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KANSAS CITY, MO - December 14, 2007 - COMMWORLD of Kansas City, a leader in business communications, announced today that, for the third consecutive year, COMMWORLD is proud to be a sponsor of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association's 123rd Annual Meeting. The luncheon was held on Thursday, December 6, 2007 at the Kansas City Marriott Muehlebach Hotel. Charles German, 2007 President of the KCMBA, presided over this event which brings approximately 700 legal professional together.
The Honorable John E. Jones III presented the Keynote Address. In 2002, President George W. Bush appointed Judge Jones to his current position as the 21st judge to sit in the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
This year's Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to John C. Dods III and the Joseph E. Stevens Aspire Award to Excellence was given to Honorable John W. Lungstrum. The President's Award which is selected by the current KCMBA President, honors those who have made exceptional contributions to the success of the Association during the year. Stephen J. Consentino, Peter K. Hartweger and Peter B. Sloan were the 2007 recipients. The Outstanding CLE Contributor Award was presented to Leon Versfeld.
"We are pleased to be involved in the KCMBA's Affinity Partnership Program.," stated Bob Bennett, president of COMMWORLD of Kansas City. "We are excited about our relationship with KCMBA and the opportunity to help law firms increase their profitability and give them a competitive advantage with our telecommunications solutions."
"COMMWORLD of Kansas City installed our latest telecommunications system and we were so impressed with their service and professionalism that we suggested their proposal as an Affinity Partner," said Rae Jean McCall, executive director of KCMBA. "Our staff quickly realized that the entire legal community would greatly benefit from their services and technical expertise. After a rigorous proposal process we officially accepted COMMWORLD of Kansas City into the program on March 1, 2004."
The Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association serves approximately 5,000 members in the nine-county Kansas City metro area: Johnson and Wyandotte counties in Kansas and Cass, Clay, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette, Platte and Ray counties in Missouri. The mission of this Association is to serve our members and our community by promoting justice, professional excellence and respect for law.
COMMWORLD of Kansas City has provided superior business telephone system products and services since 1981. COMMWORLD specializes in the most reliable, high quality telecommunications products from the leaders in technology including Toshiba and Samsung. Bennett stated, "Customers no longer need to be frustrated with multiple contacts. Our 'one point of contact' concept means your business can come to COMMWORLD for Business Telephone Equipment, Converged Systems, VoIP, Voice Mail, Unified Messaging, Local/Long Distance/Internet Service, Voice and Data Cabling, Video Surveillance, GPS Fleet Management and more. With COMMWORLD you get technology solutions that WORK to increase business profitability, protection and profits." COMMWORLD of Kansas City is located at 6200 Main Street in Grandview, MO. For more information, call (816) 763-1100 or visit www.commworld-kc.com.