The Extraordinary Times caught up this week with Nate Lampley, Jr. Nate is a trial lawyer and the Cincinnati managing partner of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, a full service law company with over 400 lawyers, and offices in eight US cities, as well as in London, England. Nate graduated from Hamilton High School in the top 1% of the class of 1981. He graduated with honors both from the University of Dayton (1985) and University of Cincinnati College of Law (1988).
Among his civic activities, he has served on the Boards of the Cincinnati Black Ambassadors, the Black Lawyers Association of Cincinnati, the Christ Hospital Sports Medicine Institute, Downtown Cincinnati, Inc., Volunteer Lawyers for the Poor, the University of Cincinnati College of Law Board of Visitors, The Salvation Army and the University of Cincinnati Alumni Association. He has participated in Leadership Cincinnati, the Cincinnati Academy of Leadership for Lawyers (CALL) and the United Way Volunteer Leaders Development Program. He delivered the Commencement Address for Hamilton High School in 2002 and 2013. On Thursday, February 22 at 7 p.m. Nate Lampley will deliver the Black History Month keynote address “The Dignity of Unity” at Miami University Hamilton’s Harry T. Wilks Conference Center. This program is free and open to the public, but rsvp is encouraged: miamioh.edu/regionals/rsvp * What message do you want folks to take away from your keynote talk "The Dignity of Unity"? Our history has shown us over and over again that our nation is strongest when we work together towards common goals. * Which individuals do you most admire in American history, and why? Abe Lincoln, because he understood that extreme politics on either side would never lead to a unified nation. [Writer] James Baldwin because his profound thoughts and insights about America are still relevant today. * What does Black History Month mean to you? The mere fact that we have a Black History Month allows us to hopefully never forget who we are, and who we have been as a Nation. * How did your education at Hamilton High School and upbringing in the city lend itself to success in life? I left Hamilton High School with the confidence to do anything. Despite my humble beginnings, my upbringing in Hamilton inspired me to think big, and taught me that I needed to work hard to achieve great things.
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