Photos: 2023 Missouri Bar annual meeting

Scott Lauck//September 19, 2023//

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The Missouri Bar held its 2023 annual meeting Sept. 13-15 in Kansas City.

The meeting featured an all-female executive team of bar’s Board of Governors and a speech by Chief Justice Mary R. Russell, who leads the now-majority female Missouri Supreme Court.

Photos by Scott Lauck

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A group of people sit on chairs on a stage to speak on a panel discussion

Mira Mdivani moderates a panel discussion on innovation in the legal industry during the The Missouri Bar Annual Meeting on Sept. 14, 2023 in Kansas City. Seated left to right are Ayyoub Ajmi, director of legal innovation and technology, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law; Judge Samuel A. Thumma of the Arizona Court of Appeals; Ryan W. Copus, a UMKC law professor; and Nicole M. Fisher, a family lawyer in Kansas City. (Photo by Scott Lauck)

Lauren Tucker McCubbin stands behind a lectern on a stage, facing to the right to speak to an audience

Outgoing President Lauren Tucker McCubbin addresses members of The Missouri Bar during the organization’s annual meeting on Sept. 14, 2023 in Kansas City. (Photo by Scott Lauck)

Megan Phillips looks to the left to face the audience as she speaks to an audience from behind a lectern on a stage

Incoming President Megan Phillips addresses members of The Missouri Bar during the organization’s annual meeting on Sept. 14, 2023 in Kansas City. (Photo by Scott Lauck)

Kelly Broniec (facing to the right) chats with a colleague in a large conference room. George W. Broniec, wearing a blue suit, stands behind Broniec

Judge Kelly Broniec, who was recently appointed to the Missouri Supreme Court, chats with an attorney during The Missouri Bar’s annual meeting on Sept. 14, 2023 in Kansas City. Standing behind Broniec is Judge George W. Draper III, whose seat Broniec filled following Draper’s retirement in August. (Photo by Scott Lauck)

Kelly Broniec leans over to write in a book on a table as others stand and talk around her in a large conference room

Recently appointed Judge Kelly Broniec of the Missouri Supreme Court autographs a book for attorney Rick Schnake during The Missouri Bar’s annual meeting on Sept. 14, 2023 in Kansas City. (Photo by Scott Lauck)

Kelly Broniec (left) speaks with Laura Denvir Stith in a large conference room meeting setting

Judge Kelly Broniec (left), who was named to the Missouri Supreme Court just two days before, visits with former Supreme Court Judge Laura Denvir Stith during The Missouri Bar’s annual meeting on Sept. 14, 2023 in Kansas City. Broniec’s appointment gave the Supreme Court a female majority for the first time in its history. (Photo by Scott Lauck)

Athena Dickson (left) laughs while she and others are seated at a table and watching a screen to the right in a large conference room

Athena Dickson (left) laughs while watching a series of tongue-in-cheek tribute videos about her accomplishments. Dickson was elected unopposed as vice president of The Missouri Bar during the Board of Governors meeting on Sept. 13, 2023 in Kansas City. (Photo by Scott Lauck)

Athena Dickson (facing camera) hugs John Gunn in a large conference room as the Missouri Bar annual meeting ends

Athena Dickson hugs former Bar President John Gunn at the conclusion of the bar’s Board of Governors meeting on Sept. 13, 2023 in Kansas City. Dickson was elected as vice president of The Missouri Bar during the meeting. (Photo by Scott Lauck)

Panoramic view of the large conferernce room as Mary R. Russell speaks to the audience as a video screen to the right shows a large image of her speaking

Chief Justice Mary R. Russell speaks to members of The Missouri Bar during the organization’s annual meeting on Sept. 14, 2023 in Kansas City. (Photo by Scott Lauck)

Mary R. Russell shown behind a lectern on a stage speaking

Chief Justice Mary R. Russell speaks to members of The Missouri Bar during the organization’s annual meeting on Sept. 14, 2023 in Kansas City. (Photo by Scott Lauck)

Mary R. Russell shown behind a lectern speaking to an audience

Chief Justice Mary R. Russell speaks to members of The Missouri Bar during the organization’s annual meeting on Sept. 14, 2023 in Kansas City. (Photo by Scott Lauck)

A large conference room where many people wearing professional attire are eating at tables

Members of The Missouri Bar dine during the opening luncheon of the organization’s annual meeting on Sept. 14, 2023 in Kansas City. (Photo by Scott Lauck)

Lauren Tucker McCubbin (from left), Megan Phillips and Shelly Dreyer sit behind a table with microphones in front of them to oversee a large meeting

From left to right, outgoing Bar President Lauren Tucker McCubbin, incoming President Megan Phillips and President-Elect Shelly Dreyer oversee a meeting of the bar’s Board of Governors during the organization’s annual meeting on Sept. 13, 2023 in Kansas City. (Photo by Scott Lauck)