Dignitaries from throughout the world visited Denver for the annual conference of the , a four-day event that ended with an awards gala at the Hyatt Regency Convention Center.
Denver attorneys Cristal DeHerrera ( ) and Meshach Rhoades ( ) chaired the international gathering called to order by retiring president Peter M. Reyes Jr., a partner and intellectual-property specialist at the Minneapolis law firm .
At the gala, Reyes passed the president’s gavel to Miguel Alexander Pozo, a litigation partner at in Roseland, N.J.
The gala also was the occasion for the HNBA to present its Presidential Award to Maj. Gen. Clyde “Butch” Tate II, the 19th deputy judge advocate general of the U.S. Army. In addition, , the first Mexican-American female federal judge in the United States, was given the Lifetime Achievement Award, and Regina Rodriguez of was recognized as the 2013 Latina Attorney of the Year.
Guests at the gala included Brig. Gen. Waldo Martinez, the judge advocate general of Chile; Omar Vargas, executive director of the HNBA Legal Education Fund; and Denver City Attorney Doug Friednash, who received the 2013 Convention Partner of the Year Award for his support of the Sept. 4-7 gathering.
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