August 18, 2021

Partner Kendra Basner Elected Treasurer of APRL

The Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers (APRL) recently elected O&R Partner Kendra Basner as its Treasurer for 2021-2022 on August 13, 2021. APRL is a national organization comprised of more than 450 lawyers, law professors, and judges holding an interest in lawyers’ professional responsibility, legal ethics, legal malpractice, and the evolving law of lawyering.

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