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GAZETTE NOVEMBER 1993
N E W S
Council Elections 1993/94
L-r: Pat O'Connor, Junior Vice-President; Michael V. O'Mahony, President, and
Paddy Glynn, Senior Vice-President.
The list of members elected to the
Council of the Law Society for
1993/94 is published below. The total
number of valid voting papers
received was 2501.
Michael V. O'Mahony President
deemed elected.
Patrick Glynn, Senior Vice-President,
877.
Patrick O'Connor, Junior Vice-
President, 1120.
Barry St. John Galvin 1326
Raymond T. Monahan 1266
John D. Shaw 1232
Anthony H. Ensor 1219
Moya Quinlan 1203
Donal G. Binchy 1153
EvaTobin 1142
Michael Staines 1118
Niall s ey 1081
James MacGuill 1055
Michael G. Irvine 1055
Elma Lynch 1038
Geraldine M. Clarke 1027
Owen M. Binchy 1004
Ken Murphy 1002
Francis D. Daly 1001
Brian J. Sheridan 992
Gerard F. Griffin 984
Laurence K. Shields 968
John G. Fish 953
Stephanie M. Coggans 915
Gerard J. Doherty 906
| Philip M. Joyce 903
Michael Carroll 895
Andrew F. Smyth 881
I As there was only one candidate
nominated for each of the four seats
for provincial delegates there was no
election and the four candidates for
these seats were returned unopposed
as follows:-
Connaught
Leinster
Munster
Ulster
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Michael V O'Mahony
Newly-elected President
Michael VO'Mahony, a partner in
McCann FitzGerald, Solicitors, Dublin,
was elected President of the Society at
the first meeting of the newly-elected
Cpuncil for 1993/1994 on 12 November.
Michael O'Mahony was educated at
Belvedere College, Dublin, UCD (BCL,
i 1962 and LL.B, 1963) and University of
j California, Berkeley (LL.M, 1966). He
qualified as a solicitor in 1964 and was
awarded both the Overend and Findlater
j scholarships. First elected to the Council
in 1975, he has served on the Public
i Relations, Parliamentary, EEC &
International Affairs, and Publications
1 Committees, amongst others, and as a
long standing member of the Gazette
; Editorial Board. He served as Junior
| Vice-President of the Society in 1988/89
I and Senior Vice-President last year.
I Patrick Glynn
Senior Vice-President
Patrick Glynn, a partner in Leahy &
O'Sullivan, Solicitors, Limerick, has
been elected Senior Vice-President of
the Society for 1993/94. Paddy Glynn
i was educated at Crescent College,
Limerick, and qualified as a solicitor in
1956. He served as President of the
County and City of Limerick Bar
Association from 1978 to 1980 and has
' been a member of the Law Society
Council since 1977. He has served as
chairman of the Professional Purposes
Committee of the Society, the
Compensation Fund Committee and the
Parliamentary Committee. He has also
served on a range of Law Society
committees including Registrar's, and
Finance. He was Junior Vice-President
of the Society from 1989 to 1990.
Patrick O'Connor
Junior Vice-President
Pat O'Connor, newly-elected Junior
Vice-President for 1993/94, is principal
of the firm of P. O'Connor & Son,
Swinford, Co. Mayo. He was educated
at Glenstal Abbey School, Limerick,
and at University College, Dublin and
was admitted to the Roll of Solicitors in
1974. He was first elected to the Council
( of the Law Society in 1978 and since
then has served as chairman of the
Education, Registrar's, Professional
Purposes, Joint Law Clerks Labour
Committee, and has been vice-chairman
of many of the statutory and ad hoc
committees of the Council. He is
currently one of the Law Society's
representatives on the Advisory
Committee on Legal Education. His
firm, P. O'Connor & Son, Solicitors, has
recently been awarded the Quality
Mark, being the second firm of solicitors
j in Ireland to achieve the standard and
' the first in the West of Ireland. •
John Dillon Leetch
John B. Harte
Angela Eileen Condon
Peter F. R. Murphy
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