History
Sacramento County Bar Association’s first recorded minutes of bar business are dated June 24, 1918, Honorable Grove L. Johnson, President. The first board meeting was held at 700 Capitol National Bank Building. Subsequent meetings were held in Department Two of the Superior Court on the second floor corner of 6th and 7th of I Street. It was not until October 21, 1949 that the Association incorporated and was granted 501(c)(6) status.
Today the Sacramento County Bar Association [SCBA] remains an active, vibrant community of dedicated lawyers serving as an advocate for the profession in leadership and service to the greater Sacramento community.
Past SCBA Presidents
1918 Honorable Grove L. Johnson • 1919 – May 1924 Grove L. Johnson • June 1924 Lester J. Hinsdale • 1925 – 1926 – [unknown] • 1927 – 1929 Herbert E. White • 1930 Dal M. Lemmon • 1931 – 1936 James D. Meredith • 1937 - 1938 B.F. Van Dyke • 1939 Ralph W. Lewis • 1940 Fontaine Johnson • 1941 Grover W. Bedeau • 1942 Harry B. Seymour • 1943 Gerald M. Desmond • 1944 A. I. Diepenbrock • 1945 Joseph W. Mento • 1946 Cyril A. Coyle • 1947 Evan J. Hughes • 1948 Wilson Craven • 1949 Albert E. Sheets • 1950 Otto Rohwer – Jay L. Henry • 1951 Robert A. Zarick • 1952 Benjamin Frantz • 1953 Gilford S. Rowland • 1954 Kenneth G. McGilvray • 1955 William A. Sitton • 1956 Anthony Kennedy • 1957 Joe M. Fitzwilliam • 1958 Jerome M. McLaughlin • 1959 John F. Downey • 1960 John J. Wells • 1961 Lawrence A. Schei • 1962 Frank K. Richardson • 1963 Bruce F. Allen • 1964 Phillip C. Wilkins • 1965 H. Harold Levy • 1966 Forrest A. Plant • 1967 Richard E. Crow • 1968 Charles A. Barrett • 1969 Robert H. Memering • 1970 William H. Lally • 1971 Charles F. Gray Jr. • 1972 Norman D. Baldwin • 1973 Kneeland H. Lobner • 1974 Jerome R. Lewis • 1975 Garth Scallon • 1976 Morton L. Friedman • 1977 Reynold J. Gualco • 1978 Thomas A. Craven • 1979 Philip Mering • 1980 Robert C. Schleh • 1981 Thomas W. Eres • 1982 Joe S. Gray • 1983 Orrin F. Finch • 1984 Judith R. Campos • 1985 Michael S. Sands • 1986 James M. Mize • 1987 William A. Kershaw • 1988 Judith A. Harper • 1989 Samuel L. Jackson • 1990 Richard H. Hoffelt • 1991 D. Thomas Woodruff • 1992 Diane E. Wasznicky • 1993 Gary S. Decker • 1994 Kenneth M. Malovos • 1995 Deborah M. Debow • 1996 Gary F. Loveridge • 1997 Windie O. Scott • 1998 James R. Greiner • 1999 Emory L. King Jr • 2000 Bruce C. Cline • 2001 Barbara H. Yonemura • 2002 Mark Shusted • 2003 Bion M. Gregory • 2004 Joan Stone • 2005 W. Stuart Home III • 2006 Jack C. Laufenberg • 2007 Stacy Boulware-Eurie • 2008 Christopher Krueger • 2009 Michael Mills • 2010 Todd Vlaanderen • 2011 Michael Levy • 2012 June Coleman • 2013 Bruce Timm • 2014 BJ Susich • 2015 Angela Lai • 2016 Heather Cline Hoganson • 2017 Sabrina Thomas • 2018 Sil Reggiardo • 2019 Sean McCoy • 2020 Shanāe Buffington • 2021 Trevor Carson • 2022 Bryan Hawkins • 2023 Andi Liebenbaum • 2024 Connor Olson