SAN DIEGO, CA—Continuing Education of the Bar • California (CEB) will announce the recipients of the first annual Spirit of CEB Awards today, in a luncheon cosponsored by CEB at the 78th Annual Meeting of the State Bar of California in San Diego.

"CEB's outstanding service to the California legal community since 1947 would not have been possible without the generosity of the many attorneys who have volunteered to speak and write for CEB over the years," says CEB Director Pamela Jester. "Motivated by a desire to serve the profession and a love of teaching, they have selflessly taken time out of their busy practices and made a significant contribution to the practice of law in California. We are indebted to these attorneys and have initiated the Spirit of CEB Awards as a way to thank them for their service."

The 2005 Spirit of CEB Awards are being given to 12 individuals representing seven law practice areas, all of them volunteer authors of CEB's legal publications and/or volunteer speakers at CEB's MCLE programs offered throughout California.

The recipients of the 2005 Spirit of CEB Awards are:

Program Speakers:

Business Law: Donn Kemble, Law Office of Donn Kemble, Irvine
Civil Litigation: Raoul D. Kennedy, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, San Francisco
Estate Planning: Edward C. Halbach, Jr., School of Law, Boalt Hall-University of California, Berkeley
Legal Ethics: Mark L. Tuft, Cooper, White & Cooper LLP, San Francisco
Real Property: E. Ludlow Keeney, Jr., Keeney, Waite & Stevens, San Diego
Louis E. Goebel, Law Office of Louis E. Goebel, San Diego

Publication Authors:

Business Law: Allan Browne, Browne, Woods & George LLP, Beverly Hills
Civil Litigation: William A. Robinson, Alternative Dispute Resolution Offices of William A. Robinson, Pebble Beach
Estate Planning: Susan House, Hahn & Hahn LLP, Pasadena
Family Law: Sandra I. Blair, Law Offices of Sandra I. Blair, San Francisco
Real Property: Roger Bernhardt, Professor, Golden Gate University School of Law, San Francisco
Workers' Compensation: Charles Lawrence Swezey, Palo Alto

CEB, a statewide continuing legal education provider and publisher founded in 1947, is part of the University of California and is cosponsored by the State Bar of California. Its mission is to serve the legal profession in California with authoritative, innovative, and high-quality products and services. For more information about the Spirit of CEB Awards and CEB products and MCLE programs, visit CEB at Booth 202-204 at the State Bar Annual Meeting September, 8-11, at the San Diego Convention Center or visit ceb.com.

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