March 26, 2025 Dinner Meeting and Presentation
At the March 26, 2025 Dinner Meeting, President of the Leo A. Deegan Inn of Court (“Deegan Inn”), Hon. Joshlynn “Josh” Pulliam, welcomed all new and returning members to the Inn. The meeting was held at our regular location, Loft 84, and was preceded with a social where the members mingled.
Josh reminded Inn members of the upcoming social on April 23, 2025, where past and present members can mingle and hear stories about the Deegan Inn’s past, present and future. Deegan Inn members may invite any attorneys they believe would be interested in joining the Deegan and believes in the American Inns of Court’s core mission of civility, professionalism, ethics and excellence.
She also reminded Deegan Inn members of the upcoming Chamber Chats in Probate Law (set for the next day, March 27th) and the Civil Law chat hosted by Hon. Eric Keen (President of the Deegan Inn in 2020-2021) on April 9th. Please remember to RSVP to the Deegan Inn’s Executive Director, Thelma Collins.
Nominations are open for The Leo A. Deegan Inn Award for Outstanding Jurist and The Terry D. Bridges Award for Outstanding Attorney. Nominations are due April 20, 2025.
Team Pride and Prejudice presented on their topic of the night - Olympic Discrimination Throughout The Ages. The presentation began with Olympic News Channel anchors, Jean-Simon Serrano and Linda Carbajal.
There were three additional teams of two who traveled to the past - the 1930s, the 1972 Olympics and the Black September hostage crisis, 2012 Paralympics, and the upcoming 2026 Olympics in Milano Cortina, and the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.
Other Deegan Inn members were involved when questions were posed to the audience. Medals were handled out.
At the conclusion of the presentation, Deegan Inn members were invited to score the presentation from a ranking of 1 (worst) to 5 (best). The team and winning presentation will be announced at the September 2025 Orientation Meeting.