Jury’s Out, OBA Event Proves To Be Good Time

In more traditional times, a hog was roasted on the patio, downed by kegs of beer, amid lively music, hearty helpings of cornbread and coleslaw, whilst the whiskey “flowed” to the farmers, who catered the event, an unbeknownst-to-some, rural custom, as a way to grease the wheels, to ensure everything ran smoothly.

Although there was no roast, some 50 years later, to the casual observer, there appeared to be plenty of good-natured ribbing on tap, among the esteemed gathering of judges, lawyers, academia, students and the like, some sworn (in) adversaries, who have had their day in court.

But this was a time to put all the courtroom drama aside, as roughly two hundred guests attended the Omaha Bar Association’s anticipated annual event, hosted recently by First National Bank of Omaha in th