The Gazette 1993

GAZETTE

NOVEMBER 1993

N E W S

Council Elections 1993/94

The list of members elected to the Council of the Law Society for 1993/94 is published below. The total number of valid voting papers received was 2501. Michael V. O'Mahony President deemed elected. Patrick Glynn, Senior Vice-President, 877. Patrick O'Connor, Junior Vice- President, 1120. Barry St. John Galvin 1326 Raymond T. Monahan 1266 John D. Shaw 1232 Anthony H. Ensor 1219 Ward McEllin 1207 Moya Quinlan 1203 Donal G. Binchy 1153 EvaTobin 1142 Michael Staines 1118 Niall G.Ca s ey 1081 James MacGuill 1055 Michael G. Irvine 1055 Elma Lynch 1038 Geraldine M. Clarke 1027 Richard Bennett 1018 Owen M. Binchy 1004 Ken Murphy 1002 Francis D. Daly 1001 Brian J. Sheridan 992 Gerard F. Griffin 984 John Costello 970 Laurence K. Shields 968 John G. Fish 953 Stephanie M. Coggans 915 Gerard J. Doherty 906 | Philip M. Joyce 903 Michael Carroll 895 Andrew F. Smyth 881 I As there was only one candidate nominated for each of the four seats for provincial delegates there was no election and the four candidates for these seats were returned unopposed as follows:- Connaught

L-r: Pat O'Connor, Junior Vice-President; Michael V. O'Mahony, President, and Paddy Glynn, Senior Vice-President.

Michael V O'Mahony Newly-elected President Michael VO'Mahony, a partner in McCann FitzGerald, Solicitors, Dublin, was elected President of the Society at the first meeting of the newly-elected Cpuncil for 1993/1994 on 12 November. Michael O'Mahony was educated at Belvedere College, Dublin, UCD (BCL, i 1962 and LL.B, 1963) and University of j California, Berkeley (LL.M, 1966). He qualified as a solicitor in 1964 and was awarded both the Overend and Findlater j scholarships. First elected to the Council in 1975, he has served on the Public i Relations, Parliamentary, EEC & International Affairs, and Publications 1 Committees, amongst others, and as a long standing member of the Gazette ; Editorial Board. He served as Junior | Vice-President of the Society in 1988/89 I and Senior Vice-President last year. Patrick Glynn, a partner in Leahy & O'Sullivan, Solicitors, Limerick, has been elected Senior Vice-President of the Society for 1993/94. Paddy Glynn i was educated at Crescent College, Limerick, and qualified as a solicitor in 1956. He served as President of the County and City of Limerick Bar Association from 1978 to 1980 and has ' been a member of the Law Society I Patrick Glynn Senior Vice-President

Council since 1977. He has served as chairman of the Professional Purposes Committee of the Society, the Compensation Fund Committee and the Parliamentary Committee. He has also served on a range of Law Society committees including Registrar's, and Finance. He was Junior Vice-President of the Society from 1989 to 1990. Pat O'Connor, newly-elected Junior Vice-President for 1993/94, is principal of the firm of P. O'Connor & Son, Swinford, Co. Mayo. He was educated at Glenstal Abbey School, Limerick, and at University College, Dublin and was admitted to the Roll of Solicitors in 1974. He was first elected to the Council ( of the Law Society in 1978 and since then has served as chairman of the Education, Registrar's, Professional Purposes, Joint Law Clerks Labour Committee, and has been vice-chairman of many of the statutory and ad hoc committees of the Council. He is currently one of the Law Society's representatives on the Advisory Committee on Legal Education. His firm, P. O'Connor & Son, Solicitors, has recently been awarded the Quality Mark, being the second firm of solicitors j in Ireland to achieve the standard and ' the first in the West of Ireland. • Patrick O'Connor Junior Vice-President

John Dillon Leetch John B. Harte Angela Eileen Condon Peter F. R. Murphy

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