Reginald M. Turner, ABA immediate past president (left), passes the presidental gavel to ABA President Deborah Enix-Ross.
(Photo courtesy of the ABA)
Deborah Enix-Ross, a New York dispute resolution lawyer, became president of the American Bar Association this month at the conclusion of the ABA Annual Meeting in Chicago.
The association also welcomed a new chair of the House of Delegates, a president-elect and a treasurer-elect.
Enix-Ross is a senior adviser to the International Dispute Resolution Group of Debevoise & Plimpton in New York City.
She has been a part of the ABA leadership for several years, serving as chair of the ABA’s policymaking House of Delegates and as chair of the ABA Center for Human Rights and the ABA Section Officers Conference.
Enix-Ross is also a fellow of the American Bar Foundation and has served as vice president of the World Justice Project. She is the second Black female president in ABA history.
Enix-Ross was sworn in as ABA president by retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, who received the association’s highest honor, the ABA Medal, at a ceremony held earlier at the annual meeting.
She succeeds Reginald Turner, a lawyer with Clark Hill in Detroit. Turner is past president of the National Bar Association and the State Bar of Michigan.
Meanwhile, Palmer Gene Vance II is the new chair of the ABA House of Delegates. Vance is a lawyer with Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC in Lexington, Kentucky, a firm that specializes in business and commercial litigation.
Mary L. Smith is the new president-elect. She will become ABA president in August 2023 at the Annual Meeting in Denver. Smith is vice chair and partner at the VENG Group and senior fellow at Freedman Consulting LLC.
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