BleekeDillonCrandall Reflection

By: J. Richard Moore
BleekeDillonCrandall Attorneys

For most of us, the transition from one year to the next is a time for reflection. For individuals, holiday activities and celebrations with family and friends often resurrect memories from previous years and provoke an anticipation about what the new year will bring. For businesses like BleekeDillonCrandall, whose fiscal year tracks the calendar year, this time of year involves assessing the performance of our professionals collectively and individually over the past year, and endeavoring to make educated predictions about our performance for the next.

For us, that is especially challenging given the development of our firm during 2011. The firm emerged at the beginning of the year with a new name and new leadership, and with a renewed commitment to providing the absolute highest level of client service in a collegial and even fun work environment. At this time last year, two of our professionals (including the author of this entry!) had not yet come aboard. On March 1, I joined the firm in an effort to complement BleekeDillonCrandall’s existing medical and long-term care practice, and to add the defense of product liability claims and defense of other professionals including builders, architects and engineers. On July 1, Stephanie Franco Holtzlander joined us, bringing her substantial experience in defending hospitals and medical professionals against liability claims. Since then, our team, including principals Jim Bleeke, Carol Dillon and Jeb Crandall, along with attorneys Chris Simpkins, Milt Thompson and Kristen Halliden, and our trusted staff, have worked to solidify our base of experience and to strengthen even further our dedication to responsiveness and results for our clients.

So, as we reflect on the past year and plan for the year to come, the challenge of the unknown is one we readily accept, and even look forward to. If 2011 was a year of successful transition, we expect 2012 to be a year of unmitigated success, as we build on the strong base we have established.