CONTENTS JULY/AUGUST 2024 | VOLUME 39, NO. 1 THE LEADERSHIP ISSUE 05 Your Voice 06 From Our President 07 2024 D.C. Bar Election Coverage 08 Practice Management 09 Toward Well-Being FEATURES 10 Get to Know Shaun M. Snyder, 53rd D.C. Bar President 14 Leadership Academy: Building Self-Aware Leaders 18 Learning the Ropes of Law Practice 22 Partnership: Mastering the Business 26 Legal Defense for Election Workers 18 29 D.C. Bar 2023-2024 Annual Report 40 Bar Business: 2024-2025 Budget 42 Member Spotlight 44 Attorney Briefs 45 Worth Reading 46 On Further Review 48 Disciplinary Summaries 50 Speaking of Ethics 52 The Learning Curve 54 The Pro Bono Effect 56 A Slice of Wry Cover: D.C. Bar President Shaun M. Snyder, Patrice Gilbert Photography This page clockwise from top: John Payton Leadership Academy class of 2024, Patrice Gilbert Photography; election worker, Shutterstock; Heather Pearson, Bass, Berry & Sims PLC 14 26