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Courtney Ward-Reichard
Steps Onto Five-Year Leadership
Ladder in Bar Association
Minneapolis (06-15-07):
-- Courtney
Ward-Reichard has been elected as Secretary of the
Hennepin County Bar Association, beginning a five-year
sequence on the association’s leadership track. She is
scheduled to be president of the 8,000-member
professional association in 2010-2011.
A shareholder in the Halleland Lewis
Nilan & Johnson law firm where she practices primarily
on product liability/mass tort and commercial
litigation, Ward-Reichard brings fifteen years of law
practice and a wide range of bar association experience
to her new role. Fulfilling her dream since seventh
grade, she graduated from William Mitchell College of
Law after first completing her undergraduate work from
Concordia College in Moorhead.
Ward-Reichard is enthusiastic about what
the bar association has to offer in personal and
professional growth opportunities as well as options for
service to the broader community. She became involved
with the bar association during her first year of law
practice, serving initially in helping produce the
association’s membership publication, The Hennepin
Lawyer. She later chaired that committee. Many
other roles have followed, including service on the
Continuing Legal Education Committee, Finance and
Planning Committee, and Board of Directors.
In addition to association work, Ward-Reichard
has given considerable time and energy to service
through the Hennepin County Bar Foundation, the
charitable giving arm of the association. She will
serve as president of the Foundation during the coming
year while she also chairs the Bar Benefit Committee for
the third year, directing that charity event to record
contributions. Her commitment to public service is also
reflected in her work with her law firm where she chairs
the Charitable Contributions Committee and co-chairs the
Community Involvement Task Force.
Ward-Reichard approaches her new role on
the association’s Executive Committee with enthusiasm,
anticipating participation in decisions in the pursuit
of professional excellence, ethical conduct, and
civility among members of the bar. She believes the
association serves a critical bridge between the bar and
public at-large, both in increasing public understanding
of the law and the legal system and by improving access
to the courts and justice.
Ward-Reichard and her husband Kevin,
owner of a publishing business, are proud parents of
three children: Sean, Rachel, and Sarah. In her spare
time she enjoys playing music, reading, and being active
in her church.
The Hennepin County Bar Association is a
professional society representing 8,000 area attorneys
with a wide variety of services for the community and
the profession. The association strives to ensure the
fairness and accessibility of the legal system by
promoting public understanding and confidence in our
system of justice and by working along with
the courts to improve the administration of justice.
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