New Miami-Dade Bar President Charise A. Morgan, center, is pictured with Dominique Calhoun, left, and Wiley Adams at the association’s annual gala. “‘Service is the rent we pay for living on this earth,’ and it certainly is a privilege to live and work in the Miami legal community,” said Morgan, quoting activist and trailblazer Shirley Chisholm, who in 1968 became the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress. “However, it’s obviously not perfect. We who labor here owe that service and giving back should be our commitment to making this city, this bar, and this practice better.”

Charise A. Morgan was sworn in as president of the Miami-Dade Bar at the organization’s annual gala on June 15 becoming the first Black woman to hold the position in the 108 year history of the association.

“‘Service is the rent we pay for living on this earth,’ and it certainly is a privilege to live and work in the Miami legal community,” said Morgan, quoting activist and trailblazer Shirley Chisholm, who in 1968 became the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress. “However, it’s obviously not perfect. We who labor here owe that service and giving back should be our commitment to making this city, this bar, and this practice better.”