Memorial Day Program: OBA Reflects, Says Goodbye to Colleagues
Twenty-six red roses were carefully laid upon a table covered with the names of attorneys and judges who passed on over the course of the past 16 months.
The Omaha Bar Association held its annual Memorial Day Program on Friday in the legislative chambers of the Omaha-Douglas Civic Center. The event recognizes departed members of the bar association and presents a rose to a family member or friend in their recognition.
“It is important to recognize and honor those lawyers who came before us and helped set a foundation for the type of legal community that we’re so fortunate to have here in Omaha,” said OBA President Patrick S. Cooper, an attorney at Fraser Stryker.
Attorney Stuart J. Dornan of Dornan Troia Howard Breitkreutz & Conway gave an address that reflects on the challenges of being a lawyer and the dedication that it demonstrates to the community.
“Being a lawyer requires a lot of thick skin, because some people do not view the legal profession as being noble,” Dornan said.
Dornan said the Omaha legal community has many fine lawyers with respectable professionals.
“We stand on the shoulders of the lawyers who we recognize today,” he said. “They brought leadership. They brought an idea that you can fight fairly and be civil and treat each other as colleagues and not competitors, and we are so fortunate to those men and women who taught us those things and who we honor today.”
As citizens, Dornan said the lawyers recognized at the event had an opportunity to uphold the rule of law. As attorneys, they also worked directly in that effort.
“They did great things for the greater good, each and every day, one-on-one with their clients,” Dornan said. “They had the wonderful privilege of being able to regularly rise to the occasion to help the poor, the friendless and the needy, the wonderful privilege to rise to the occasion to make sure there that were no second-class citizens under the Constitution, and they had the wonderful opportunity to rise to the occasion in every aspect of law to make sure that everybody’s dignity was protected and respected and every righteous cause went forward.”
In Memoriam 2018-2019
F. Peter Huse III
S. Bruce Barton
William E. Mooney Jr.
Jennie Marie Dugan-Hinrichs
Bradley “Brad” Gianakos
Hunter B. Sadle
Wallace L. “Wally” Hopkins
Daniel K. Powers
John M. Kerwin
Olivia Guerra Keating
David A. Jacobson
Dean S. Forney
Hon. W. Mark Ashford
Albert B. Kerkhove
Harold L. Rock
Jerrold L. “Jerry” Strasheim
Roger R. Holthaus
Thomas C. Marfisi
Richard E. “Dick” Croker
George A. Penry
Fredrick S. “Fritz” Cassman
Russell R. Sibbel
Robert P. Wintz
Richard L. Swenson
Francis P. “Frank” Matthews Jr.
David L. Herzog
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