Annual Meeting and Additional Nominations Open
Due to a scheduling conflict we have changed the date of the Annual Meeting. The Tuscaloosa County Bar Association will hold its annual meeting at Noon on August 22, 2025, at the Tuscaloosa County Annex Auditorium ( formerly referred to as the Extension Office Auditorium). We will present the Liberty Bell award and our current Alabama State Bar President, Jana Garner will be our speaker. The LAST day to register is August 15.
Nominations from members are now being accepted for this years elections. In order to nominate and to vote, you must be a member in good standing with the Alabama State Bar and Tuscaloosa County Bar Association.
We will have elections for our President, Vice-President and Secretary/Treasurer, as well as elections for 3 seats on the TCBA Executive Committee (3 year term), 3 seats on the Public Defender's Commission (1 year term). The current nominations from the Executive Committee are as follows:
President: Kayla Griffin
Vice President: John Baird
Secretary: Janie Mangieri
Executive Committee: Paula Whitley, Tommy Hinote & Curry Robertson
Public Defender Commission: Jaime Conger, Joel Sogol and Elizabeth Glasscox
Any member may submit additional nominations in writing via email to the current President, Rachel Blume (rachel@blumelaw.net) with a copy to the current Secretary, John Baird (baird006@gmail.com).
Nominees for all seats must be in good standing with the Alabama and Tuscaloosa County Bar Associations, and additional nominees for any position of Officer or Member of the Executive Committee may be nominated, upon the concurrence of five (5) Regular Members. Nominations for all officer positions and committees must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. on August 7 in order for the nominees name to be verified to be included on the ballot.
VOTING PERIOD
After the time for nominations has closed, voting will be held from August 8 to August 15, 2024. Voting will be conducted via electronic ballot using Election Buddy which will e-mail all eligible members a one-time private voting link the morning of the election.
If you are a voting member and do not receive an email with a link to vote on August 8th, please let me know!