CONTENTS JUNE 2020 | VOLUME 34, NO. 8 05 YOUR VOICE THE LEADERSHIP ISSUE 06 FROM OUR PRESIDENT 08 PRACTICE MANAGEMENT 10 CALENDAR OF EVENTS 11 BAR BUSINESS: BUDGET REPORT 12 FEATURE MEET GEOFFREY M. KLINEBERG: 49TH PRESIDENT OF THE D.C. BAR 18 FEATURE MOVING THE NEEDLE ON LAW FIRM DIVERSITY 24 FEATURE THE 2020 JOHN PAYTON LEADERSHIP ACADEMY 28 28 FEATURE JAMES SANDMAN GOES BACK TO SCHOOL 32 FEATURE LAW & SERVICE: OAG CONNECTS TO THE COMMUNITY 18 34 ON FURTHER REVIEW 36 THE LEARNING CURVE 38 MEMBER SPOTLIGHT 42 WORTH READING 43 ATTORNEY BRIEFS 44 DISCIPLINARY SUMMARIES 46 THE PRO BONO EFFECT 50 SPECIAL SECTION: UNFINISHED FIGHT 52 LAST WORD Cover: Geoffrey M. Klineberg, Tracey Salazar Photography This page clockwise from top: James Sandman, Patrice Gilbert Photography; Elizabeth Langer, courtesy of Elizabeth Langer; diversity art, iStock 38