January 11, 2022:

The Nominating Committee is seeking active NCBA Members who want to serve on the Nassau County Bar Association Board of Directors. The deadline to apply is Monday, January 24, 2022.

The NCBA Board of Directors consists of the President, President-Elect, Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretary, 24 elected Directors, as well as the Dean of the Nassau Academy of Law, Chair of the New Lawyers Committee, NCBA delegates to the NYSBA House of Delegates, and all past presidents of the Bar Association.

NCBA Officers and a class of eight Directors are elected at the Annual Meeting on May 10 and take office June 1, 2022. Officers serve for one-year terms and Directors hold office for 3-year terms. Officers and Directors are sworn in at the Installation on June 7, 2022.

The Nominating Committee is also tasked this year with nominating a candidate to fill a vacant elected Director position; that candidate will be voted on by the Board of Directors and serve until the Annual Meeting on May 10, at which time the vacancy shall be filled for the balance of the term expiring June 1, 2024.

NCBA Members who wish to be nominated must be a Life, Regular or Sustaining Member of the Association for at least three consecutive years, and an active member of a committee for at least two consecutive years. The Nominating Committee also considers each applicant’s areas of practice, leadership positions in the Nassau County Bar Association and other organizations, and the diversity of experience and background a candidate would bring to the Bar’s governing body.