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Holloway
Takes Helm of
Hennepin County Bar
Association
Minneapolis (06-20-02):
-- On July 1, 2002, Jean F. Holloway takes office as the
84th president of the Hennepin County Bar
Association (HCBA) with a membership of nearly 8000
lawyers. The HCBA is Minnesota’s largest local bar
association and also the nation’s ninth largest.
Accepting the gavel from outgoing president Brian
Melendez, Holloway begins a one-year term as president,
representing nearly half of the attorneys in Minnesota.
With both a J.D. and M.B.A. from the University of
Chicago, Ms. Holloway is a business consultant for
McKinsey & Company, located in Minneapolis and
recognized nationally. Before joining McKinsey &
Company, Holloway was a partner with Dorsey &
Whitney where she practiced commercial, complex and
employment litigation.
In the middle of her decade with Dorsey &
Whitney, Ms. Holloway served for nearly a year with the
Children’s Defense Fund as a lobbyist on children’s
issues and as its senior attorney. Much of her volunteer
service as a lawyer has focused on children’s issues,
and she continues to be a passionate supporter of public
service by the profession.
Holloway has taken many leadership roles within the
HCBA as well as in local and national organizations such
as Minnesota Women Lawyers, Minnesota Supreme Court Task
Forces for Guardian ad Litem and Foster care issues, the
Governor’s Council on Action for Children, and the
Children’s Law Center.
In her acceptance speech at the HCBA Annual Meeting,
Holloway made it clear that she has every intention of
building upon the solid foundation laid down by past
leadership and does not see a need for any radical
changes. Where she will focus her attention and energies
are four main areas: She looks forward to implementing
the new judicial evaluation system, looking for the best
ways to draw member benefits from new technologies,
seeing if there are ways to make the association’s
governance structure more streamlined, and -- most
passionate among her interests – to take additional
strides in assuring access to justice for all the
disadvantaged, particularly low-income children. She
stated, "I applaud the past commitment of the
Hennepin County bar to pro bono activities and
anticipate exploring ways to coordinate and expand those
efforts."
Ms. Holloway, with husband Dr. Avi Nahum and their
three children, make their home in Edina.
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Also serving on the 2002-2003 Executive Committee of
the Hennepin County Bar Association are:
John Dornik President-Elect, McKenzie
& Hallberg
Brent Routman Treasurer, Merchant &
Gould
Marlene Garvis Secretary, Jardine Logan
& O’Brien
Brian Melendez Past President, Faegre &
Benson
Joan Schulkers Chair, New Lawyers Section,
Borman & Schulkers
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Photo available by email
on request; contact Duane Stanley at duane@hcba.org
Interviews can be arranged through Duane Stanley,
HCBA Assistant Executive Director at duane@hcba.org
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