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Y O U N G L A W Y E R S J O U R N A L
YLS co-hosts will regularly discuss issues of
interest to young lawyers in an informative
and entertaining way. The podcast will
serve as a platform for YLS members to
explore topical legal issues, consider our
history, work through our common chal-
lenges, and highlight our members and
their accomplishments.
All those who are reading this know
well how challenging our profession can
be. Being a lawyer requires long hours,
a never-ending dedication to our clients’
interests, and most of all, a love of the
art of advocacy as a vehicle for justice,
progress, and right action. Being a lawyer
empowers, but it also humbles. It teaches
us constantly and demands that we teach
others in turn. And once in a while, when
we work together for each other and our
community, it somehow inspires us to work
even harder.
That will be the YLS’ mission this year:
to deliver on the promise that every minute
you invest in the YLS and its members is
a minute you invest in your own future. I
ask you to work with me, and more impor-
tantly, work with each other, to make the
YLS work for you.
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YLS KICKS-OFF A NEW BAR YEAR AT ITS ANNUAL
MEETING
The Section also congratulates the young lawyer
members who demonstrated exemplary service this
year through their committee service, project leader-
ship and dedication to the Section. Congratulations to
the Creative Arts Committee, including Chairs Ross
Hersemann and Maryam Fakouri, Vice Chair Sarah
Ebel, and Legislative Liaison Angela Huisingh, who
received the David C. Hilliard Award for outstanding
committee service; to Alexander Memmen, who
received the Milton H. Gray Award for outstanding
project leadership for his efforts on our “Miami
Nights”casino night fundraiser; and to theYLS Award
Rising Star Award winner Tom Cramer. The Labor and
Employment Committee was also acknowledged for
having the highest attendance at their annual seminar
during the 2016-17 bar year, and YLS Officers Nick
Standiford and Jeff Moskowitz were recognized as
YLS Ambassadors.
2016-17 YLS Chair Katie Liss
passed the gavel to 2017-18 YLS
Chair Jonathan Amarilio at theYLS
Annual Meeting luncheon, held at
Harry Carey’s Italian Steakhouse
on June 7. The Section thanks
Katie Liss for her outstanding
leadership in 2016-17 and looks
forward to Jonathan Amarilio
taking the lead in the coming year.