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"Welcome
Back" Reception For
Attorney Richard Hendrickson
Minneapolis
(12-1-03): --
After a month of hospitalization and recuperation since
he was seriously injured in a courthouse shooting,
attorney Richard L. Hendrickson is being welcomed back
at a reception hosted by the Hennepin County Bar
Association (HCBA) on Tuesday, December 2. Coffee and
cake will be served at the reception held in Courtroom
C459 at the Government Center from 11:30 a.m. until 1:30
p.m. Brief remarks by HCBA President John Dornik, Chief
Judge Kevin Burke and MSBA President Jim Baillie are
planned for 12:30.
On September 29th,
Hendrickson was injured and his client was killed when
Susan Berkovitz allegedly pulled a gun and began
shooting. The relatives had been parties to lengthy
legal disputes around a probate settlement. Hendrickson
was rushed to the hospital and, after a month of
recuperation, is returning to his law practice. The
incident has sparked extensive discussion and study of
court security issues by the bench, bar and county
officials. Each group established court security task
forces that have been active since the tragedy. A task
force appointed by the county commissioners is expected
to make recommendations for security-related changes at
the Government Center before the end of the year.
The reception allows the
profession to express their solidarity with Hendrickson,
and offers an opportunity for bench and bar to share
their well wishes. The Minnesota State Bar Association
has also allowed lawyers to express their generous
financial support through a fund created to help with
medical and other expenses while Hendrickson has been
unable to practice his profession.
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