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State Bar & Bar Associations

Jul. 9, 2009

With Renewed Influence in Washington, ABA Pushes Agenda

After eight years of being ignored by the Bush administration, the American Bar Association is working to bolster its influence both in government and the legal community.

By Amy Yarbrough
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - After eight years of being ignored by the Bush administration, the American Bar Association is working to bolster its influence both in government and the legal community. ABA President H. Thomas Wells Jr. is in the Bay Area this week to do just that.

He is talking to radio stations, including public station KQED this morning, and was scheduled to speak at the Commonwealth Club tonight. ...

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