Bar Association honors colleagues who have passed
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – Each year before Memorial Day, the Mahoning County Bar Association holds a special ceremony honoring colleagues who have passed away.
Thursday, six individuals were remembered in a service filled with both reflection and celebration. Attorneys George Tzagournis, Kenneth Bailey, Thomas Infante, Daniel Rossi, Steve Meloy and Dennis Haines were honored by friends and family for their service to the legal system in Mahoning County.
'It is a tribute to the fact that these folks were lawyers and made a difference in our community, but it also is a tribute to the individuality of them specifically and what they meant to their families,' said Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge R. Scott Krichbaum.
Each attorney who passed away had a family member or representative give a speech highlighting some of their accomplishments.
Family members were also presented with flowers for their lost loved one.
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