Sacramento County Bar Association

Scba is a nonprofit business Association serving the legal community in and around Sacramento County. The Association, which was started in 1919, is made up of two dozen sections, divisions, and committees that offer programs to help attorneys achieve specialization and subject-matter expertise in a variety of practice areas. Additionally, scba partners with affiliate Bar associations and organizations that add to the dynamic Sacramento legal community. The scba staff - a small 3-person team - organizes events, supports educational programming for lawyers, and provides administrative support to the scba executive committee and board of directors. The office is tasked with weekly communications to the membership and other efforts as necessary. As a member services organization, the scba is committed to providing benefits that add value to the members and to the legal community as a whole. 2022 accomplishments: 1.solicited and secured significant commitment from board members, sections, divisions, and community leaders. 2.maintained regular monthly meetings with directors. 3.surpassed 1700 member attorneys - representing a 20% increase - over previous year. 4.prepared budget and allocated funds in order to hire executive-level staff before the end of 2023. 5.maintained and nurtured a strong executive team that continued to function as the de facto executive director in the absence of a senior lead staff. 6.continued to organize regular subject matter programs to help attorneys achieve continuing education credits. 7.conducted successful (financially and in terms of registered attendees) bench Bar reception and annual meeting events to highlight judge of the year and distinguished attorney of the year among other leaders of the profession and generate revenue for the scba. 8.maintained position as a bridge between the Bar (attorneys in the region) with the bench (judicial officers). 9.continued to support and advocate on behalf of pro bono services through scba's partner capital pro bono. 10.provided fee arbitration services. 11.returned to largely in-person services with few issues (and no known covid-19 outbreaks).