the President of the National Asian Pacific American Bar
Association (NAPABA) at its 17th Annual Convention in Chicago, IL.
Headquartered in Washington, DC, NAPABA advocates for the legal needs
and interests of the APA community and represents over 40,000 attorneys
and 47 local APA bar associations, whose practice settings range from solo
practices to large firms, corporations, legal services organizations, non-
profit organizations, law schools, and governmental agencies.
09.01.05
Amy accepts an invitation to become a Fellow of the American Bar
Foundation. Selection as a Fellow is recognition of a lawyer as one whose
professional, public and private career has demonstrated outstanding
dedication to the welfare of the community, the traditions of the profession
and the maintenance and advancement of the objectives of the American
Bar Association. Membership in The Fellows is limited to one-third of one
percent of the lawyers in each state.
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2011
2011 GP Solo Fall
Meeting and National
Solo & Small Firm
Conference
October 20-23, 2011
Westin Tabor Center
Denver, CO
23rd NAPABA Annual
Convention
November 17-20, 2011
Atlanta, GA
2012
ABA Mid-Year Meeting
February 1-7, 2012
New Orleans, LA
ABA General Practice,
Solo and Small Firm
Division
2012 Spring Meeting
May 2012
Charleston, SC
NAPABA Northeast
Super Regional
Conference
May 31 - June 2, 2012
Atlantic City, NJ
2012 ABA Annual
Meeting
August 2-7, 2012
Chicago, IL
24th NAPABA Annual
Convention
November 2012
Washington, DC
2011 GP Solo Fall
Meeting and National
Solo & Small Firm
Conference
October 20-23, 2011
Westin Tabor Center
Denver, CO
23rd NAPABA Annual
Convention
November 17-20, 2011
Atlanta, GA
2012
ABA Mid-Year Meeting
February 1-7, 2012
New Orleans, LA
ABA General Practice,
Solo and Small Firm
Division
2012 Spring Meeting
May 2012
Charleston, SC
NAPABA Northeast
Super Regional
Conference
May 31 - June 2, 2012
Atlantic City, NJ
2012 ABA Annual
Meeting
August 2-7, 2012
Chicago, IL
24th NAPABA Annual
Convention
November 2012
Washington, DC