Weekly Announcements

OCBA

• We are soliciting comments and statements about our colleague Jeffery Mintz to share with his family.
  • If you would like to share an anecdote or sentiments, please email us at [email protected].
  • Click here to read more about Jeff or share your thoughts directly with the family: https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/las-vegas-nv/jeffery-mintz-9952583.
• Please check your email for the ballot on the single issue of whether to increase the amounts of the two OCBA scholarships to $2,500 each.
  
  • This is the second vote on this issue.
  • Results of the first vote were 72% in favor of increasing the amount.
  • Voting will be open until 11:59 p.m. on Monday, December 28.
  • The vote will be conducted by electronic ballot unless you opt out via written communication to [email protected].
• Join us for our next Bar meeting via Zoom at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, January 14, 2021.
  • Referee Gail D. Baker is our guest speaker and will be discussing HROs, OFPs, and other emergency family law proceedings.

Olmsted County District Court

• Court Administrator Holland and the Bench have promulgated instructions for filing court exhibits for Zoom Hearings.
  • The instructions are as follows:
    
    • "All exhibits you wish to submit to the court during the hearing must be provided by email to [email protected] TWO BUSINESS DAYS before your hearing by 4:30 p.m. If for some reason you are unable to provide your exhibits in an electronic format you must send an email to the same email address by the deadline above."
      
    • "Witnesses may testify by ZOOM. It is your responsibility to provide the necessary ZOOM information to your witnesses. The court will not contact witnesses."

Have an announcement to share with your OCBA colleagues?  Please email the Gmail account before 8:00 p.m. the preceding Sunday.  Announcements will be shared here and on the OCBA Facebook page unless requested otherwise. 

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