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Our four-part movie night series was preceded Preparing for our Amazing Future I have enjoyed working closely with so many of
by an hour of free continuing legal education that Although we celebrated our past and have taken you during the past bar year. Together, we celebrated
allowed members to honor the courage of the late steps to meet our present challenges, we have our past, addressed our current challenges, and
Justice Thurgood Marshall during Black History not lost sight of the importance of preparing laid the framework for an amazing future. I am
Month and celebrate the vision of Justice Ruth for our future. This year, we formed our 2040 passing the baton to my successor and fellow Ohio
Bader Ginsburg during Women’s History Month. Task Force to prepare for artificial intelligence University alumnus Ian Friedman, and I am sure
Finally, we created separate forums to (AI) and the ways it will change how lawyers he will do an outstanding job maintaining our
facilitate important discussions with physicians practice law. The IBM Ross Intelligence System current pace and lifting our bar association and
and journalists during our annual Medical/ and other AI products can write briefs, create legal community to even greater heights.
Legal Summit and our inaugural Media and contracts, and review millions of pages to So, now that my CMBA presidential journey
Law Summit. The Medical/Legal Summit, immediately assess litigation risks. The 2040 is done, it is only fitting to conclude where we
which was co-sponsored by the Academy Task Force is currently a subcommittee of the started one year ago with the final words of my
of Medicine of Cleveland & Northern Ohio, new Cyber Security, Data Privacy & Emerging CMBA inaugural address — “Back to the Future.”
featured American Bar Association President Technology Section and will help prepare
Bob Carlson and American Medical Association members of our legal community for the
President Dr. Barbara McAneny. For the Media changes AI will bring. Marlon A. Primes has been a CMBA member
and Law Summit, Ohio University’s E.W. Scripps Last, but certainly not least, we held an since 1993. He previously served as: a member of
School of Journalism secured the participation inaugural program to jointly welcome to our the Board of Trustees, the Chair of The Litigation
of Pulitzer-Prize winner Wes Lowery of the legal community law students and faculty Section, the Chair of the 3Rs Committee, and the
Washington Post and journalists who cover from Case Western Reserve School of Law Chair of the Justice for All Committee. Marlon has
the White House and the U.S. Department of and Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. The worked as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Cleveland
Justice in Washington, D.C. Both summits helped students and faculty enjoyed the networking for the past 26 years. He received his law degree
our overall community address and rationally opportunity and the ability to learn more about from Georgetown University Law Center and his
discuss current challenges that jointly impact our all the CMBA programs and initiatives. It will undergraduate degree from Ohio University’s E.W.
honored professions such as: the state of medical certainly help us ensure that a new generation Scripps School of Journalism. He can be reached
malpractice litigation, the Affordable Care Act, of leaders is ready, willing, and able to maintain at (216) 622-3684 or Marlon.Primes@usdoj.gov.
and the media coverage of high-profile litigation. our tremendous legacy and history. Follow him on Twitter @MPrimesCMBA.

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